Word: countesses
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...upstage Donald Duck on the air. Sam bantered with Art Linkletter ("I don't want to embarrass you, Art, but what are you running for?" "I'm running for home in a few minutes"); consoled Neighbor Tippi Hedren on the horrendous reviews of her new movie, A Countess from Hong Kong; helped Pierre Salinger, a sometime political foe, plug both his employer (Continental Airlines) and his book (With Kennedy). Each guest-the first two shows included Comedian George Jessel, Actor Hans Conried and sundry starlets-walked off with an autographed copy of Maverick Mayor, a 256-page Yorty...
...Countess from Hong Kong is probably the best movie ever made by a 77-year-old man. Unhappily, it is the worst ever made by Charlie Chaplin...
...substandard shipboard farce that Chaplin wrote, directed and briefly appears in, Countess presents Marlon Brando as a U.S. diplomat with a fortune in oil, and Sophia Loren as a White Russian prostitute with a heart of gold. They meet in Hong Kong, and when his ship sails she stows away in his stateroom. For the rest of the show the principals spiel some of the most hilariously awful dialogue the screen has presented since sound tracks replaced title cards. Items: "Common harlot! Are you trying to ruin my career?" "You won't believe me when I tell you that...
...Countess is bad enough to make a new generation of moviegoers wonder what the Chaplin cult was all about. It serves as a melancholy reminder that an important part of being a champ is knowing when to retire...
Alas, it seems that Charlie Chaplin, 77, has not kept up with modern times. After A Countess from Hong Kong, his first film since 1957's A King in New York, had its world premiere in London, the critics emerged in a rattle of pans. "The heart of the film lies pickled in the formaldehyde of the Thirties," wrote the Sun, and the Daily Sketch mourned: "It croaks and creaks like an aged mechanical toy." Director Chaplin, who played only a cameo role in Countess and left the acting to Sophia Loren and Marlon Brando, said that he couldn...