Word: glamorizers
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...musical comedy industry, George Abbott, has provided the book and the direction. The music and lyrics by Bob Merrill, as well as Bob Fosse's choreography, are workmanlike, and Rouben Ter-Arutunian's sets provide the required amount of variety and glitter. And for the touch of glamor that looks good in the ads, there is the star, Gwen Verdon. As a result of the combined reputations of all these people, the vehicle ought to glide smoothly through a year's run on Broadway. It's only too bad that somewhere along the assembly line, somebody forgot to install...
...British subject, I am delighted with Princess Margaret's decision. She has shown us she is a young woman with high principles. In this day and age, when so much glamor is attached to the "Hollywood type," it is refreshing to see this example shown by our Princess, who is mature enough to know the importance of duty to church and family. JUNE L. HORNBY Lincoln...
...range and subtlety, French cooking is the best in the world, and Escoffier may well rank France's most celebrated gastronomic names. He lacked the lavish glamor of Caréme, but surpassed him in austere art. He lacked the wit of Brillat-Savarin, but Brillat-Savarin was more gourmet than cook. He lacked the temperament of the great 17th century chef, Vatel, but was more imaginative. Vatel committed suicide, impaling himself on his sword because the sole did not arrive in time for an important dinner. When asked what he would have done in Vatel's place...
...years ago radio, in the form of a little table model or an impressive console, held a prominent place in the American home. It sat in the living room and often attracted the whole family in the evening. Then, only six years ago, TV arrived. Overnight, radio lost its glamor. It also lost listeners, advertisers and talent. It began to look, and sound, half dead...
...Matter of Principle. Eden's good looks, quick mind and influential connections came to the attention of Stanley Baldwin. Promoted to Foreign Secretary at the age of 38 (the youngest man to hold the office for almost a century), Eden made the picture pages as the Homburg-hatted glamor boy. As Europe tilted towards war, his earnestness won him a title that was half-admiring, half-contemptuous: "This formidable young man who loves peace so terribly." Then one February day in 1938, Eden told Neville Chamberlain: "There has been too keen a desire on our part to make terms...