Search Details

Word: midriffs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1950
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: How to Become Extinct | 8/28/1950 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, May 1, 1950 | 5/1/1950 | See Source »

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...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 2/11/1950 | See Source »

First | | 1 | | Last