Word: moviedom
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Flea markets thrive on nostalgia. Explains Susan Pressly, a New York City nurse and a frequent visitor to New Jersey's Lambertville Antique Flea Market: "You can go there and touch something from your childhood." When Shirley Temple ruled moviedom in the '30s, small blue drinking glasses bearing her pixie face were packed in countless Wheaties boxes. The glasses now fetch $9 each at MacSonny's flea market in North Reading, Mass. Anything old sells: wedding dresses, shoes, and, for collectors, Coca-Cola signs, beer cans and comic books. Says Bill McCrenice, an antique-store owner...
What keeps "An Unmarried Woman" from the ranks of great moviedom is that one never really becomes involved. One is never truly worried about Erica--she is strong and capable of laughing at herself, even at the most painful of moments. Her relationships with people are all loving and we know that she is bound to pull through. It is satisfying but does not shake us on a deeper level. One comes out of the theatre content but without new perspective. And it is not likely to bring encouragement to divorced women who are trying to make it on their...
...tenacious flock of reporters eager to hear about her recent split from Husband Patrick Curtis, Raquel took up tennis and even skiing, in which she moved from beginner to high-intermediate status in three days. Add roller skating (she plays a rink queen in her new movie) and moviedom's most spectacular body seems likely to retain its impressive muscle tone. Coach Grigry pointed out another reason why Raquel should excel at competitive sports. "She has a great advantage on the court," he says. "Distraction...
Grudgingly, most of moviedom had to concede that Scott had won his Oscar on sheer merit. Much less grudgingly, they had to say pretty much the same about the relatively unknown British housewife (see following story) who duplicated the 1969 Oscar success of her countrywoman Maggie Smith by walking off with the best actress award...