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These lyrics with a piano accompaniment drifted out into the hallway of the Ritz Cariton as the CRIMSON reporter approached the rooms of Johnny Green and Harold Adamson, two young Harvard graduates who wrote the music and lyrics of the current Boston musical comedy "Hi-Ya Gentleman...
Crammed from curtain to curtain with the antics of an ex-heavyweight champ, tuneful songs of a Harvard man, colorful dance arrangements and high-class special ties, "Hi Ya, Gentlemen" has come to town with a vim, vigor and verve making it a serious contender for the title of best musical comedy of the year. Incidentally, it proves what every sports-writer has always known: Max Baer is at heart the clown, not the fighter, and is better off by far in the former role...
Bought for $150,000 by the U. S. Navy for patrol service was the 267-ft. Hi-Esmaro, palatial $1,250,000 yacht of ailing Asbestos Tycoon Hiram Edward Manville; and for $140,000 the 206-ft Diesel yacht Lotosland, million-dollar pleasure craft of National City Banker Colonel Edward Andrew Deeds. Lotosland's seaplane hoist may prove useful, her pipe organ...
...Cover) The Rodgers & Hart-John O'Hara musicomedy Pal Joey had most of its lyrics and all its tunes written last week; Cabin In the Sky was ready to open this week; Hi' Ya Gentlemen was about to go into rehearsal. At this point, Cole Porter's Panama Hattie was rocking Boston audiences with its lewd gale before sweeping on to Manhattan. Composer Porter's shows-Jubilee, Red, Hot and Blue, Du Barry Was a Lady-are notable for being often the funniest, often the most risque in the business. Very fast, very funny and energized...
...jazz band didn't have the arrangers (and consequently, the orchestral polish) that present-day bands have. Secondly, rhythm sections of the twenties were pitiful. They were jerky, heavy, and most of the time constituted a hindrance to the soloists and even the ensemble. Since the use of the hi-hat cymbals, however, jazz orchestras have attained a smooth quality to their rhythm sections, that really makes the band ride, rather than hold if back...