Word: girlish
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...Hepburn, who, as the mermaid of Jean Giraudoux's rather waterlogged Ondine, proved a sprite that never was on sea or land. Equally near (though never under) the water, Shirley Booth was the principal lure of By the Beautiful Sea, while France's Jeanmaire brought something boyish, girlish and impish to the lumpish Girl in Pink Tights...
...divide as the pair has divided, some du cote de Mlle. Julie, the others devoted to Mlle. Cara-all innocently, giddily suspended in the nameless tension of the emotional contest. As it fills every room and scene with the breath of girls in the bud, with an air of girlish whispers, forbidden perfume and muffled laughter. Pit of Loneliness falls nothing short of magic...
There is no doubting Jennifer's popularity, but no indorsing it either. She never seems very girlish or charming, nor can Janet Blair bring much beyond looks to the role. The play has bright moments and agreeable lines, but. for the most part, where it is not determinedly cute it is studiously carnal. It is perhaps enough by now that Mr. Herbert has turned youth into a commodity without also making innocence a gimmick...
...icky." Frederika took the firm stand that anybody who thought a book like that was icky was pretty darn icky herself. A more serious controversy raged over the politics of Adolf Hitler, whom Freddy at first defended with all the stridency of most German youth of her generation. Girlish arguments over Hitler occasionally ended in tears at Miss May's, but as the school year went on, Frederika read articles in British and U.S. magazines about the Nazi regime. At the end of the year, she was full of doubts. "Freddy was terribly interested in world affairs," says...
Making her movie debut in the title role, girlish, pixyish Metropolitan Opera Star Patrice Munsel, 27, is not very successful in re-creating Melba's tempestuous personality. But Songstress Munsel is handsomely gowned and in good voice as she sings a wide selection of numbers, from the Mad Scene in Lucia to Comin' Thro...