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...books conveyed an inimitably whimsical presence of animals and the funny little man who could talk to them. In this musical movie, Dr. Dolittle's character, as well as his physiognomy, has gone astray. The pleasingly plump physician has been transformed into a lean, saturnine ectomorph (Rex Harrison) who treats his furred and feathered charges with all the intimacy of a Harley Street internist ordering a set of X rays. Surrounding him, however, is a brilliant supporting cast: pigs, dogs, giraffes, elephants, hippos, and a multilingual parrot...
...Rex Harrison's unsung approach to lyrics is reminiscent of My Fair Lady, but Leslie Bricusse's songs are not. As a composer, Bricusse (Roar of the Greasepaint, Stop the World) seems to have kept a wary eye on the charts, inserting flaccid pop songs whenever the action flags. In such a child-centered zoo story, the animals, of course, should be the true stars of the picture. But Director Richard Fleischer has inserted a number of special-effect monstrosities whose obvious falsity helps to destroy the mood created by the real zoo denizens. The Sea Snail...
...celebrities for ideas on how to decorate a Christmas tree, and what do they send? Twenty-two different personal plugs, that's what. Hallmark thought up the gimmick for a seasonal display at its Manhattan Gallery, decorating the trees according to suggestion. Jeweler Harry Winston fancied diamond sparkles, Rex Harrison (Dr. Dolittle) spoke up for animal heads, Cartoonist Charles Schulz wanted a pine branch atop Snoopy's doghouse, Julia Child recommended pots and pans on a stainless-steel tree, and Leontyne Price wanted her tree covered in opera programs. Pop Sculptor Marisol...
Gallo sometimes sculpts men-on display at the Graham Gallery there are two, fully dressed and both looking singularly exhausted, possibly from the presence of so much female flesh. He has even been known to sculpt a cat (Rex Harrison has that). But he really considers himself "a female worshiper," and looks forward to playing Pygmalion to the first automated Galatea...
Founder Blazer kept his company flexible, bragged that an Ashland refinery could be converted from one kind of refining to another "by supper-time." He also kept his work force lean, refused to hire his own nephew after Rex Blazer graduated from the University of Illinois ('28). "If you are as good as you think you are," said Uncle Paul, "you won't get any credit for it because you are my nephew. If you aren't that good, I'll have to fire you, and the family already has enough trouble." Paul Blazer loaned...