Search Details

Word: guttersnippet (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...might have been, a reverse My Fair Lady. Where Henry Higgins is a confirmed bachelor, Anatol von Huber (Walter Chiari) is a confirmed boulevardier. It is hard to get either hero to the altar, but for opposing reasons: Higgins rejects women, Anatol collects them. My Fair Lady turns a guttersnippet into a duchess; The Gay Life turns a wealthy, well-bred girl (Barbara Cook) into a beddable wench who will fight like a fishwife for her male. Unfortunately, Actress Cook, who is as wholesome as sunshine, resists this metamorphosis, and Italy's Chiari, though he clowns likably...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Old Old Vienna | 12/1/1961 | See Source »

| 1 |