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...Hope and Dorothy Lamour by this time have either established themselves as one of Hollywood's top comedy teams, either with or without the extra added attraction of a horse-fancier known as Harry Lillis Crosby. The last name doesn't appear on the roll of the "My Favorite Brunette" east, but the other two-thirds of the trio manage to hold up their end to good enough advantage. From the title you might well assume before the film even begins that it's going to be something on the same order as an opus called "My Favorite Blonde" that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 3/19/1947 | See Source »

...appeal to a Higher Power (God, or whatever Force the member prefers) for strength to resist the compulsion to drink. Founder Bill, describing his "spiritual awakening," said: "I felt lifted up, as though the great clean wind of a mountaintop blew through and through." Psychiatrists, who use much fancier words, describe the process as the "use of a religious or spiritual force to attack the fundamental narcissism of the alcoholic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Life Membership | 2/24/1947 | See Source »

...York, Igor Stravinsky conducting; Columbia, 7 sides). At 64, Stravinsky has rewritten one of his best earlier works. In this 1946 version, his third reworking, Composer Stravinsky adds incidental passages and restores the Adagio and Scherzo of the first 1910 try. The bird's plumage is a little fancier, but it flies no better. Performance: fair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Records, Feb. 10, 1947 | 2/10/1947 | See Source »

...overly emphasizes the fancier grips of the wrestling fraternity, Boston stresses fundamentals. Says he: "If they only know two good holds, I'll put a team on the mat that can go nine minutes without dying from over-exertion...

Author: By Robert Carswell, | Title: Lining Them Up | 10/21/1946 | See Source »

...organ music almost drowned a faintly ominous message from Reno: June divorces were bigger, better and fancier than ever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PEOPLE: Everybody's Doing It | 6/24/1946 | See Source »

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