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...hill overlooking Hollywood, a musty, turreted old Gothic house broods amid mist and smog. The traveler who reaches the lonely relic stands damply in a small reception hall presided over by a surly owl with satanically gleaming eyes. But there is no apparent way for the new arrival to get out of the room. Then the receptionist makes a quiet suggestion: a few words, perhaps "Open sesame!", to the owl? The visitor speaks, and, lo, the innocent-looking bookcase near the bird swings open, revealing a crowded bar. The visitor is in The Magic Castle, the U.S.'s only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nightclubs: Some Enchanting Evening | 9/24/1965 | See Source »

...OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT. In this screechingly funny comedy, Diana Sands is more panther than puss as a prostitute who unstuffs a stuffy clerk (Alan Alda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Aug. 13, 1965 | 8/13/1965 | See Source »

...OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT. In Bill Manhoff's screechingly funny comedy, Diana Sands is more tiger than kitten as a prostitute who unstuffs a stuffy book clerk (Alan Alda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Jul. 23, 1965 | 7/23/1965 | See Source »

...OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT. In Bill Manhoff's romantic merry-go-round, a neurotic prostitute (Diana Sands) has a priggish book clerk (Alan Alda) running around in sidesplitting circles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Jul. 2, 1965 | 7/2/1965 | See Source »

...OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT. In Bill Manhoff's romantic merry-go-round, a neurotic prostitute (Diana Sands) has a priggish book clerk (Alan Alda) running around in sidesplitting circles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television, Theater, Records, Cinema, Books: Jun. 25, 1965 | 6/25/1965 | See Source »

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