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Word: funning (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...card in the old days, took a philosophical view of his new clientele. "The casino has been really democratized," he said. "People with all kinds of income now come to the casino. They may lose a little, they may win a little. What is important is that it is fun for them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: Place for Fun | 2/7/1949 | See Source »

Nobody in The Bribe seems to be having much fun at it except Laughton, who appears to relish his juicy cut of ham. There is a brilliant display of fiesta fireworks and a convincingly real sequence of deep-sea fishing (Taylor v. a handsome spiked marlin). For those who enjoy Laughton, fireworks, or big-game fishing, The Bribe may be worth a look...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Feb. 7, 1949 | 2/7/1949 | See Source »

Miss Tatlock's Millions. A comedy that finds fun along the borderline of taste, with John Lund and Barry Fitzgerald (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Current & Choice, Jan. 31, 1949 | 1/31/1949 | See Source »

...skits and spiels, which are the backbone of a prosperous revue, break the back of this one. The least trying sketches garner what laughs they get not through witty comments but through waggish props. And Co-Star Bert Wheeler (Rio Rita), chatting before the curtain, is seldom much fun. His patter droops...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Revue in Manhattan, Jan. 31, 1949 | 1/31/1949 | See Source »

...second daughter married a radical, a good talker. Tevye poked fun at his son-in-law's ideas, but when his daughter followed her husband to exile Tevye was secretly proud. "Those daughters of mine -when they fall in love ... it is with their heads and hearts, their bodies and souls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Old Country | 1/31/1949 | See Source »

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