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This time, in a highly topical spoof of a lady ambassador to "the Grand Duchy of Lichtenburg," she plays one of those high-up roles made to order for her lowdown ways. She observes protocol with a pratfall, practices diplomacy by outright propositioning. When she gets fired and can no...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Musical in Manhattan, Oct. 23, 1950 | 10/23/1950 | See Source »

Co-starring Helen Hayes and Paul Lukas, the show boasts dialogue that is limited to "never more than a minute of physics." To Friendly and NBC Vice President William Brooks it is a miracle that The Quick and the Dead ever reached the air. Some network executives protested that it...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Mushroom Cloud | 7/17/1950 | See Source »

The Quick and the Dead (Thurs. 8 p.m., NBC). A dramatic series on nuclear fission, starring Helen Hayes, Bob Hope and Paul Lukas.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Program Preview, Jul. 3, 1950 | 7/3/1950 | See Source »

When Berlin-born Composer Lukas Foss first came to the U.S. 13 years ago, he used to worry about the European flavor of his music. Once he even went so far as to say: "I want to be considered an American composer ... one of the boys." At 27, blue-eyed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Jumpin' Opera | 6/19/1950 | See Source »

With The Frog safely on its way (it gets another production at the Berkshire Music Festival next month), young Lukas Foss was already looking for a new libretto, "a longer and more serious one-but that doesn't mean everybody has to die at the end." He would have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Jumpin' Opera | 6/19/1950 | See Source »

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