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Word: kerrs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Vadis. The costliest ($6,500,000) movie ever made, a colossal melodramatic spectacle about Christianity v. paganism in Nero's Rome; with 30,000 extras, 63 lions, Robert Taylor and Deborah Kerr (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: CURRENT & CHOICE, Jan. 7, 1952 | 1/7/1952 | See Source »

...acting, or speech-making, in Q-V is in keeping with the Guestian level of the dialogue. Robert Taylor, as the Latin hero, runs the emotional gamut, with his accustomed impassive Cherokee stare. Deborah Kerr, the titian-haired heroine, brings to her role the solemn uncomprehending dogmatism of a Radcliffe freshman discussing the subjects in question--sex and religion. But the prize ham of the evening goes to Peter Ustinov, who makes such a hash out of Nero that you wind up feeling sorry...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Quo Vadis | 1/7/1952 | See Source »

Plotwise, Kerr gets Taylor, Taylor gets religion, the mob gets Nero, and the audience gets restless. How Metro could spend so much money on "Quo Vadis" and come up with such a mish-mosh of didactic dullness will of course remain one of the great mysteries of our time. Never have so many paid so much to see so little...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Quo Vadis | 1/7/1952 | See Source »

Born. To Deborah Kerr, 30, British cinemactress (Colonel Blimp) who has settled in Hollywood (King Solomon's Mines, Quo Vadis), and Anthony Bartley, 34, producer of adventure movie shorts: their second child, second daughter; in Los Angeles. Name: Francesca Ann. Weight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Dec. 31, 1951 | 12/31/1951 | See Source »

...Vadis. The costliest ($6,500,000) movie ever made, a colossal melodramatic spectacle about Christianity v. paganism in Nero's Rome; with 30,000 extras, 63 lions, Robert Taylor and Deborah Kerr (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: CURRENT & CHOICE, Dec. 24, 1951 | 12/24/1951 | See Source »

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