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...costumes, by Marian Moore and Susie Marsh, go a long way toward salvaging some period sense, now suggesting an elegance rare to Ex productions. They are, however, undone by a zipper. The settings, credited to Mr. Hart, are downright tacky. I will remember for some time the bed-chamber of Charles II, prominently decorated with what I take to be his priceless white hat-rack...

Author: By Peter Jaszi, | Title: Monmouth | 3/21/1969 | See Source »

...Tresemer, under Bruce Boucher's fluid direction, keep the tiny bubbles of action and mood coiling through the five short scenes. Mary Moss in particular is a streaming red-haired wine of a woman and it's worth the price of admission just to see her struggle with a zipper as she fits into a black dress...

Author: By Salahuddin I. Iman, | Title: One-Acters | 4/27/1968 | See Source »

Actually, in the 195 episodes of the serial so far, he has yet to solve a crime. Just when emergency strikes, the "fantastic feathered fighter" finds that his chicken suit has been lost by the cleaners or the zipper is stuck. During one flap, he accidentally glided through a closed window. "How do you do?" was his greeting. "I'm the wonderful white-winged warrior, and I think I'm bleeding to death." Of course, the police commissioner shrugs away the fact that since the coming of Chickenman, the "level of sin, debauchery and gambling" has increased. Good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: It's a Bird! It's a Plane! Whoops, It's a Bird | 6/9/1967 | See Source »

...week. Invited along were Daughter Luci Baines and Fiancé Pat Nugent, who attracted their share of attention-and then some. Luci, who admits to being a "theatrical person," wore a dazzling orange dress and outsized, orange-rimmed sunglasses. As for Pat, who was having troubles with an errant zipper on his trousers, limelight was the last thing he wanted. Afterward, the young couple headed down to the L.B.J. ranch for the holiday weekend and Luci's 19th birthday party. It will be about the last respite for Luci before Aug. 6, her wedding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Capital: Secrets, Showers & Souffl | 7/8/1966 | See Source »

...revealed 13 metallic fragments in his chest, three within the heart wall itself. Without surgery, he recovered enough to fight in France and win a Silver Star. Now he works full time as a house painter. The metal fragments that he still harbors are, it appears, parts of the zipper on his hunting shirt that were propelled into his chest by the bullet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Surgery: Bullets in the Heart | 5/27/1966 | See Source »

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