Adjectives of the Ever-Brassy John Cashman

• "...the inscrutible Philip Ahn."
• "...the indomitable Jack Hawkins."
• "...the incomparable Sheldon Leonard."
• "...the always-pleasing Sheldon Leonard."
• "...the ever-popular Zi May Leddin."
• "...the ever-popular Mae Busch."
• "...the ever-old Maria Ouspenskaya."
• "...one of the all-time greats, Maria Ouspenskaya."
• "...the ever-popular Chips Rafferty."
• "...the ever-present Chips Rafferty."
• "...the one and only Ernest Thesinger."
• "...the always spooky George Zucco."
• "...the always popular George Zucco."

Spooky and popular.
• "...the passionate Yvonne DeCarlo."
• "...the multilingual Akim Tamiroff."
• "...the irrepressible Carmen Miranda."
• "...the always charming Peter Lorre."
• "...the king of pointy shoes, George Raft."
  
• "...the indestructible Bob Steele."
• "...the indestructible Gilbert Roland."
  
• "...the redoubtable Kane Richmond."
• "...the ever-popular Rose Hobart."
• "...the unforgettable Stefan Schnabel."
• "...the legendary Olympe Bradna."

Olympe, the legend.
• "...the legendary Richard Loo."
• "...the legendary Sonny Tufts."
• "...the legendary Frankie Darro."
• "...the fabled Frankie Darro."
• "...the always pleasing Glenda Farrell."
• "...the always-interesting Erich Von Stroheim."
  
• "...the saturnine John Carradine."
• "...the ever-saturnine Basil Rathbone."
• "...one of the all-time great heavies, Joseph Calleia."
• "...the always interesting Joseph Calleia."

Person of interest.
• "...the brassy Iris Adrian."
• "...the leggy Ann Miller."
• "...the beautiful Victoria Shaw."
• "...the pretty Rhonda Fleming."
• "...the beautiful Rhonda Fleming."
• "...the beautiful Arlene Dahl."
• "...the pretty Virginia Mayo."
• "...the always lovely Delores Del Rio."
  
• "...the moon-pretty Adele Mara."

Adele Mara, from Esquire's Date Book 1943.
• "...the pouting sex of Joey Heatherton."
• "...the menacing Lee Van Cleef."
• "...the unforgettable Abner Biberman."
• "...the great Elisha Cook Jr."
• "...the marvelous Charles Ruggles."
  
• "...the oily Nestor Paiva."
• "...the ageless David Niven."
• "...the ageless Judith Lowry."
  
• "...the always pleasing Gilbert Roland."
• "...the always entertaining Nehemiah Persoff."
• "...the not-so-pretty Vera Hruba Ralston."

Not so pretty? You be the judge...

"...the always underrated George Tobias."

"...the always pleasing George Tobias."

"...the illusive John Hudson." [?]

"...the wide-eyed Ann Blythe."

"...the pouty Ann Blythe."

"...the consumer's friend, Betty Furness."

"...the unforgettable Veda Ann Borg."

"...the unforgettable Angelique Pettijohn."

Indeed!