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Unfolding simply, the silly plot follows the courtroom encounter of a woman (Sarah Downs) trying to prosecute her chicken-hearted ex-fiance (William Monnen) for breaking off their engagement. Particularly delightful is Dennis Crowley as the bespectacled judge who falls helplessly in love with Angelina, the plaintiff. Crowley's sparkling...

Author: By Rebecca J. Joseph, | Title: Trial and Tribulation | 4/20/1983 | See Source »

A few days before the Germans storm into Poland, Natalie insists on visiting her fiance Leslie Slote (David Dukes), an American Foreign Service officer stationed in Warsaw, and she drags the love-smitten Byron along with her. Through this credibility-straining contrivance, Wouk brings within his action the German blitzkrieg...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The $40 Million Gamble: ABC goes all out on its epic The Winds of War | 2/7/1983 | See Source »

He beats his grand amour Althea a few times; nonetheless, she keeps her eyes lifted in the same direction as Stavros: wealthward. In a hilarious set piece, she accepts the highest-bidding suitor and heads for the altar with Fernand's son. But at the last moment, Althea refuses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: All the Way from Rugs to Riches | 8/2/1982 | See Source »

WORKING HER WAY DOWN,a comedy of the Old West, begins most promisingly. Its failure to live up to our expectations, after the void of the first two plays, makes this third one possibly the most disappointing. Set in a whorehouse in Nebraska, 1896, the story revolves around Allison (Linda...

Author: By Laura K. Jereski, | Title: Finale, Finally | 12/16/1981 | See Source »

With all that flare in the air, and all the strong support on the ground, it is little wonder that the stars of the show seemed, especially during all the weeks of feverish preparation, to have been virtually swept off the stage. Charles still pressed on with his ceremonial schedule...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Magic in the Daylight | 8/3/1981 | See Source »

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