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Word: overnights (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Next day the Nazis invaded The Netherlands. It was a weird, unreal world in which Audrey, the gay-grave dreamer of fairy tales, found herself: a world where terror lurked in every shadow and neighbors could disappear overnight. Audrey's own uncle, a prominent lawyer in Arnhem, was one of the first victims of Nazi "discipline." He was shot as one of six hostages in retaliation for a plot to blow up a German train. Audrey's cousin, an adjutant at the royal court, was also executed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Princess Apparent | 9/7/1953 | See Source »

...still charmingly squelch the brash reporter who tried to pry deeper. She could speak with disarming gaiety of her pleasingly irregular teeth and still not deny her obvious beauty. To the agonized gentlemen of the West Coast, whose business it often is to turn hatcheck girls into great ladies overnight with publicity gimmicks, Audrey's artless publicity technique was a revelation-just as her camera technique had been to the cameramen, and as her flair for dress was to the studio dressmakers. "Working with Audrey is fun," said one Hollywood expert last week. "When you're working with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Princess Apparent | 9/7/1953 | See Source »

...well-placed civil servant with the aplomb of a head waiter and the moral fiber of an eel. Edna retreats into a cocoon of modern books, music and art. Into this cozy purgatory of ask-me-no-questions, Author Green drops a woman, not just any woman, but an overnight celebrity named Eva Droumek...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Goose-Flesh Impresarios | 8/31/1953 | See Source »

...onetime Methodist minister, has illustrated his "To Be Frank" column in the tabloid, New York Post, it was the likeness of a mildly balding, clean-shaven man in his 40s. Last week Dr. Kingdon, 59, decided to be frank about his looks. Without warning to the readers, the Post overnight changed photographs, used a new one of a bald, bearded and much older man (see cuts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Before & After | 8/17/1953 | See Source »

...closed on Broadway, Shirley was too restless to stay in town furthering her career by haunting producers' offices or being seen at smart cafes. Instead, she would hop a train, join the cast of one or another stock company. While less talented actresses might rocket overnight' to Broadway fame, Shirley was knocking them dead in Louisville or Syracuse. She was starred in the sticks, but her Broadway roles became a long succession of supporting parts. The critics were invariably kind (never in her life has Shirley had a bad review), yet she seemed to be going nowhere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: The Trouper | 8/10/1953 | See Source »

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