Word: booth
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Come Back, Little Sheba (Hal Wallis; Paramount) is a minor but moving tragedy on a major theme: the lives of quiet desperation that men lead. Its central characters are two mismated people: Doc (Burt Lancaster), who was once a promising medical student, and "pretty Lola" (Shirley Booth), who once had lots of beaux. Then Doc got Lola into trouble and had to marry her; their baby died. Now, after 20 years which seems to have "vanished into thin air," Doc is a chiropractor and a reformed drunk, while Lola is "old, fat and sloppy," with nothing on her mind...
...Come Back, Little Sheba (Hal Wallis; Paramount), a film version of the 1950 Broadway hit play (TIME, Feb. 27, 1950) about a reformed drunk and his sluttish wife, starring Shirley Booth, who appears to be a cinch for a best-actress nomination (see below...
Donations from outside sources such as the booth in the Square account for the balance...
...columns. Samples: "Nothing improves an actress' diction more than marrying money." "I'm no philanthropist, but I always get the check when I dine with a guy who protects his bank roll with an ornate money clip." "If you have to make notes in a telephone booth, chances are the lights won't work...
When the Communists invaded South Korea, Byrne refused to leave his flock in Seoul. He was arrested and later taken far north of the Communist line, along with his secretary, Father William Booth. Reports reaching Seoul said that he was weak and ill-treated. Last year, during the truce talks, Father Booth's name appeared on a list of civilian prisoners, but not Bishop Byrne's. The Communists refused to answer questions about...