Word: prettier
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...this whole is less than its parts. Jimmy Stewart tries to keep busy by playing the harmonica Flashing Paulette Goddard, who has seldom looked prettier, sings and dances in old-style nightclub fashion. White-haired Charles Winninger booms through his routine with astounding energy for a 56-year-old. As the last of six tuneful but undistinguished tunes fades away, many a moviegoer might be excused for murmuring: "Jimmy hasn't got it." The Lady From Cheyenne (Universal) is Producer Frank Lloyd's conception of how women got the vote in Wyoming in 1869. According to this version...
...Clayton, Cozy Cole, Frankie Newton, Elmond Hall, and many others. These dates produced some of the purest and most uninhibited jazz over recorded... Two noteworthy albums have been released this week. First is a collection of Dersey Brothers reissues which includes the original Gettin' Sentimental Over You, a much prettier job than the more recent version (COLUMBIA). The other is a Count Basie album, particularly valuable due to the inclusion of Swinging On the Dalsy Chain, one of the Count's first jobs with the full band. Execution is rather rough, but it has that old Basie jump (DECCA...
...repute, Welleslcy girls spend all their time looking for husbands, but you can have fun with them just the same. According to current folklore, Wellesley girls average prettier but dumber than Radeliffeites. Smith is ditto, but more fun to spend a week-end at. The same goes for Vassar. Bennington combines plenty of art, girls in slacks, lots of liquor, and absolutely no rules--Benningtonties can and do stay out all night. These last three colleges are out of the question unless you own or can borrow...
...Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore and Lewis Stone have discovered, Mickey Rooney thrives on his ability and determination to steal anything up to a death scene from a colleague. Some of Cinemactor Stone's heartiest chuckles may be explained by the fact that 17-year-old Judy Garland, growing prettier by the picture and armed for this one with two good songs, Alone and I'm Nobody's Baby, treats Mickey with a dose of his own medicine...
...year were 128,697; opening day three weeks ago at the 1940 New York World's Fair: 191,196. Other differences between 1940's two folksy fairs: San Francisco's is more compact, its attractions are easier to get around to, and it is less pretentious, prettier. It also has less debt...