playboy

[Laurence Horn]

At 9:40 PM -0400 7/25/10, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>1941 Arthur T. Horman _Buck Privates_ (film): This camp...is excellently
>equipped to make a *man* out a *playboy*!

"...out of...", I take it?  (I'm pretty sure that was just a typo of
omission but not totally sure.)

LH

>
>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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