Word: spectaculars
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Around the World in 80 Days. Producer Mike Todd, with the help of Jules Verne, 46 stars and $6,000,000, has created the most spectacular travelogue ever seen on the screen (TIME...
Grim Statistics. Alfonso de Portago was not a man to let such grim statistics disturb him. He had not only playboy inclinations, but also the talents of a natural athlete. The more spectacular a sport, the more he liked it. For a while, he favored jai alai and polo. He had barely learned about the dangers of bobsledding when he was picked to represent Spain in the winter Olympics. "The mere fact that we race requires no courage on our part," he wrote in SPORTS ILLUSTRATED. But he was frank to admit that he was often afraid. "I think what...
...word in the theater, can also have its savory delights. Two blue-ribbon samples: Mickey Rooney and the late George M. Cohan, Broadway's celebrated Jack-of-all-theatrics. Last week, serving up a double helping, NBC presented Rooney as Cohan in Mr. Broadway, a 90-minute biographical spectacular with all the trimmings...
Around the World in 80 Days. Producer Mike Todd, with the help of Jules Verne, 46 stars and $6,000,000, has created the most spectacular travelogue ever seen on the screen (TIME...
...film. From the introduction, delivered by the eversonorous Edward R. Murrow, until the end, which comes three hours later, the picture is a complete joy to watch. It is not great drama or high comedy, nor does it pretend to be. It just combines all the atractions of a spectacular travelogue with the entertainment of a fine variety show, and serves them up by means of a new motion picture process known as Todd-AO. And that, it should be understood, is no mean feat...