Word: salesgirl
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...committee turned to youth. Gabriele Cropper, 1950's Magdalene, who had put off her marriage (though she is 34) because she thought she was in the running for the part of the Virgin Mary, burst into tears when the committee chose Irmi Dengg. a 21-year-old salesgirl. Anneliese Mayr, 20. landed the part of the Magdalene, and Woodcarver Werner Bierling. 28, was named the Apostle John-the only beardless male role. Bearded Bierling promptly visited the barber...
...Netty, a French brassière, is displayed by a curvy salesgirl busily selling ties to two gallant Gallic gentlemen. Ever so often, as the salesgirl writhes closer to the counter, she dissolves like a nervous ghost, leaving only a suddenly unoccupied bra for her customers to gape...
...shawls, and more men are wearing fedoras instead of cloth hats. But following fashion is not always easy, complained Izvestia. Only one man in 30 can find a ready-made suit that will fit him. In a ladies' clothing store on Gorky Street an Izvestia reporter overheard a salesgirl telling a customer: "Your figure is nonstandard, and you won't find anything for yourself." The next 20 customers were likewise nonstandard. The Central Institute of the Garment Industry's explanation: the State Planning Commission has failed to give cutters proper guidance because the Scientific Research Institute...
Autobiographer Hurst still seems convinced that no one ever had a more difficult time pulling loose from parents. But eventually, on the end of a great rubber band that would occasionally snap her back to St. Louis, she returned to Manhattan alone. She worked as a salesgirl at Macy's, a waitress at Childs, wrote constantly. After several years, the Saturday Evening Post accepted the 36th manuscript she had sent them...
Torment is a Swedish movie starring Alf Kjellin as an artistic, sensitive Scandinavian preppie who falls in love with the local tobacco shop salesgirl, played by Mai Zetterling. The third member of the tormented triangle is the boy's middle-aged, lecherous Latin teacher, a tyrant named Caligula...