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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...with an occasional, highly proper cry of "hey, hey" (cheering is considered improper in austere Ottawa). After he placed a wreath of red carnations and white chrysanthemums on the Cenotaph, Canada's war memorial, Ike joined Mamie and the Governor General in an open Cadillac, tucked a lap robe around their knees and rode off through the city to Rideau Hall, the Governor General's official residence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: State Visit | 11/23/1953 | See Source »

...Marry a Millionaire (20th Century-Fox) is the second picture produced in CinemaScope-the wide-screen process that made The Robe look, in the studio's ledger as well as in the public's eye, like a huge, animated dollar bill. HTMAM might be said to cover the other side of the currency. Where The Robe, a Biblical epic, was dominated by the personable male heads of Richard Burton, Michael Rennie and Victor Mature, its successor is a light comedy devoted to a close inspection of three famous girls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Nov. 23, 1953 | 11/23/1953 | See Source »

...Robe. The first CinemaScope film, a colorful production based on Lloyd C. Douglas' 1942 bestseller; starring Richard Burton, Victor Mature and Jean Simmons (TIME. Sept...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: CURRENT & CHOICE, Nov. 23, 1953 | 11/23/1953 | See Source »

Besides exploiting the self-evident truths of its heroines, How to Marry stirs occasional interest with its new photographic technique. Unlike The Robe, in which historical setting limited use of the wide-lens camera, How To Marry puts CinemaScope to work in everyday surroundings. Freed from painted sets, the medium projects a new illusion of space by concentrating on familiar scenes like the George Washington Bridge and the New York skyline. Had the film concentrated as much on script lines as on skylines and necklines, How To Marry a Millionaire would have been a more profitable gold hunt...

Author: By Harry S. Kane, | Title: How to Marry a Millionaire | 11/23/1953 | See Source »

...Robe. The first CinemaScope film, a colorful, breathtakingly big production based on Lloyd C. Douglas' 1942 bestseller; starring Richard Burton, Victor Mature and Jean Simmons (TIME, Sept...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: CURRENT & CHOICE, Nov. 16, 1953 | 11/16/1953 | See Source »

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