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Article: HOLLYWOOD PLAYS THE NAME GAME WITH MOVIE CHARACTERS.(LIFE & LEISURE)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- December 3, 1996
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Byline: STEVEN SMITH Entertainment News Service
``Call me Flower Belle.''
``Flower Belle! What a euphonious appellation! Easy on the ears and a banquet for the eyes!'' - Mae West and W.C. Fields ``My Little Chickadee'' This time, when Romeo's Juliet asks, ``What's in a name?'' on movie screens, audiences will be forgiven if they snicker.
In most scripts these days, everything is in a name as writers sum up their characters' personalities with a sense of predestination that would make John Calvin proud.
Consider Warren Justice. With a name like that, you'd have no choice but to become a journalistic crusader for truth, as Robert ...