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...dare you, how dare you ... insult our leading prima donna!" sputtered one irate reader. "You Americans are obsessed with film star glamour." Flared another: "Perhaps in America they enliven Butterfly with troupes of performing dogs." From still another: "You silly little man . . . my advice to you is to take the next plane back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Crash Around a Critic | 5/14/1951 | See Source »

Dreamboat (Mon. 9:30 p.m., ABC) is an unsponsored newcomer with songs by Doris Drew, music by Rex Maupin's orchestra, and some insult dialogue imitating the exchanges between Bing Crosby and Bob Hope, all pasted together on a storyline about a river showboat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The New Shows | 4/23/1951 | See Source »

...Ever?" at the Cambridge High and Latin School last night. A capacity crowd of over 1,500 saw and heard Al Capp, creator of L'il Abner, Bosley Crowther, New York Times movie editor, Faye Emerson, TV and movie star, and Spros Skouras, president of 20th Century Fox, alternately insult and kiss one another as they scored and praised the motion picture industry...

Author: By Laurence D. Savadove, | Title: Capp, Faye Emerson Spark Forum on 'Better Movies' | 4/14/1951 | See Source »

When a marine completes a task that is everyday routine to the doughboys in the infantry, he is slapped on the back, given a medal and a three-day pass. And now, insult to injury! The marines land in 'Frisco! First rest in months. Long time overseas. Celebrations. Awards. What about the 24th, 25th and the 1st Cavalry Divisions, to name a few, who were on occupation duty prior to the Korean conflict, and have had as much time on the line as the marines, if not more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 2, 1951 | 4/2/1951 | See Source »

...strong pro-British slant. "More About Me" is a very amusing five-minute affair. "written by George Bernard Shaw, directed by George Bernard Shaw, produced by George Bernard Shaw, and with a cast of George Bernard Shaw played by George Bernard Shaw." It affords Mr. Shaw an opportunity to "insult a wide audience and retain the pleasure of doing so himself, instead of hiring actors...

Author: By Peter K. Solmssen, | Title: The Moviegoer | 3/27/1951 | See Source »

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