Word: milkmaid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Arthur ? did not so much display their bodies as move comfortably in them, telegraphing their belief that they were a match for any man. In the '40s and '50s, the bazooka buxomness of Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield marked a reaction against equality; here was the milkmaid as sultry pinup. Now the hourglass is shattered. Says George Hurrell, the portrait photographer who for 60 years has celebrated Hollywood's full-figured stars: "In the '30s everything was round. It gave a body shape and shadow. Today, actresses are rid of hips and thighs and even busts...
...title role. Marjorie Hellmold gives the innocent milkmaid just the right touch of flirtatiousness, and her naivete becomes appealing, not ludicrous. Unfortunately, she, too, suffers from the chorus's conspicuous horsing around. Throughout her first act solo. "I cannot tell what this 'love' may be," the ensemble of "lovesick maidens" is sneaking up on her and trying to strangle her with their tear-stained handkerchieves, only to trip over themselves as she steps out of their path. Hellmold sings sweetly and sincerely, and it is a shame that the chorus should detract from her performance...