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Gate of Hell. A Japanese legend of quaint war and fatal lust, wrapped in a rich kimono of colors (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: CURRENT & CHOICE, Feb. 14, 1955 | 2/14/1955 | See Source »

Gate of Hell. A Japanese legend of quaint war and fatal lust, wrapped in a rich kimono of colors (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: CURRENT & CHOICE, Feb. 7, 1955 | 2/7/1955 | See Source »

...music not originally written for the stage, the score is full of surprises: when sung, some of the waltzes and polkas take on a warbling charm they do not have as orchestra pieces alone. The libretto is preposterous, but offers linguists an unusually rich sampling of Viennese slang, a quaint, native dialect distantly related to German. (Samples: charmuziern, v., to flirt; G'spusi, n., girl friend; Remasuri, n., big shindig; tulli, adj., first-rate.) Soprano Schwarzkopf, veteran of Mozart and Brahms, has a fine romp. General performance and recording: tulli...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Records, Jan. 17, 1955 | 1/17/1955 | See Source »

Gate of Hell. A Japanese legend of quaint war and fatal lust, wrapped in a rich kimono of colors (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: CURRENT & CHOICE, Jan. 17, 1955 | 1/17/1955 | See Source »

Gate of Hell. A Japanese legend of quaint war and fatal lust, wrapped in a rich kimono of colors (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: CURRENT & CHOICE, Jan. 10, 1955 | 1/10/1955 | See Source »

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