Word: songful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...this later because this is awfully important to me?" And she said to Khrushchev & Co.: "I do hope you'll enjoy these parts of our picture Can-Can because we very much enjoy the Soviet artists you have sent to this country." After Frank introduced the song Live and Let Live, he said to Khrushchev: "It's a marvelous idea." And as he heard Frank talk, watched Shirley and the chorus girls upend, Khrushchev grinned. Going back over the Disneyland outburst, he said that the studio commissary had been hot, and he had been hotheaded, and he even...
...Private's Affair (20th Century-Fox), a sort of See Here, Private Mineo, is a comedy about modern G.I.s-sons of the soldiers of World War II. The theme song announces that It's the Same Old Army, and the jokes, at least, are scarred veterans (Sergeant: "Suppose he doesn't recover consciousness, sir?" General: "He has to. It's an order."). Also familiar is the debatable thesis that there are no snobs in foxholes, or even in barracks on the first day of basic training. Immediate buddyhood is established among Sal Mineo, a jivey cat from...
...knew a good idea when they saw one. Seldom was the approach consistent: some companies concentrated on the soft sell, others pitched high and hard. Last season's Oldsmobile take-off on Broadway's Good News was the gentlest of kisses-and entertaining theater to boot. The songs were subtle, the plot made humorous sense, the verve of the Broadway original was still there. But this year's trend, possibly reflecting tougher competition, is more toward the hard sell. The 1960 Olds version, like the Buick show, hollers sell from introduction to finale. Both this year...
Blue Angel. The 30-year-old Dietrich dazzler updated, with sultry Swedish Actress May Britt as the Berlin Lorelei whose siren song lures West Germany's Box-Office Idol Curt Jurgens onto the rocks...
...Fair Lady, with Edwardian charm, The Music Man, with mid-American corn. and Flower Drum Song, with Oriental flair, make a trio of memorable musicals. Redhead cuts a nifty caper-and the fanciest footwork is Gwen Verdon...