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Word: swansonian (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...really good entertainment should suffer from sloppy photography (e.g. the shot of Swanson drying herself in a towel robe after a shower, in which the spectator is allowed to discover that she has been taking a shower in a brassiere). Too free play has been given to the famed Swansonian mannerisms, goo goo eyeing and curling her upper lip to show off her teeth. Best shot: the fadeout, with Miss Swanson dreaming blissfully in the arms of a ship's officer whom she has mistaken for her fianc...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: May 18, 1931 | 5/18/1931 | See Source »

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