Word: jo
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Hitler is forearmed. He knows that the main blow of any full-scale invasion must fall somewhere between Brest and Den Helder, where The Netherlands had its chief naval base (see map, p. jo). Over the area where they first seek an invasion bridgehead, the Allies must have absolute command of the air. They must be able to cover the invasion with fighters based on Britain, and the actual offensive radius of Britain's fighter squadrons is much less than most people suppose-about 100 miles. Only the fortified stretch of German Europe along the Channel, the near Atlantic...
Considered from a strictly technical point of view, the job was too great for the cast assigned to it. Sylvia Sydney seemed little more than adequate in her portrayal of Jo; she was too sophisticated at times for a sympathetic rendering of a tomboyish bookworm. Amy was the best-played character in the cast, with Edythe Ward giggling and mispronouncing her way to humor and at times adding a human interest touch. Otherwise the cast was decidedly mediocre, except for individual moments too scattered to be effective. Mary Barthclmess, as Beth, was little more than good in her playing...
Married. Actress Mimi Lilygren ("Jo Ann Sayers"), 23, who played the title role in My Sister Eileen; and Ensign Anthony A. Bliss, 29, ex-husband of Publisher Marshall Field Ill's eldest daughter, Barbara; in Manhattan...
Years ago Pir of Pagaro got angry at a boy favorite, Ibrahim, of his court at Pir-Jo-Goth. Pir had Ibrahim's eyelashes and eyebrows plucked out, his face blackened with soot, and padlocked him in a box which was opened only when he was fed. Ibrahim escaped, only to be hunted with hounds and imprisoned again in a smaller box. Finally three concubines told the police about Ibrahim. The found him in his box, "looking like a ghost, pale as death, and smelling like a polecat...
...Jo Miclziner has delivered some simple, yet ingenious sets, that harmonize nicely with Irene Sharaff's stylized costumes. Robert Alton has staged the dances brilliantly with all the verve and sharpness of his past work. And the whole combination sets the scene for Ray Bolger, who has never been in better form, capering and cavorting through the gayest musical of the year...