Word: chorused
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Peak or Bust ("Jean Harlow kicked off the new trend . . ."); 5) How Much Is That Girlie 'Gainst the Lamppost? ("Such an illustration tells, without words, that the lady is shady"); 6) Musical Comedy ("Must be illustrated with a smiling, toothy twosome and be liberally peppered with prancing chorus girls and top-hatted dancers. HEAR 14 HIT TUNES must never be omitted...
...with the music. His left hand, which he sometimes used to hold the podium rail, stiffly waved, patted and sliced the air while the world's most expressive baton all but drew pictures of the sounds he wanted. The orchestra played its heart out, and the soloists and chorus outdid themselves, actually made the old war horse sound like a Class One opera...
...company is remarkable in still another way: it is not simply a showcase for a few rare stars, such as the Danilovas, Markovas and Fonteyns of other troupes. The company offers a fresh tradition almost equally adaptable to any of its leading dancers, and its proudest possession is a chorus that can dance rings around any other. When New York City Ballet Company dancers become "ballerina-minded," wrap the public's plaudits around themselves and go looking for bookings of their own. Balanchine "puts them on a pedestal. This one here, and that one there-all around...
...efforts: Crosby spent much of his time standing in front of a stage curtain, delivering mild jokes that were greeted with uproarious laughter supplied by a film sound track. Jack Benny appeared as a foil and traded fairly predictable banter with Crosby. Bing sang four songs, danced with a chorus, and was so smothered in facial makeup as to be expressionless. The most exciting thing in the show was long-legged Sheree North, a pretty girl with a modest ability to read funny lines and a whole-bodied way of dancing. Crosby's next TV show, to appear when...
...clouds of Chanel No. 5 rising from filing cabinets. Of the total U.S. labor force of 63 million, nearly one-third are women, twice as big a proportion as 60 years ago. Nevertheless, there are not enough top women executives in the U.S. today to form a medium-sized chorus line...