Word: kidded
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Once a week, Phoebe is pushed into the back seat of a car, driven to Manhattan, led awkwardly through crowds, and into the studio. Before the show, both kid and calf weigh in. Last week, as the show moved to CBS, Phoebe outweighed Buck. Weight gains in the 61 days: Phoebe, 86 Ibs., Buck...
When Hargrove finished, everybody swallowed and forced a polite smile. One gallant NAMster patted Hargrove on the head and said: "Don't-take it too seriously. This kid's all right. He's a good...
Masquerade in Mexico (Paramount) is the kind of movie that even Hollywood has learned to kid itself about: the kind of cinemusical, full of song, formula-romance and predigested local color, that is usually glimpsed casually and piecemeal inside another cinemusical. But this time it is left to stand alone...
...concerns a lovely girl in a mythical land, convent-educated, who inherits millions and turns to her guardian angel for guidance through the maze of worldly wickedness she faces. It is a theme with light beauty, ethereal delicacy; for theatrical success, it would have to be handled with theatrical kid gloves. Brecher quite misses the boat. The story appears ridiculous as well as incredible and it is told in lines maudlin beyond imagination. Treated as fragile fancy, the nonsense may have been ingratiating; mugged by Astaire, Frank Morgan, and Mildred Natwick, it is nauseating...
...once, passing up a red-hot favorite for a lonesome long shot made good sense. The $30,000-plus that Billy the Kid would receive for his annual Boston labors was $12-15,000 more than he got from the penny-pinching Cards. Nor could Southworth overlook the possibilities for gaining new prestige (and perhaps more money): picking the lowly Braves up off the floor would require a lot more skill than keeping the player-rich Cardinals...