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Word: montez (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Hard Bitten. In San Manuel, Ariz., editors of the San Manuel Miner announced temporary suspension of home delivery after Deliveryman Ralph Vira-montez resigned because he was tired of fighting off the stray dogs around town...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Apr. 4, 1955 | 4/4/1955 | See Source »

What raises Kismot above the standard of an old Maria Montez movie are the engaging performances of a cast which refuses to take any of the show's claptrap seriously. Well-rehearsed after a WEst Coast run of two months, the company gambols through Kismot with good-natured case. Even the gauze-pantalooned houris in the chorus seem pleasantly aware of how silly they look and make the bad moments of the show so hilariously poor that you can't complain. On the other hand, thanks primarily to Alfred Drake, Kismet's good moments are very enjoyable indeed. In Otis...

Author: By George Spelvin., | Title: Theatre First Night | 12/4/1953 | See Source »

What raises Kismet above the standard of an old Maria Montez movie are the engaging performances of a cast which refuses to take any of the show's claptrap seriously. Well-rehearsed after a West Coast run of two months, the company gambols through Kismet with good-natured case. Even the gauze-pantalooned houris in the chorus seem pleasantly aware of how silly they look and make the bad moments of the show so hilariously poor that you can't complain. On the other hand, thanks primarily to Alfred Drake, Kismet's good moments are very enjoyable indeed. In Otis...

Author: By R. E. Oldenburg, | Title: Kismet | 10/24/1953 | See Source »

...ISSUE, ANNOUNCED THAT RITA HAYWORTH HAS JUST COMPLETED "THE STORY OF MARY MAGDALENE." HE IS SEVERAL MONTHS AHEAD OF OUR SCHEDULE. SHE IS NOW COMPLETING TITLE ROLE IN "MISS SADIE THOMPSON," SOMERSET MAUGHAM'S CLASSIC . . . "MARY MAGDALENE" AND "THE KING'S MISTRESS," THE STORY OF LOLA MONTEZ, ARE BOTH ON HER FUTURE SLATE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 14, 1953 | 9/14/1953 | See Source »

Died. Maria Montez (christened Maria de Santo Silas), 31, whose burning eyes, heaving bosom and tawny allure energized a long series of sex-and-geography pictures (Gipsy Wildcat, South of Tahiti, Cobra Woman); in her reducing bath (probably of a heart attack brought on by the scalding water); in Paris, where she lived with her second husband, French Actor Jean-Pierre Aumont...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Sep. 17, 1951 | 9/17/1951 | See Source »

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