Word: magically
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hostess card on her blouse and the tall, bony girl with a small face and muted features who was following her. No, he said, he was just going to --. But he found himself introduced to the lanky girl, and asked her to dance. The loudspeaker leaked "It's Magic." They exchanged names and information about home towns, fields of concentration, and then danced silently for a long time. Stealthily, Vag wiped his moist palms between each dance. She did too. Finally the girl asked Vag what time it was and said she was supposed to meet a friend. Would...
...musical revue is neither fish nor foul. Whatever it is, Broadway has found a recipe for it. The magic formula usually calls for the following ingredients: a skit about psychoanalysis; an old-fashioned, home-town dance number; a Latin American fiesta scene; a take-off on the movies or movie heroines; and a big production number which parodies some other form of the theater. Throw in the usual mediocre songs and dance routines that don't quite come off, and you've got "Lend an Ear"-- as well as every other musical revue in sight...
...brand of folksiness obviously fills a deep national need. Last week his CBS programs-Arthur Godfrey Time (weekdays, 10:15 a.m., E.S.T., radio), Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts (Mon. 8:30 p.m., radio & TV) and Arthur Godfrey & His Friends (Wed. 8 p.m., TV)-all had Hooperatings within the magic first five. Last month, Chesterfield spread-eagled the CBS network for Godfrey by adding still another evening show, Arthur Godfrey Digest (Sat. 9:30 p.m., radio). Made up of recorded high spots from his morning routine, the Digest promptly scored a highly satisfactory 10.4 Hoop-erating...
Fired by both Chesterfield and CBS, Godfrey headed back to Washington. Even there, it seemed his magic had gone. "I had gotten to thinking like a smart-aleck Broadway showman, and people don't want Broadway every day. But little by little, I regained the humility I had lost. I got back to sunsets, fishing, horses. My interest in people returned. The show improved, clients were pleased, and fans began to increase...
...unalloyed make-believe, without the disenchanting sight of a single photographed human face. It embellishes the outline of the classic tale with half a dozen simple, hummable tunes and the abounding whimsies of eight Disney writers. The fairy godmother becomes a dithery homebody who has some trouble remembering the magic words; the king is a wildly irascible sentimentalist, and a whole Disney menagerie cavorts on all sides...