Word: midriffs
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Meanwhile newsmen could and did interview Samia Gamal, who bears the official title of "national dancer of Egypt"; she obliged by a few writhes and steps from an "oriental dance" for the assembled press. Wrote one reporter: "Her midriff rolled in a slow rhythm, her jet black eyes shot stars and she flashed the whitest teeth in the Middle East." For Farouk she had a special number, "The Bride of the Nile," which (said the newsman) "has a romantic beginning, a tragic finale and, as Samia does it, a restless middle...
Tough All Over. In Indianapolis, a thug aimed a shattering blow at Charles Plake's midriff, connected with the plaster cast Plake was wearing for a back injury, fled empty-and sore-handed...
There are, however, two excellent scenes--the first when Samson beats the bejabbers out of the whole Philistine army and the second when he pulls down the cork temple and precipitates a riot. The patrons also get very familiar with Hedy Lamarr's midriff by the time the picture ends, thanks to some most imaginative costuming. This is as it should...