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Word: technicolor (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...were easy prey for peyote peddlers. The stuff offered them escape from their troubles. After a twinge of nausea (felt only by beginners), the peyote-chewer gets an otherworldly sensation of being in two parts. Then come visions and hallucinations, always involving bright colors and lights-"dreams in Technicolor." The medical aftereffects, still in dispute, apparently include impairment of the heart and kidneys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Button, Button . . . | 6/18/1951 | See Source »

...Technicolor, sound movies will be made of the expedition. The Peabody Museum is sponsoring the trip...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Safari Leaves to Study Backward Bushmen | 6/5/1951 | See Source »

...Riviera. Danny Kaye plays a double role in a cinemusical whose laughs, songs and dances sparkle as brightly as its Technicolor (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: CURRENT & CHOICE, Jun. 4, 1951 | 6/4/1951 | See Source »

...ancient plot to make "On the Riviera" as enjoyable a picture as any of his earlier films. He sings funny songs, mimics famous performers, plays a dual role, and lavishes his infectious charm. Beautiful, half-clothed women parade across the screen in endless procession. The color is by Technicolor and the jokes are off-color...

Author: By Andrew E. Norman, | Title: The Moviegoer | 6/2/1951 | See Source »

...their thumbs and by their toes, and burn them alive. Then they unleash a pack of hungry lions, and the stands go wild. So do the lions. So does the movie audience. There hasn't been anything like it in cinema history. If only it were in glorious Technicolor...

Author: By Andrew E. Norman, | Title: The Moviegoer | 5/29/1951 | See Source »

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