playboy

[Jonathan Lighter]

1941 Arthur T. Horman _Buck Privates_ (film): This camp...is excellently
equipped to make a *man* out a *playboy*!

Even though the wealthy "playboy" in this Abbott & Costello film is shown
saying goodbye to three pretty girls, in most of the movie he's striking out
with the female lead.

Also, the contrast between "man" and "playboy" (both emphasized) supports
the idea that even in 1941 a "playboy" was thought of less as a womanizer
than as a wealthy fun-lover.

JL

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"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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