Word: maria
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Portland Oregon Journal, pro-Willkie in 1940, switched to Term IV because "war is the compelling issue." Frail, spunky Mrs. Maria Clopton Jackson, owner of the Journal's controlling stock, refused to interfere with her editors' decision, but insisted on voicing her dissent. Said she to reporters: "When someone is in power too long ... he gets to feeling as if he is the owner, not just the administrator of a trust. . . . My opinion of Mr. Truman is so severe that I would rather...
...Maria Wrobel, small, fiftyish, wore a stylish black hat and real silk stockings...
...climbing on chairs or stretching out on the floor to get a novel point of view. Out of this free-style approach came some spectacular work, part of it by artists now nationally known in Mexico. One outstanding Reyes graduate is the water-colorist and engraver, José Maria Servin...
Gypsy Wildcat (Universal) shows bosomy Maria Montez once more exerting her peculiarly effective brand of animal magnetism. But one thing is new in this overdressed spectacle. Instead of South Sea Islanders or Arabians, Miss Montez is surrounded by gypsies and feudal barons. However, she still weaves her torso in the same seductive fashion, eyes muscular Jon Hall with the same old sultry yearning. To show his gratitude, Hall swims moats. Most original use of Technicolor: a close-up in which the entire screen is pink with Miss Montez' heaving breast...
...Maria Montez is rapidly becoming Hollywood's most proficient actress in this type of art. She plays at being a siren with the delight of a little girl playing house. So boundless is her joy in her work that even a cinecynic can hardly help catching some...