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Word: mitzie (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Birds and the Bees cunningly makes its jokes as physical as possible: Gobel takes pratfalls on land and sea, at home and abroad. When he isn't getting pie in the face, he is compelled to read limp double-entendres, make love to a girl taller than himself (Mitzi Gaynor) and play straight man to David Niven...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Apr. 30, 1956 | 4/30/1956 | See Source »

...plot: Simple-Simon Gobel, heir to a frankfurter fortune, is dogged by Fortune Hunters Niven and Gaynor. In mid-picture, Gobel concludes that Mitzi wants his pelf, instead of his self, and renounces her. Producer Paul Jones liked this idea so much that he has it played all over again, but it is not much funnier the second time around. About the only bright note: the catchy title song neatly handled by Gobel and Gaynor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Apr. 30, 1956 | 4/30/1956 | See Source »

There's No Business Like Show Business (20th Century-Fox) is another picture that does a lot of big-name-dropping -Ethel Merman, Dan Dailey, Donald O'Connor, Mitzi Gaynor, Marilyn Monroe and Johnnie Ray-and some of the names drop with a big thud. The show is an Irving Berlin potpourri, containing some good old sweetmeats along with a few fresh-picked sour apples. The mixture will probably simmer steadily at the box office, even though fussy moviegoers feel they have reached the Berlin point. Singer-Dancer Mitzi Gaynor has a figure that suggests a finely machined...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Also Showing | 1/17/1955 | See Source »

...contrast to Miss Monroe, Mitzi Gaynor adds a bright and pert performance. A few pounds lighter and no longer sassy, she is pleasing for the first time. Another member of the Dailey-Merman family is Johnnic "Cry" Ray, surprisingly cast as a religiously serious showman who becomes a priest. Although his chin wags abnormally when he sings, Ray's style is unique and entertaining...

Author: By Cliff F. Thompson, | Title: There's No Business Like Show Business | 1/4/1955 | See Source »

...Married. Mitzi Gaynor, 23, auburn-haired cinemusical star (Three Young Texans); and Jack Bean, 32, public relations executive; in San Francisco...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Nov. 29, 1954 | 11/29/1954 | See Source »

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