Word: queene
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...advertisers lined up the Liberal members in Marijnen's Cabinet, and brought to a stalemate the issue of whether the new commercial programmers would be independent or be forced to collaborate with the traditional groups. Marijnen threw up his hands, and presented the resignation of his government to Queen Juliana, explaining, "I never knew that television was such a difficult business...
...Queen Victoria, Longford...
Moving down the list of notables at Lord Jim's London premiere, Princess Margaret and the Queen Mother fetched up for a smiling vis-a-vis with Peter O'Toole, 31, the film's talkative star. "I think I brought it up," mused O'Toole later, "but we suddenly found ourselves talking about horse racing and the Grand National next month. I was hoping to get information. I didn't get any." The Queen Mother did, though, when O'Toole told her he'd once bet 10 quid on one of her horses...
...time, the orchestra strikes up, but scarcely tunes. Where there's smoke, there's fog, and that is where most of the London atmosphere comes from, except for a rooftop view of the Diamond Jubilee Parade through Trafalgar Square, with tiny Grenadier Guard puppets and the Queen's jeweled coach crossing a slanted backdrop that for one enchanting moment truly fools the eye with a child's dream of pomp...
Baker Street puts Holmes in bogusly dangerous plights as he foils Professor Moriarty's plot to steal the Queen's Jubilee jewels, but it is never spoofy enough to raise a howl or scary enough to raise a hackle. The real danger is an American actress (Inga Swenson), who spurs Holmes's love disinterest. Actress Swenson is so cool that icicles wouldn't melt in her mouth, though words do-it is difficult to know whether she is reading her lines or learning them. Martin Gabel is sepulchrally menacing as Moriarty, but he has a walk...