Word: makeing
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...disbursement." In fact, his staff lawyers thought it might be illegal for RFC not to go through with its loan commitment. RFC was firmly of the opinion that with more capital Texmass would eventually get on its feet. At week's end, RFC was still prepared to make the "illegal" loan-unless Senator Fulbright raised an alarm loud enough to scare RFC into backing down...
Other bandleaders decided to take a ride too. Phil Harris cut in with Muskrat Ramble and Walk with a Wiggle, planned also to make his next album with a New Orleans beat. Tommy Dorsey hastily reassembled his old Clambake Seven to record Way Down Yonder in New Orleans and Tiger Rag. Gene Krupa parked his successful 16-piece band, picked up a six-man crew in & around Greenwich Village and recorded his first oldtime jazz in more than ten years. Exchanging his tux for shirt sleeves and slacks, Drummer Krupa, who had his first taste of jazz from Louis Armstrong...
Except to actors in search of a role, most plays in book form are dull reading. Without props or actors to create illusion and vitality, they make an intolerable demand on the average reader's imagination. A Shakespeare becomes an exception through an excess of sheer creative power, a Shaw through saucy verbal glitter, but so far there has been just one Shakespeare and one Shaw. With The Cocktail Party, T. S. Eliot moved very close to the select circle of playwrights who can be read with pleasure. With The Lady's Not for Burning, Britain...
Frey deserves equal credit for his 6-2, 6-3--win over Thomas of Princeton. Frey played cool, steady tennis all the way, forcing Thomas to make the errors...
...Manrico, the troubador, and his misfortunes, is a gloomy and distressing one--especially distressing to the person who tries to untangle a plot full of bloody revenge, gypsy law, witch-burning and baby-switching. Carmine Gallone, director of this first screen version of "II Trovatore," has tried hard to make the plot understandable and has succeeded, by using English narration and subtitles. Gallone has also kept the singing on a high level. In the final account, however, this filming of "II Trovatore" cannot boast of much more than a clear plot and good voices...