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...Rittenburg, with a bad foot, leaped 22 feet 11 5/8 inches, only an eighth of an inch off John Harlor of Dartmouth's best jump, to finish second in the broad jump. The hard-luck performer had to settle for a fifth in the hurdles won by MacAllister Booth of Cornell...
...hungry wistfulness, and a coarse good-humor. But a decade of plays like "Come Back, Little Sheba" and "Time of the Cuckoo" have toned down her performance, and a dimension of easy dignity takes her out of the realm of caricature. But when given half a chance Miss Booth is still very funny...
...Beautiful Sea, however, she is not given enough to do. As a result, memorable and magic though she is, Miss Booth almost has the show snatched away from her. Mae Barnes comes on stage to sing two of the show's best tunes, "Happy Habit" and "Hang Up," and she can't get off. If the Boston reception is an accurate barometer, lyricist Dorothy Fields better work out some original encores, because Miss Barnes is called back and back and back. Looking like an ample Earth Kitt, she throws her whole being and all her talent into the numbers...
...ballads-and a catchy Arthur Schwartz tune called "Good Time Charlie" which Miss Booth doesn't sing either--make up the rest of the score. She is stuck with scraps and reprises and a chorus of "In the Good Old Summertime." She does have a minute to herself in the third scene when she dances with little Robert Jennings, but the enthusiasm of the audience goes unrewarded and the play plods forward without an encore. By cutting some of the dull subplot of ingenue Carol Leigh and dancer Ray Malone, the producers could add a raucous number to Miss Booth...
With Misses Booth and Barnes, a couple of good songs, and a handsome production, it is unnecessary for the show to reach New York as only second-rate. Some careful clipping and adding here could produce a top musical...