Word: cinema
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...reproved by the Pope for modeling crucifixions in which all the figures were shown nude. Though his new figures were fully clothed, some Vatican officials still raised objections. "The idea of putting a woman [St. Joan] in an armored suit," huffed one elderly monsignor, "may be nice for the cinema but not for St. Peter...
...surprisingly little of this left-wing fuzziness appears. Worsley, who is also drama critic and chief puzzle-master (under such pseudonyms as "Thomas Smallbones"), leans heavily on a few steadily brilliant contributors: Desmond Shawe-Taylor (music), Patrick Heron (art), G. W. Stonier, who also writes as "William Whitebait," (books, cinema) and topflight Book Critic V. S. Pritchett...
Writing in This Week, Michelle Farmer, 18, daughter of Silent Cinesiren Gloria Swanson (see CINEMA), explained that she had learned a lot about the opposite sex from her multimarried mama, but was up against some fierce competition: "I must admit that I had better luck with the older gentlemen who came to call on Mother than with the younger ones who came to pick me up. The younger men stood glued to the floor staring at Mother until it was time...
Taking his ease in a Canterbury cinema, Dr. Hewlett Johnson, the "Red Dean" of Canterbury, slipped off his left gaiter, absentmindedly went off without it. Upon his return next day he learned that souvenir hunters had snipped off five of the buttons. "It's all right," the dean wanly told the apologetic manager. "It's always happening...
...Neither McNutt, Mary or Charlie would disclose the terms, but Hollywood gossip was that McNutt & friends: 1) had agreed to pay some $5,000,000 for the company; 2) hoped to produce films on their own; and 3) were dickering to hire independent Producer Stanley (The Men) Kramer (see CINEMA) to boss production...