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...with the pool behind the counter and the bar stools used as perches for fishermen. Saburo Kamekura, manager of an air-condi tioned establishment on the Ginza, To kyo's Fifth Avenue, claims 1,000 cus tomers a day. There, pretty young girls in Bermuda shorts cry "Sugoi! [terrif ic!]" when customers land a big one. Kamekura boasts that he is performing a badly needed service: "When it comes to doing away with the strains and stresses of big-city living, there's nothing more effective than fishing. And you can fish right here in Tokyo without battling...
...picture from the list approved for showing in theaters of the armed forces; G.I.s will have to go to public movie houses to see it.) But in 18 key cities from New York to Los Angeles, Baby Doll piled up grosses that Variety called HUGE, SOCK, WHOPPING and TERRIF...
...Variant of the Hollywood term, "Boffo Terrif," big box-office smash...
...describe the golden cinema business of the war years, Hollywood had used a special phrase-"boffo terrif." By last week Hollywood knew that it was time to use another phrase; things had changed. Movie attendance ("boffo") was down 25%-45% in extreme cases. In the nation's theaters, business had slipped until it was a mere "boffo sensational...