Word: croqueted
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...rules of the romantic comedy game, as played by Hollywood, are at least as irrational as those that Lewis Carroll dreamed up for the Queen's croquet. But in the last 14 years, by playing cleverly to the rules, and even more cleverly breaking them, Director Vincente Minnelli has turned out half a dozen of the pleasantest comedies and musical comedies (An American in Paris, Father of the Bride) made in Hollywood since the '30s. And in Designing Woman, restricted still further by a plot that should have gone down the drain with bathtub gin, Director Minnelli...
Director Minnelli plays his game of pseudo-sociological croquet with the careless good form of a man who does not have to worry about making his satiric points. He plays for the box-office score instead, working the sex angles and the big names and the "production values" -yum-yum Metrocolor, flossy furniture, slinky clothes-with the skill of a cold old pro. The comedy is kept on a fairly low commercial plane too. The funniest line concerns a retired pugilist. "Who is that man with no nose?" asks wife Bacall suspiciously. "Oh, he has a nose," says husband Peck...
...have a rough idea. I can tell you that three are in London. Two . . . are playing croquet. One has just been given ?20 to start breeding budgerigars [parakeets]. Another is thinking of making a telescope, but won't get a penny till he shows that he means it. And one has run away...
...trim, worn turf of the center court at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Philadelphia's handsome, aging (32) Vic Seixas (rhymes with gracious) blew a handsome lead. For most of five sets the crowd got some thrilling tennis. Then Seixas' styleless but often effective game came to pieces in the face of a couple of questionable calls. Glaring at the linesmen got him nowhere. "Get on with it!" called an irritated fan, but Seixas was through. Deft and deadly, Australia's young (21) Ken Rosewall ran out the match...
...more than just the son of a famous father was the national competition for the St. Louis Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in 1948. The elder Saarinen submitted a formal monumental design; Eero's entry was an audacious, 590-ft. stainless-steel arch that looked like a giant, glistening croquet wicket-which he had conceived while bending a wire and wool pipe cleaner. A telegram announced Eliel the winner. The family broke out the traditional champagne to celebrate...