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...often carries to Manhattan an unpleasant odor that bodes ill for the play heading for Broadway. Moreover, in the super-envious world of the theater, too many good old friends from around 44th Street like to flock to the nearby roadshows in gleeful hopes of bottling the last gasp...
...life of a hero, and the growth of his legend. Perhaps because the great Spanish champion was precisely the sort of popular hero movie stars are today, El Cid is much more than the pile of irritating evasions and distortions that largely made up a Ten Commandments or (gasp) King of Kings...
...Lloyd's antics on the outside of a skyscraper is also fantastic to watch. Trapped in a mail sack which is resting dangerously on a painter's scaffold being pulled non-chalantly up the side of the building, Lloyd teeters back and forth, causing the audience to first gasp at the suspense and then roar at the near misses of a fatal plunge to the street below. One wonders how he ever survived the situations he mixed himself up in order to produce such amazing comedy...
...last week as if it were as simple as Au Clair de la Lune. Nonchalantly placing his weight on one leg, the egg-shaped instrumentalist blew through the intricacies of the high coloratura with characteristic ease; he blasted a final, full-volume flourish that brought an audible gasp from the audience. Chances are that he could have gone through the whole piece with his eyes shut: he has recorded the concerto for 14 different labels, has become so thoroughly identified with it that in Western and Eastern Europe alike, the solution to the Second Brandenburg has become-"Get Scherbaum." Czech...
...breathless moment, the 15,000 people in Madison Square Garden thought they were going to see all of it. Onto the stage sashayed Marilyn Monroe, attired in a great bundle of white mink. Arriving at the lectern, she turned and swept the furs from her shoulders. A slight gasp rose from the audience before it was realized that she was really wearing a skintight, flesh-toned gown. Then, in a sincere, Campfire Girl voice, Marilyn sang: Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday Dear Mister President-Happy birthday to you! This...