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Word: milquetoastish (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Young Man with Ideas (MGM) would seem to be a misnomer for Actor Glenn Ford in this harebrained little comedy. Ford plays a Milquetoastish Montana lawyer who migrates to Los Angeles with his wife (Ruth Roman) and three children. There he finds himself preparing for the California bar examination with blonde Fellow Student Nina Foch, who has a habit of boning up on criminal law while attired in off-the-shoulder lounging pajamas. There is also Denise Darcel, an amorous French nightclub singer who wears low-cut dresses and is under the impression that Ford is a talent scout...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Jun. 23, 1952 | 6/23/1952 | See Source »

...Male Animal. Gay comedy, gaily revived, of a Milquetoastish professor menaced in class by a Vanzetti letter, at home by a varsity letter man (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Best Bets on Broadway | 6/9/1952 | See Source »

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