Word: harum
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Cray, a real-life cross between David Harum and Scattergood Baines, the bankers spelled out the problem. In Brattleboro, 20 miles down the river, the United Murray Heel Co. had an antiquated factory, like many another New England company, and wanted to move. But it couldn't afford a new plant. By building one, the bankers explained, they could keep the company near home. Murray, with 125 employees and a payroll of $4,500 had an annual production of 7,000,000 wooden heels for women's shoes, cut from rock maple. While the bankers doodled with interest...
...City (MGM) demonstrates that Clark Gable still cuts a manly figure in his underwear, still generates the tough, swaggering charm that made him a durable favorite of U.S. women moviegoers. To get Gable's clothes off and otherwise display his talents, M-G-M has slapped together a harum-scarum comedy that tries anything for a laugh, and sometimes succeeds. But the effort is more conspicuous than...