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...faces of lesser men. J. P. Marquand also knew, along with the late George Apley, the virtue of the correct tip, but he saw the grim portents of the future in Willis Wayde, an obnoxious and insecure climber who plied bellboys with folding money where the quick, light slap of metal would have been sufficient...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Customs: The Outstretched Palm | 6/23/1961 | See Source »

...seven previous titles. The new boy, a hardrock who shows up to take over his neighborhood gang after 25 years of mysterious absence, will never do as well. Deep down, Deep is mushy. He sticks to one crazy beautiful 6-ft.-tall dame, and all he does is slap her once across, watching "the red seep back into her face." Could any fan show his face at the De Sade A.C. carrying a book this mild...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: They Never Come Back | 6/23/1961 | See Source »

There is also a class of teen-aged girls. "I tell them that no girl gets seduced if she doesn't want to. 'God gave you two hands,' I say. 'Slap the boy's face, then step on his foot and bite his nose. If after all that you still get into trouble, then you're just as guilty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The River Bishop | 6/16/1961 | See Source »

...Double (Paramount). Danny Kaye is one of a precious clutch of performers who can still appear alone on a bare stage and hold audiences from riffraff to royalty rapt for hours. Yet Hollywood insists on ballooning his Pied Piper image with Panavision, or multiple-tracking his slap-happy sounds, or painting simple comedy in exotic new colors. His recent films, including this one, have added enough gimmicks and gewgaws to throttle Danny's vintage gitgatgittle. What was once A-OK is now beginning to seem just Oh, Kaye...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Oh, Kaye | 5/26/1961 | See Source »

...three times in his life; Chris we hit about three times an hour. John's reflective. On election night at bedtime, John said, 'How will I know if Kennedy gets elected?" I said. 'I'll come in and kiss you.' He said, Tm a heavy sleeper. You'd better slap...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: BROADWAY | 4/14/1961 | See Source »

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