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...Charisse is a big-name French ballerina who is haughtily accustomed to being the toast of the town. In Las Vegas. she turns out to be just a very expensive kind of digestif: she is expected to dance while the customers eat. Even more shockingly barbaric, she feels, is the mechanical monster she finds lurking in her boudoir-her own personal 25? slot machine that was installed, the management hastens to assure her, as a sign of especial esteem. Worst of all, the male population is made up mostly of gamblers, who are so busy losing money that they have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Apr. 2, 1956 | 4/2/1956 | See Source »

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