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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Mush bustle and improbable commotion completely fill the screen, and the ordered nonsense is a monument to the direction of Howard Hawks. He has filmed the hectic action without losing either reasonable pace or timing, and the result is a picture that does with clever dialogue what Olsen and Johnson do with pandemonium and underdone custard pies. The only possible improvement would be a more thoughtful spacing of laughs. One can easily miss several excellent boffs while recovering from ones coming just before. The answer is to sit through two shows...

Author: By Robert J. Schoenberg, | Title: His Gal Friday | 1/5/1954 | See Source »

Whether flexing its muscles or breathing sighs, Fan Fan is hilarious entertainment. Swiftly paced, with the indifference to order and logic of an Olsen and Johnson epic, this picture makes farce and slapstick seem like high comedy and arch satire. And most of the credit goes to the two stars...

Author: By Robert J. Schoenberg, | Title: Fan Fan The Tulip | 10/26/1953 | See Source »

Born. To Zoe Ann Olsen Jensen, 22, blonde, blue-eyed Olympic aquastar and holder of 14 U.S. diving championships, and Jackie Jensen, 26, Washington Senator rightfielder and former University of California All-America (1948) fullback: their second child, first son; in Washington, D.C. Name: Jon Arthur. Weight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jun. 1, 1953 | 6/1/1953 | See Source »

Upholding the affirmative side of the debate for Harvard are Jay Nussbaum and Frank Olsen, both seniors. Representing Cambridge on the negative side are Greville Janner and Anthony Lloyd, currently freshmen in Harvard Law School. Both graduated from Cambridge last year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Debate Council and University of Cambridge to Argue Dollar's Role in English Economy | 2/26/1953 | See Source »

...movie's Texans, even the villains, keep their word of honor, respect womanhood and fight at the drop of a line of dialogue. When Gable and Crawford clash at the barricades before the Texas senate, mass slaughter breaks out. Then, at a word from the revered Houston (Moroni Olsen), the two leaders settle the issue in a fist fight, the ground suddenly clears of casualties, and both sides go off to fight the Mexicans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Three of a Kind | 1/21/1952 | See Source »

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