Word: loretta
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Easy Living" at the Keith Memorial, the story of pro football in which Vic Mature kicks around Liz Scott; "Jolson Sings Again" at the Low's Orpheum, Larry Parks as He; "Come to the Stable" at Loew's Publix, Celeste Holm and Loretta Young as Sisters; "Pinky" at the Astor, Jeanno Crain portrays a light-skinned colored nurse; "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" at the RKO Boston, Donald O'Connor proves he's not my boy; "Savage Splendor" at the Pilgrim, exotic Africa in garish technicolor. Walt Disney's "Ichabed and Mr. Toad" is back up on Tremant Street...
...packed with nuggety information. Samples: Bing Crosby "always rehearses with his pipe clenched between his teeth, even when singing"; Robert Cummings "reads lines from a semi-crouch, like a boxer"; Joan Crawford is a "microphone-clutcher," while Barbara Stanwyck is a "shoe-taker-offer." Don Ameche (with Loretta Young and Fred MacMurray, he is tied for the record with 21 appearances) drinks a pint of milk before each show "as a sedative." Paul Muni once played his violin right up to curtain time "to soothe his nerves...
...Never has there been a time of such opportunity. For as age has dulled dozens of bright stars, custom has staled scores more. The public-though still attentive to such screen personalities as Robert Taylor, Hedy Lamarr, Errol Flynn, Irene Dunne, Greer Garson, Myrna Loy, Walter Pidgeon, Mickey Rooney, Loretta Young-no longer rushes by the millions to see a picture merely because one of them...
...basic comedy idea, from a story by Clare Boothe Luce, is that pious innocence can be as indomitable a force as bland ruthlessness. In this case, the pious innocence is personified by two nuns. Since Sister Margaret and Sister Scholastica are played by Loretta Young and Celeste Holm, the nuns not only have God on their side, but considerable personal charm as well...
...Accused. Loretta Young as the culprit in a cat & mouse melodrama, with Robert Cummings and Wendell Corey (TIME...