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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Mikado, although it lacks the moments of brilliance of some of the other collaborations, is nevertheless a pleasant piece with probably more famous songs than any except Pinafore. The traditional production always gets a certain number of standard extra-curricular laughs out of the action accompanying the more ludicrous songs. But this performance is an unmitigated howl from beginning to end, thanks mainly to the imaginative direction of Julius Novick and two devastating performances by David Stone and Steve Garlick...
With graduation taking away his established stars, Crimson hockey coach Cooney Weiland last year looked forward to a season well below the standard set by the teams in the 'Cleary era.' Forced to rely heavily on sophomores, Weiland saw as the season progressed that the first line was the only one with any scoring punch. The result was the loss of the Ivy League title...
Outlining difficulties of the tour, Henning described the wide variety of conditions under which productions must be given. Audiences will vary from parlor-room size to groups of several thousand, and the size of the stage will also not be standard, necessitating re-blocking by the director for practically every performance...
Great credit goes to Producer Zimbalist, Scenarist Tunberg and Director Wyler, but the greatest belongs to Wyler. His wit, intelligence and formal instinct are almost everywhere in evidence, and he has set a standard of excellence by which coming generations of screen spectacles can expect to be measured. His virtues have been agreeably rewarded. Friends report that his percentage-of-profits deal with M-G-M will put him on easy street for the rest of his life. But it is probable that MGM, which was in a shaky financial spot when the project was launched, will not have...
...boom has given the 10 million Australians a standard of living (per capita income: $1,232) that ranks with that of the top nations outside the U.S., and is higher than Great Britain's. Australians eat more meat (nearly 300 Ibs. annually), consume more fruit, cereals and sugar than either Americans or Britons. Except for the U.S. and Canada, they own more motor vehicles (244 for every 1,000 people), enjoy more TV sets (70 for every 1,000) and telephones (200 per 1,000) than almost any other nation. All this Australia gets from a burgeoning industry...