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...friendly, affectionate musical for all ages-between five and twelve. The first half of the movie drags a bit, but the action picks up once Dick Van Dyke, who plays a pixilated inventor, gets his children, his girl friend (Sally Ann Howes) and his car airborne in a glorious romp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Jan. 10, 1969 | 1/10/1969 | See Source »

...Tetrayllay have provided the depth which Harvard teams have lacked consistently in the past. The epee team, the weakest part of the squad in the first three meets, took on a new look against C.C.N.Y. John Reitz, fencing his first time in the number one spot, led the epee romp with three wins. But the most pleasant surprises came from Tetrayllay and sophomore Mickey Irvings who won five of their six bouts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Unbeaten Varsity Fencers To Meet Powerful Columbia | 1/10/1969 | See Source »

Ustinov succeeded where others had failed by playing the opera, as he put it, for "what's on the surface." It turned out to be a poetic, elfin romp, somewhat in the spirit of Beni Montresor's enchanting 1966 production for the New York City Opera. Said Ustinov: "Too many directors try to make another Parsifal out of The Magic Flute...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Opera: Magic and the Globolinks | 1/3/1969 | See Source »

KRAFT MUSIC HALL (NBC, 9-10 p.m.). "The Mitzi Gaynor Christmas Show" is a Yuletide romp with Ed McMahon playing Santa Claus and Mitzi as Raggedy Ann. Other guests include Cyril Ritchard, Tony Tanner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Dec. 27, 1968 | 12/27/1968 | See Source »

...delight that captivated friend and foe alike. Tennessee Williams called her a cross between a tiger and a moth, and her performance offstage was the true measure of the actress. Lavish beyond redemption, garrulous beyond recall, Tallulah chain-smoked, talked and caroused like a longshoreman. She was known to romp around her apartment in the nude drinking planter's punch-and sometimes greeted friends at the door in the same state of undress. Tallulah refused to remember anyone's name (she once introduced a friend named Olive as "Martini"), liked to break up stuffy parties by doing cartwheels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Dec. 20, 1968 | 12/20/1968 | See Source »

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