Word: foolish
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...festivities. She said it had not been mentioned or noticed in any way. So you see! Perhaps you will revise your Mammy editorial before hauling it out again next year. There used to be Mother's Day in pre-war Germany and probably you could find other countries equally "foolish." Leonore P. Friedrich
...stories. In this particular case, the fine line pictures add greatly to the humor of the text. Train's article, "Pour Le Sport" is a treatise on how to play tennis properly in different foreign countries. This, the funniest of the current lot, is in the tradition of other foolish articles like "The Art of Testmanship" which appeared last year...
...They want to be considered creative actors," snorted a spokesman for the dubbing company, "when in reality all they do is copy. They may be fat and ugly themselves, making it impossible for them to take original roles." It was a foolish argument, for which Actor Hubert had a prompt answer. "Is Paula Dehelly fat and ugly?" he cried of the svelte little player (see cut) whom many a Parisian had applauded on stage & screen in her own right. "I put it to you, is she fat and ugly? Piece of a rotten turnip...
With a Clifton Webb playing the lead and some bright scripters on the job, the picture might have turned into a devastating satire of radio's foolish age. Veteran Colman does well enough in his orotund English style, but the writers fail him almost completely. Basically, they miss the vital point-which Miracle on 34th Street caught so well-that the story's fantastic premise should be played out as if the impossible were really happening. Instead, the film has been pitched on a wobbly note of broad burlesque with overtones of self-conscious whimsy, e.g., the soap...
...foolish notion...