Word: frump
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...cloyingly--there are times when you want to rough him up a little for being too smarmy, and not nearly charming enough--but still manages a strong performance. And honors for a show-stopping effort go to Jim O'Brien, who brings to the part of Bud Frump--the boss's maddeningly wimpish nephew--not only an impressive comic flair, but also the best singing voice in the cast. O'Brien's clear, powerful solos in "Coffee Break" and "Gotta Stop That Man," the two best-staged production numbers, do full justice to Loesser's music...
...year-old frump having an embarrassing amount of trouble hanging on to her husband, played by Henry Fonda. What to do? Why, radical plastic surgery, of course, from head to toe. Even after all that, however, Hank will still have none of her. That's the story line for Ash Wednesday, just filmed in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. A bit sad but not very credible, since the wife is played by Elizabeth Taylor, who looks lovelier than ever as she emerges from her bandages...