Adjectives of the Ever-Brassy John Cashman

Newsday TV Book reviewer John Cashman thought of Yvonne De Carlo as "the passionate Yvonne De Carlo," as he wrote in pretty much every listing for one of her films. But let's take a look at some of the other descriptors he employed...

See what he meant? She wasn't just Lily Munster, you know!

• "...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 ever-present John Ridgely."
• "...the one and only Ernest Thesinger."
• "...the always spooky George Zucco."
• "...the always popular George Zucco."
•  "...everybody's favorite mad doctor, George Zucco."

Spooky and popular.
• "...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 Narda Onyx." 

"...the unforgettable Veda Ann Borg."

"...the unforgettable Angelique Pettijohn."

Indeed!