Word: kidde
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Melrose spares--Dewsnap, Marsolais, Garniss, DeLouis, O'Connell, Stevens, Carter, Kidd, Conolly...
...though not unusually accomplished, is wonderfully appropriate: it has the blare of the story, the directness of the dances, the brassiness of the locale. One or two love songs would scarcely be missed; one or two of the ditties, such as Adelaide's Lament, have lively tunes. Michael Kidd's dances are clean and sharp, whether burlesquing honky-tonk routines or pantomiming the drama of dice games...
...behind Hollywood's celluloid curtain. After nearly two years of negotiation, the Ministry of Trade in Moscow last week cleared the way for delivery of a million-dollar, 20-picture package. Among the films the Russians were dickering for: Madame Curie, The Yearling, The Wizard of Oz, Captain Kidd, Tarzan's New York Adventure...
There is nothing very awful about the show; it's just that there is nothing particularly good. Morton Gould's music falls agreeably enough on the ear, but little of it will ever haunt the memory. Michael Kidd's dances have a lively but not unfamiliar spin. Adapted from 1933's The Pursuit of Happiness, the book, for something with history as well as humor on its mind, does fairly well, but it is only a book, and a much too bulky...
...musical numbers already noted, and "That's My Fella," comprise the best of Gould's current crop of songs. Others in the show don't measure up to them simply because they're not "humable." Michael Kidd's first act dances are witty, clever, and completely refreshing creations, and it's a pity there are no more of them. The sets by Horace Armistead have all the briskness of an American primitive. They stand up well under the mock battles, chases, and explosions that occur on stage...