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One reason, suggests a pressagent, is that Peter Gunn is "a little bit much." The program so exaggerates traditional private-eye brouhahas that it can be taken for parody. And it is done so deadpan that it has rigor mortis of the upper lip.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Top Gunn | 12/29/1958 | See Source »

The selection of oils and watercolors at Busch-Reisinger this month looks especially good. Feininger's ocean canvases contain all the architecture of his cathedral paintings. Their crispness remains taut and concise without suffering that mechanical rigor mortis which lurked in such abundance in the ranks of the Bauhaus. If...

Author: By Paul W. Schwartz, | Title: Lyonel Feininger | 10/8/1958 | See Source »

TRIGGER MORTIS, by Frank Kane (251 pp.; Rinehart; $2.95), starts shooting up the seamier side of Manhattan long before anyone thinks of calling the cops. Johnny Liddell, one of the hardest private eyes in town, takes on ex-pugs, Harlem hopheads, dance-hall dolls, a poverty-row pressagent and the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Mysteries | 4/28/1958 | See Source »

"They say that rock 'n' roll is dead." He motioned about the audience. "Some wake--or maybe it's just sustained rigor mortis."

Author: By John D. Leonard, | Title: We Shall Survive | 11/19/1957 | See Source »

The men and women in the cast suffer from rigor mortis; their movements and voices are lifeless, and they read their lines. The play does, however, achieve a consistent dullness, which lets the drowsy theatre-goer sleep without fear of missing a thing.

Author: By Walter E. Wilson, | Title: Miss Lonelyhearts | 9/27/1957 | See Source »

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