Word: charms
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Portraying the elderly landlady Fraulein Schneider and her suitor Herrr Schultz, Doretta Massardo and Michael Waxenburg, respectively, supply a good deal of low-keyed comedic charm. Occasionally just a mite too quaint, their courtship is spurred on by their mutual admiration of fruits. While Fraulein Schneider is greatly pleased with the apples and peaches, the pineapple proves quite overwhelming--such a gift"...it is not proper...it makes me blush." He insists "If I could, I would fill your entire room with pineapples!" Thus, they launch into "The Pineapple Song," a romantic anthem. While Massardo possesses an able voice...
...champagne glass, fixes it in his eye, and one bubbly tear slides down his face. A 1930s hard-boiled hero, based on the young Jean Gabin, reappears 20 years later as the aging Gabin's Inspector Maigret. There is plenty of verve here but little charm; the relentless closeups favored by Director Ettore Scola (A Special Day, La Nuit de Varennes) turn every character into a comic-pathetic gargoyle. It is left to the nostalgic sound track to evoke the emotions of a nation as the Na zis stormed in and the Americans took over and the Revolution failed...
Touré showed an affinity for independence at an early age. One of seven children, he was expelled from school at 15 for leading a protest against colonialism. After taking a job at Conakry's post office, he found that his charm and speaking talent made him a natural leader in the developing labor movement. Endowed with limitless energy, he was a brilliant orator who could-and often did-hold audiences captive for hours...
...shortage of enchantment is beleaguering the Magic Kingdom. Annual profits of Walt Disney Productions have fallen 30% since 1980, when it earned $135 million. Disney has failed to charm audiences with films like Tron, a write-off of $10 million. Even its fantasy lands have lost some of their drawing power. During the first quarter of fiscal 1984, attendance at Florida's Walt Disney World fell 8% from the previous year...
Bowie sauntered confidently through the young musicians, making everyone comfortable with his enthusiastic charm...