Word: chintz
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...well-groomed Lola eager to show that things have changed. With the option of a happy ending, the audience can contentedly leave Mr. Inge's unpleasant little story behind when the leave the theatre. But anyone who isn't determined to dismiss the disturbing will doubt that chintz and a girdle can conjure happiness out of the hopeless existence of Mr. Inge's characters...
...room as she would decorate her room at home," most turn to the collegiate effect, with emphasis on banners and crimson cushions and a notable lack of frilly stuff. Even the few possible varieties of decoration, however, call up the normal feminine snobbish between tastes. "I just loathe chintz bedspreads...
Layer by layer, a typical young lady's petticoat underpinnings might include: a white stiff not crinoline, a blue and white polka dot taffeta, and, the most recent addition to petticoat fashions, a chintz with numerous ruffles...
...generally retreated from the brassy advance post of complete flat-chested emancipation, to the position that she would like, if possible, to have marriage and a career, both. In the cities, she usually lives with a roommate (for respectability and lower rent) in a small apartment, fitted with chintz slipcovers, middlebrow poetry and a well-equipped kitchenette. Rare and fortunate is the bachelor who has not been invited to a "real, home-cooked dinner." to be eaten off a shaky bridge table, by a young woman who during the daytime is a space buyer or a dentist's assistant...
Jane Greer plays an erratic, not-too-bright parolee who gives up shoplifting in favor of chintz, pressure cookers, and Dennis O'Keefe. Her portrayal of a charmingly brashful girl is excellent. O'Keefe, as a columnist who jilts the parole officer to marry the parolee, is a poor complement to Miss Greer. As the title suggests, she keeps some pretty dreary company in this film...