Word: oomph
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...recordings expressed to stations using them. Superman has a sound effect about every four lines. For many of his righteous crushers, jumping on various sized berry baskets suffices. For the disintegration of a steel ball bearing in an episode recorded last week, the sound men finally got the oomph they wanted by tossing a dinner plate in the air, busting it with a hammer on the way down...
...management because it doesn't fly. But it's Greta Garbo's show all the way through, and she deserves it. Her lightning change from a surly Marxist to a glamorous Parisienne ought to convince the fans at last that she is no mystery woman, but the original it, oomph, and glamor girl all rolled into one, and above all a superbly talented actress...