Word: elliott
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hero is a young British airman (Denholm Elliott), on holiday in Spain, who sees a runaway truck miss a pretty girl by inches, smells a rat, sets up as a private nose, and, like a questing Quixote with a paunchy Panza (Peter Lorre) at his heels, sets out to rescue his damsel in distress. In the course of the hero's aro-mantic maunderings, the customer gets quite an eyeful of Spain: the Alhambra, the Alcazaba, the Cathedral at Malaga, the bullfights at Pamplona. He also gets a snootful: apples, peaches, brandy, wine, tobacco, shoe polish, peppermint, roses, garlic...
...loud. Moreover, the gimmick is backed up by a witty script that at times owes as much to Don Miguel de Cervantes as it does to Scriptwriter William Roos. The Todd 70 Process camera is used to flashy effect, especially when it is mounted on a helicopter. And Hero Elliott is a remarkably sly and appealing comedian. Released as a hard-ticket, ten-a-week, $3.50 attraction. Scent will undoubtedly make millions. But most customers will probably agree that the smell they liked best was the one they got during intermission: fresh...
...finished some races looking back at the field with a laugh on his face. At the Olympics in Rome this summer, Burleson will get plenty of pushing from such stars as Czechoslovakia's Stanislav Jungwirth (3:38.1 for the 1,500 meters) and Australia's Herb Elliott, record holder of the mile (3:54.5) and 1,500 meters (3:36). Says the confident Burleson: "If I can keep within 20 yards of the leader of a race, I figure I can outkick anyone...
...with housewifely indignation): The guesthouse! Elliott, you know I haven't cleaned in there in ages...
Among the speakers will be Wilma A. Kerby-Miller, Dean of the Graduate School, Kathleen O. Elliott, Dean of Instruction, and Emily B. Lacey, Director of the Radcliffe College Development Fund. Jordan will be on research leave of absence beginning February 1, and will resume teaching at the University in the Fall...