Word: rakishly
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Transmigration of souls is not the ideal raw material for a titillating comedy, and after the unsettling revelation of Debbie's manhood, there are few surprises and even fewer laughs in this sex scramble based on George Axelrod's Broadway flop. Charlie is a rakish Hollywood screenwriter who has a way with other men's wives. Shot by a jealous husband (Walter Matthau), the roue returns to life in flesh-toned Reynolds wrap, presumably to see how the other half lives. "It's the Old Testament!" shouts Curtis as the miracle dawns. "The tables have turned...
...years ago at a time when most businessmen were reluctant to buy such expensive gadgets for fear of irritating cost-conscious stockholders. But improvement in corporate profits and the introduction of new and cheaper jets have allayed much of that fear. Many a president now believes that a rakish new jet is just what his company needs for greater mobility and smarter image. Now the executive jet is well on its way to gaining the acceptance already won by its piston-engine counterpart...
...instinct - in fact, Owen suffers from immoral flabbiness. Newby, moreover, is one of the few male writers able to get convincingly inside a woman's character. Sybil seems so stolid and pragmatic on the surface but secretly lives an exciting life of the imagination with her rakish, long-dead first husband. Flighty Alex is another flawed rogue, who would like to be a bitch except that she hates hurting people. What makes Newby a rare author for his time and place is that he is so warmly on the side of all the characters he creates...
...keeps, he is hardly picture-dropping, but a casual flip of the pages turns up some remarkable names and moments: Anthony Eden, thin as wire, stretched out in a bathing suit at Cap d'Antibes during a sojourn with the Paleys in 1953; Pablo Picasso, trying to look rakish and dashing as he stands to be photographed beside Mrs. Paley...
...them most women over 40 look like Captain Hook, not Peter Pan. On the other hand, young women-including some well-heeled, style-conscious teen-agers (see BOOKS)-have jumped in with both feet. A special favorite is the high-heeled, calf-topping black leather model with the rakish, lady-lion-tamer look. Its teetering heels may make it as impractical as a boot can get-certainly not the thing for fording slushy gutters or negotiating icy pavements. A lack of ice and slush makes the high-fashion boot seem even more impractical in Florida and California. But sexiness triumphs...