Word: cast
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...same old cast was on hand. Dr. Hewlett Johnson, Red Dean of Canterbury, proudly fondled the immense gold cross dangling on his chest-a cherished gift from the Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexei. "To talk of peace in the Soviet Union," said the Dean sanctimoniously, "is like bringing one's samovar to Tula."* Italy's table-thumping left-wing Socialist Leader Pietro Nenni furiously denounced the Atlantic pact as an instrument of war, shouted that President Truman was "a pocket-sized Napoleon . . ." The U.S. was represented by party-lining Negro educator Dr. W. E. B. DuBois, Germany by America...
Republican Senator Bridges was having his troubles, too. He had made many a speech demanding economy and cast many a vote against labor in the Senate, but he was now finding it difficult to explain his own acceptance of John L. Lewis' hearty bounty while drawing $15,000 from the U.S. Government as Senator. At first Bridges tried to argue that most of his trustee's salary went to lawyers, accountants, and other expenses of the job. But last week a report made public by the Senate Banking and Currency Committee showed that Bridges had actually drawn...
Amos 'n' Andy. For the past 21 years, Charles Correll and Freeman Gosden have played the title roles and most of the other parts of their radio classic. They will not go with the show to television. Still undecided: whether the cast shall be white or Negro, or both...
...Abner. A newcomer to the air, this program, based on Al Capp's comic strip, typifies the casting problems faced by TV directors who, in this case, must search for reasonably accurate facsimiles of Dogpatch denizens. The show would be easy to cast for radio. For television, more than 4,544 actors have been interviewed for the title role and for Daisy Mae, but no one has been definitely decided...
...turned out to be quite a good solution. Springfield was chosen (though on one ballot a disgusted vote was cast for Purgatory), the voters got their new county, and Representative Lincoln got reelected. He moved to Springfield himself and set up shop as a lawyer, with something of a reputation...