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...Fones, who marries her cousin, Henry Winthrop. Henry is a bad hat who gives her a bad time, and her lot is further aggravated by the fact that her wicked uncle, Governor John Winthrop, seems determined to run the Massachusetts Bay colony without her advice. Of course, "a provoking lass she was, [with her] hair black as a wicked Spaniard's. There was a bursting carnal femaleness about her . . ." At this point, the reader will suspect that he is in for a slalom round every four-poster bed that can be worked into the narrative. Not so: no hussy...
...laundry-bill conscious lass, Stephens has put out a dacron and cotton trenchcoat that is guaranteed washable. It is also wrinkle-resistant. White trench-coats are being shown, too--impractical but awfully attractive...
...badge brogued. "It's forr the doorr prrize." These consisted, we discovered, of ten gallons of gas, which later went to a candidate's brother, a bottle of more attractive brew, which went to a candidate's wife, and a box of cigars, which went to a charming lass who apparently belonged...
...heart attack. A repentant Laura kneels and prays that he be restored to life. While a pit chorus explains what is going on, three legendary miracles are enacted at one side of the stage: an Italian Renaissance woman finds her dead child coming back to life, a Scottish lass sees her cow revive, and a German soldier of the Thirty Years' War exchanges his own life for that of his fallen brother. (Each of the episodes is sung in the language of its setting.) Then back to the living room. Tracy yawns, looks up at Laura and asks: "What...
Gary Cooper, Hollywood's past master at playing variations on the theme of oneself, is this time cast as a lass-grabbing U.S. tycoon just Gary's age (56). He perfunctorily amasses millions while concentrating chiefly on his globe-girdling conquests; he only counts his assignations, and his corporations take care of themselves. While working on a big deal during his annual Paris fling, Casanova Cooper is rudely interrupted by mysterious, wide-eyed Ariane (Audrey Hepburn). His big deal's husband, warns Audrey, lurks with a loaded revolver just outside Cooper's Ritz suite. Thus saved...