Word: charmingly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...days earlier, at an informal lunch at Washington's Press Club, Ike had been jaunty, relaxed, full of charm and wit. He realized, he said, that "in the last two weeks I've lost whatever news value I ever had," but he wanted to talk about a few things. And, he added emphatically, all his remarks would be "on the record...
...show-a situation comedy-gave the Nelsons a brand-new career. Most of the show's charm can be credited to Ozzie's sweating thoroughness, and doing what comes naturally. Ozzie & Harriet are Mr. & Mrs. Average Family-on & off the air. The show's children, Ricky, 7, and David, 11, are named and characterized in the image of the Nelsons' own two sons. For accuracy, Ozzie checks all lines with the originals. Emmy Lou, the show's bobbysoxer, was discovered in a Hollywood swimming pool. Harriet's radio mother is a direct steal from...
Jeanne Grain has sensitive eyes, but she uses them with as little restraint as a ham singer's tremolo; her considerable charm needs good direction. All Dan Dailey needs is a good picture. Oscar Levant gets along all right, good show or bad, with his peculiar brand of vinegar. One obvious tip for those who make would-be "nostalgic" musical movies: the old arrangements for the old songs are fully as nostalgic as the melodies. Frequently the fancy new arrangements are terrible; always, they sabotage the nostalgia...
...July 1945, was to take him to his post as U.S. Ambassador to Poland, few Americans yet realized that Lane's mission was doomed to the futilities of diplomatic protests. But no Big-Three doubletalk, no top-level deals, not even thick applications of F.D.R.'s charm on Stalin, could alter the inescapable fact: the Russians were...
Amazingly enough, the movie manages to retain most of the playful charm of a weekend love affair that earned the stage version a five-year run. For this feat, author John Van Druten, who was on hand in Hollywood, is presumably responsible...