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Word: seyler (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Terry-Thomas is rewarded with a starring role in a suitably dotty but amiable bit of British nonsense, and he carries it off with his usual weedy charm and blithering idiocy. He is cast as a retired major who shares a flat in Kensington with three maiden ladies (Athene Seyler, Elspeth Duxbury, Hattie Jacques) while together they subside regretfully into "the teatime of life." What to do with themselves? Suddenly one of the dear old things has an inspiration that could lend vast new dimensions to the science of geriatrics: Why not organize a crime syndicate and devote the profits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Comedies | 1/6/1961 | See Source »

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