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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Perelman named his actor Basil Woolwine. He could just as well have called him Anthony Newley. In the latest case of lifelessness imitating artlessness, Newley continues his long love affair with Newley. Can Heironymus Merlcin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? "is a real ego trip," says the Director-Writer-Star. But it is less a trip than a misfired space shot blasting $1,250,000 to ashes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: l-Piece | 3/28/1969 | See Source »

...theatrical I-pieces, Stop the World and The Roar of the Greasepaint, Newley again presents himself as an overpainted everymannikin, this time named Heironymus Merkin,* who views his life as one long stag film...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: l-Piece | 3/28/1969 | See Source »

...wise move. The script by Herman Raucher and Newley never graduates to the sophomoric. Female characters are given Ian Fleming labels with a touch of Li'l Abner: Polyester Poontang, Miss Maidenhead Fern, Trampolena Whambang and Miss Hope Climax. Jokes consist of lethal single entendres like "Heironymus lays them in the aisles," or Berle's remark as he rows a boat on a sandy beach: "I haven't passed water in three days." Between them, Newley rants some chants that are mislabeled songs, appears more naked than his victims, and plots along in the hope that some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: l-Piece | 3/28/1969 | See Source »

Hello World. "I still don't think that Anthony Newley is a household name," Newley complains offscreen. "It's a bit of a bummer, as they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: l-Piece | 3/28/1969 | See Source »

...Wild, 15, as The Artful Dodger, has polished gravel for a voice, a Toby jug for a head, and the suggestion of fame for a future. As well might be. The last boy to play the Dodger onscreen was a cockney-of-the-walk by the name of Anthony Newley...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Movies: Vice into Romance | 12/13/1968 | See Source »

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