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...midday the police phone rang. It was Zouzou; she didn't like the hospital. With a groan, the police moved Zouzou to the Mena House, near the Pyramids, and installed her in room 35, the honeymooners' favorite. "At least there are not so many foreigners around," said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EGYPT: Zouzou & Safsaf | 6/28/1954 | See Source »

...Lowell opera, Miss Dean, who usually handles properties, has been called out of professional retirement to deliver each night a short, painful yell proceeded by a groan. It comes after Arthur mistakenly stabs his lover--the opera's heroine--who is tied to a tree...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cliffe Girl Returns to screaming Business | 4/17/1954 | See Source »

Throughout the film's many crises, the cast carries on with feverish emotion, as though the only way to express great feeling is with a shout or a groan. The octopus alone manages to preserve his dignity, and he gets stabbed in the last reel. But despite the success of Wagner's sponge-fishing expedition, Beneath the 12-Mile Reef is at best a meagre catch for the audience...

Author: By Dennis E. Brown, | Title: Beneath the 12-Mile Reef | 1/6/1954 | See Source »

...tastelessness of commercial TV. In London's weekly Time and Tide, Malcolm Muggeridge, editor of Punch and onetime U.S. correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, has written a memorable answer to the enemies of commercial broadcasting. His arguments have meaning not only for Britons, but for Americans who often groan over commercials. Excerpts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: TV & Freedom | 8/3/1953 | See Source »

...necessary before setting to work on his first TV drama series, Tales of the City (alternate Thursdays, 8:30 p.m., CBS). His conclusions about TV: "There is no such thing as action in television. All the actors do is pretend there has been action-they pant and they groan and they tell you how far they have just run. TV seems dedicated to saying everything without words. The actors stand around and grunt and say 'Dats so' or 'Ain't dat right?' This is stupid." Hecht's decision: "I figured there was one thing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Upper Hand | 7/20/1953 | See Source »

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