Word: charming
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Chaplin, 56, was adjudged (by 11-to-1 vote of a California jury) the legal father of auburn-haired Joan Berry's 18-months-old daughter, Carol Ann. One juror's reason: "Mr. Chaplin overacted on the witness stand when he turned toward us and tried to charm us." This windup of the two-year court battle satisfied nobody. The comedian remained unconvinced, and blood specialists back him up. His ex-protégée considered the $75 a week awarded her for Carol Ann's support "ridiculous"; she had asked for $1,500 a month...
...time guest soloists who visit Oklahoma rapidly succumb to Maestro Alessandro's easy, breezy charm. Jascha Heifetz, a normally cool and noncommittal artist, thawed to the point of telling Oklahomans: "I am going to do all 1 can to make the Oklahoma Symphony known-but it will be known without...
...civilian correspondents including Ernie Pyle, and five men each for the A.P. and U.P. (When the landing proved to be the least bloody the Marines have made, one hulking Marine sergeant wanted to wear Ernie Pyle around his neck as a good-luck charm...
...worship of the state. . . ." Leftist Sydney Elliott decided that it was time to go. Said he last week: "It was easy to part with the Beaver on political grounds, but it took a lot of courage to make a personal break . . . the old man is a fellow of great charm." He thereupon moved his leftist luggage over to the tabloid, sexy, socialist-supporting Daily Mirror...
...runs, even as cut for U.S. distribution, two hours and 26 minutes. Its very leisurely pace-almost that of a novel rather than a drama-may mystify the American cinemaddict, but the leisure is put to such good use that the chances are it will charm him instead. For The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp is an uncommonly rich and pleasant study in character, both human and national. It brings to the screen the greatest English character since Pickwick: Cartoonist David Low's walrus-whiskered epitome of unenlightened self-interest...