Word: pelvic
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Rita tries hard, notably in the big scorch song, during which she wags the kind of pelvic semaphore that does not require a code expert to translate. But in the scenes of her conversion by the missionary (José Ferrer), she just looks confused-a condition that may be partly Actor Ferrer's fault. In his usual screen style, he tries so hard to give the impression that he is not acting that he doesn...
...Heavy" X rays showed what had happened to the bones. "Lighter" rays showed the condition of the skin that by now is like tanned hide. And the X rays also showed the typical narrow hips and pelvic girdle of a small boy in astonishing detail...
...stayed conscious all night although he had a shattered pelvic bone, half a dozen broken ribs and a broken leg; one eyelid had virtually been torn away. Gasoline dripped steadily. He called reassurance to the living (seven were dead), sent some of the walking injured for help, and yelled warnings against lighting matches. When he got to a hospital, nine hours after the crash, he felt a familiar languor-what he calls the "warm, soft sensation of death...