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...Comic Milton Berle (Earl Carroll's Vanities, See My Lawyer), whose patter is sometimes funny, though his aversion to new jokes is hardly an asset. The screen's best deadpan butler, Arthur Treacher, buttles his way through a succession of poor skits. With finely formed, Hungarian-born Ilona Massey, the Follies does a little girl-glorifying, but in general the show lacks oomph as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Musicals in Manhattan, Apr. 12, 1943 | 4/12/1943 | See Source »

Divorced. By Hungarian Cinemactress Ilona Massey, 31; Cinemactor Alan Curtis, 32; in Hollywood. She complained that their quarrels "made me look ten years older...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Dec. 28, 1942 | 12/28/1942 | See Source »

...strictly in the old tradition of espionage pictures. Saboteurs and spies, old barns and Long Island villas, unbreakable codes and secret inks all play their usual part in this drama of intrigue. But in adding to these the skillful directing of Tim Whelan and the international atmosphere engendered by Ilona Massey as a Scandinavian singer, Boris Karloff as a Sherlock from the "Yard," and George Brent as an ex-All-American calling signals for the F.B.I., Hollywood has produced a show which proves that the capable handling of an old line can still provide an enjoyable evening. Done with skill...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 2/2/1942 | See Source »

International Lady (United Artists) chronicles the adventures of three very nice people: a .U.S. G-Man (George Brent), a Scotland Yarder (Basil Rathbone), and a beauteous spy (Ilona Massey). How this pleasant trio happened to get involved in a Nazi effort to sabotage U.S. shipments of war planes to Britain is a mystery. They should have been having tea together in some cozy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema, Also Showing Oct. 27, 1941 | 10/27/1941 | See Source »

...less than ten Schubert compositions, including the B Minor and C Major symphonies and the Ave Maria (sung by the famed St. Luke's Choristers), resound impressively from the sound track. Sauterne-blond Ilona Massey warbles three Schubert songs through the slow-moving picture. Before shooting was completed last spring, she did what she was kept from doing in the picture-married Actor Curtis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Aug. 25, 1941 | 8/25/1941 | See Source »

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