Word: oscars
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...course, divorce was severely frowned upon by Victorian society, and any partner to adultery could count on permanent ostracization. Such is the situation of Margaret Erlynne in Lady Windermere's Fan, the first successful play written by Oscar Wilde. After just a few months of married life, she left her husband and baby daughter in favor of another man. Once he abandoned her, she was left alone in the world--a pariah from the social circles she had once frequented. Twenty years later she reads that her daughter has married a rich peer, Lord Windermere. Adopting the pseudonym 'Erlynne...
...best musicals to come out of the tuneful fifties, although there is not enough Fred Astaire in it. Mr. Fred is an aging hoofer who is persuaded to come back to co-star with Cyd Charisse in her stage debut. Nanette Fabray is completely obnoxious, but the irascible Oscar Levant consistently manages to upstage her. The highlight is a dance number with Astaire as a private eye and Charisse as the sleazy streetwalker in distress. Lots of good songs, and a plot so old that you just have to love it. Channel 3. 9:00 p.m.--The Battling Bellhop...
Mary Poppins. Well well. It made a lot of money, and got Julie Andrews an Oscar. Animated talking pigs may be a lot of fun, especially if you're stoned. Paramount...
...Sunset Boulevard. Billy Wilder utilized his detailed knowledge of Hollywood decadence in writing the Oscar-winning screenplay to an all-that-glitters-is-not-sequins sunset city epic. William Holden gurgles the narration from his face down predicament in Gloria Swanson's swimming pool, but after the devastingly effective shot of Miss Swanson descending the spiral staircase, it is understandable why he chose to watch the action from that vantage point. One gets the feeling that only those who have seen this peculiar type of behavior will appreciate it, and maybe even they wouldn't. Channel...
Mary Poppins. Well well. It made a lot of money, and got Julie Andrews an Oscar. Animated talking pigs may be a lot of fun, expecially if you're stoned. Paramount...