Word: shadowers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Between the idea and the reality, of course, falls a large shadow--one of the many that Hope shies away from throughout. Most of the fun derives from his attempts to extricate himself from tight spots with cracks like, "I gotta go now--just remembered I left my horse outside double-parked." In addition, Paramount manages to overwhelm Hope with Joan Caulfield, Marjorie Reynolds, a Mme. Pompadour whose personality is on view only briefly, and a Hollywood-version Spanish Court filled with blondes...
...when two swarthy thugs held up the New Yorker Delicatessen Store (one in a chain of 67) on 58th Street, in the genteel shadow of Manhattan's Plaza Hotel, it was the hand of history itself which struck among the liverwursts...
...shadow of blame could be cast on George Marshall. In eleven months he had won the affection and respect of both Nationalist and Communist leaders, and the Chinese people. (Mrs. Marshall's graceful contributions had included teaching the austere Generalissimo to relax over Chinese checkers...
...miles clicked past, gloom lengthened like a shadow over the little group gathered in the President's private car. At Vernon, Ind., at Cincinnati, at Chillicothe, the train stopped briefly to pick up last-minute press bulletins. They only confirmed the radio news. There was no doubt about it: Harry Truman's Democratic Party was taking a terrific trouncing...
...abstract picture, it was almost good enough to flutter the dovecots on Manhattan's arty 57th Street. It won Baltimore Photographer Aubrey Bodine first prize in a Camera magazine contest. Turned on its right side, it proved to be nothing more than a sunlight& -shadow shot of a row of Baltimore's white marble stoops...