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A Chorus of Prudes sings of happy leisure and innocent pleasure, but an amorous soprano ridicules the prudes and claims she can sing a song that will seduce all listeners. She proves this by means of a drowsy Harvard-type matematician who reluctantly succumbs to her mating-call. Enter two...

Author: By Lawrence R. Casler, | Title: Charivari | 5/15/1953 | See Source »

The Berlin score has been preserved almost intact. If his lyrics are somewhat flat, his melodies are spirited. "They Like Ike" the visionary number of 1949 has been replaced by "The International Rag," evidently less partisan. "You're Just in Love," which held up the show for six encores in...

Author: By Arthur J. Langguth, | Title: Call Me Madam | 4/6/1953 | See Source »

World-Record Program. "Marvelous Mal" never runs a poor race, win or lose. Fortnight ago in Boston, he equaled the world indoor record of 1:10.2 for 600 yards (TIME, Feb. 9), but his deceptively effortless stride made it appear that he could have done even better. An official criticized...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Champion with a Plan | 2/16/1953 | See Source »

(Richard Jaeckel) neck in the parlor. Forsaking his usual swashbuckling roles, Burt Lancaster plays the sleepwalking Doc with great earnestness, but his performance frequently makes the character seem wooden rather than frustrated. It is in Shirley Booth's characterization that the movie really catches fire. Making her screen debut...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Dec. 29, 1952 | 12/29/1952 | See Source »

Photographers enjoy themselves immensely, are all good-natured, and generally play the piano with heinous skill. At work they comprise an efficient staff, competent both with a camera and with the Crimson's treasured engraving machine.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Crime Comp Greets Men Tues. | 11/29/1952 | See Source »

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