Word: famous
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...politician could have bettered the General's comment on his house-hunting problem: "Fundamentally," he explained with that famous grin which makes his eyes twinkle, "I'm a farmer boy. I want a place out of town where I can raise a few tomatoes and beans and get close to the soil." When he was asked whether he would be addressed as "President" or "General" after he assumed his duties at Columbia, he replied: "As long as I live, I shall answer most readily to the name...
...successful soap-opera actor -but that is a far cry from being a movie matinee idol. Gone is the famous 23-foot Marmon with his name in solid gold on the door. He can no longer afford to pass out $100 tips to waiters. His hair is white, and the lean, taut jaw line once beloved by millions of women has run to jowls. "At 64," booms Francis Xavier Bushman, "my energies are somewhat-ah-shall we say, mellowed, but my profile is unimpaired...
Gide's famous Journals have been praised in hushed tones by his admirers ever since their Paris publication in 1939. This first volume in English, covering the period 1889-1913 (two others are promised before 1950), is apt to get about the same degree of critical genuflection-and popular indifference-that French Man of Letters Gide has learned to expect. At 77, it is unlikely that he will live to see his popularity catch up with his reputation (based mainly in the U.S. on one novel, The Counterfeiters). A handful of intellectuals have made a cult of his uncompromising...
...occasion, does quite well as the gentleman whose ideas of life are set in cement, and he is an excellent straight-man to his prodigal wife. Some of the best scenes between these two, especially those concerned with financial discussions, smack of the show which made father famous. But, since satire is not a strong point of the story, practically all enjoyment must be derived from pure humor--the humor of witty remarks and comic situations. The few celebrated bon mots which the head of the Day family utters are good in any company, but the comedy of situations, often...
...best laugh-provokers of the story was respectable Mr. Day's use of ungentlemanly language on occasion, but Dame Boston, of course, shuddered down to the soles of her high-button shoes and proceeded to make the show presentable enough for her charges. This literary vacuum cleaning nullities the famous closing line in which father informs the local policeman that, "I am going to be baptized,"--a rather flatly received statement without the ensuing "Damn...