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...humor of Hope as a balcony acrobat, for instance, has to be shown, even on the screen, more by what he says than in what he does. Give him a good line and he can throw it away with the electric unconcern of a stripper discarding the semifinal spangle, but it is not much fun when there is nothing in the line worth noticing. Typical Casanova gag line: ''Women are like oranges. When you've squeezed one. you've squeezed them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Two Comedians | 4/26/1954 | See Source »

...last few years freshmen may have been disappointed in the performance of the entertainers. In 1951, stripper Sally Rand refused to live up to her act and left the stage in tears. Last year, singer Helen O'Connell could not sing because of a prohibition clause in her contract...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshmen Will Choose Eight Committeemen For Smoker Next Wed. | 12/9/1952 | See Source »

...they have been for years, and cops have orders to be polite for a few days. Police also announced that "the lid" would be clamped on in Clark Street's numerous strip joints, though Chicago lids have a way of not staying on much more firmly than a stripper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Eve of the Big Show | 7/7/1952 | See Source »

During the last four weeks, American automobile makers have been unveiling their new models with all the calculated coyness of a middle-aged stripper. By last Friday when Nash 'came out,' the lineup was complete, if dull. There had been some artful padding and plastering of gaudy makeup, but for most manufacturers the changes weren't even skin deep...

Author: By William Burden, | Title: All New for '52 | 3/21/1952 | See Source »

Teaser. At Fort Sam Houston, Texas, curious personnel officers had a talk with WAC Pfc. Gloria Yeager, who had listed her civilian occupation as "stripper," learned that she used to strip tobacco leaves in a cigarette factory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Oct. 8, 1951 | 10/8/1951 | See Source »

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