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Word: ichthyoid (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...things are sorrier than fantasy that does not jell. This doesn't. William Powell has had long experience in playing a flustered man of distinction, but this time he plays it as if it were one experience too many. Miss Blyth is about as ichthyoid as you can get and still interest more forward-looking vertebrates. During the long buildup to her first appearance there seems to be some hope for the movie; but once they have a mermaid on their hands, the people who made the picture haven't even a Peabody's idea what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Aug. 16, 1948 | 8/16/1948 | See Source »

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