Search Details

Word: jourdan (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...show's star, Louis Jourdan, is a very handsome man. He radiates charm and immediately makes the fortune teller seem a very nice chap with a surprising share of sincerity, considering that his line of work involves mulcting the public. Unfortunately, Mr. Jourdan tends toward stiffness. Perhaps it is his incomplete command of the more subtle inflections of English, but in any event, it is not too serious. Felicia Montalegre plays a female lion-tamer with a vigor and grace that fail only when the excitement or anguish of her lines forces her to plunge through them. In smaller roles...

Author: By R. J. Schoenberg, | Title: Tonight in Samarkand | 1/13/1955 | See Source »

Martha Raye Show (Tues. 8 p.m., NBC). With Louis Jourdan, Denise Dar-cel, Rocky Graziano...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RADIO: Program Preview, Oct. 25, 1954 | 10/25/1954 | See Source »

...feeble little plot about a trio of American girls who spend a tedious 102 minutes getting their men: Dorothy McGuire wins Novelist Clifton Webb (wearing a henna rinse); sultry Jean Peters gets a sure-enough Italian, Rossano Brazzi; Maggie McNamara captures Prince Charming in the person of Louis Jourdan. Why any of the six is so set on marrying any of the others is never satisfactorily explained...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, may 31, 1954 | 5/31/1954 | See Source »

Robert Montgomery Presents (Mon. 9:30 p.m., NBC). The Wages of Fear, with Louis Jourdan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RADIO: Program Preview, may 3, 1954 | 5/3/1954 | See Source »

...play remains, however, an effective formulation. As Michel, Cinemactor Louis Jourdan is excellent throughout; as Marcelline, Geraldine (Midsummer) Page is uneven but has excellent moments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Plays in Manhattan, Feb. 22, 1954 | 2/22/1954 | See Source »

Previous | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | Next