Word: slapstickers
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...telegenic good looks may be almost as important as her talent for comedy. She is sultry-voiced, sexy, and wears chic clothes with all the aplomb of a trained model and showgirl. Letters from her feminine fans show as much interest in Lucille's fashions as in her slapstick. Most successful comediennes (e.g., Imogene Coca, Fanny Brice, Beatrice Lillie) have made comic capital out of their physical appearance. Lucille belongs to a rare comic aristocracy: the clown with glamour...
...Love Lucy (Mon. 9 p.m., CBS) is an untrammeled TV comedy show distinguished by the high-quality slapstick of carrot-topped Comedienne Lucille Ball and her handsome Cuban-born husband, Desi Arnaz. Filmed especially for television in Hollywood, Lucy's combination of well-written scripts and rowdy good humor proved popular enough last month to displace both Arthur Godfrey and Milton Berle, and thus became the nation's No. i TV attraction...
Just about the only thing missing from this marshmallow melange of Technicolor, tunes, slapstick and sentiment is Clifton Webb, the original Pa Gilbreth, who passed on in Cheaper by the Dozen. In Belles, Webb is seen only in a brief flashback from the earlier film. Unfortunately, he and his acid personality could not be around for the rest of the movie to help counteract the saccharin goings...
...believe to be the correct one. The oldtime minstrels used to apply ham-fat to their faces so that their burnt-cork makeup would be easier to remove. They thus became known as "ham-fatters," the word eventually being shortened to "ham," and used to designate any broad, slapstick performances such as those of the minstrels. Now, of course, it simply means bad acting...
Elizabeth Hubbard, Mary Bartlett, and Barry Morley are all outstanding in the principal singing roles. Miss Hubbard, as Katisha, is particularly excellent, her fine contralto voice and knack for slapstick evoking enthusiastic audience approval in the patter song, "There Is Beauty in the Bellows of the Blast." The whole production was helped greatly by the crisp singing of the on-and off-stage chorus, a tribute to Musical Director Norman Shapiro...