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Born. To Jan Kiepura, 42, and Marta Eggerth, 29, cinema and stage singers lately costarred in the Manhattan revival of The Merry Widow: a first child, Jan Tadeusz (named in honor of Tadeusz Kosciuszko, Polish general of American Revolutionary War fame).

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jun. 5, 1944 | 6/5/1944 | See Source »

Comedy was just once out of the top drawer (The Voice of the Turtle), just once out of the second drawer (Over 21). Otherwise it was mostly out of a musty old trunk in the attic. There was not one really good farce, fantasy, thriller. Musicals made the season'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: The Late Unlamented | 5/29/1944 | See Source »

Brisson was a sensation abroad for years, but he has never before scored in the U.S. Although his voice has velour on its chest, he is in no sense effete. Born Carl Petersen in Copenhagen, he stepped into the fight ring as a boy, rose to be "cruiserweight" champion of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Engaging Grandfather | 5/29/1944 | See Source »

In one of his columns, Washington Merry-Go-Rounder Pearson rehashed some old stories about McKellar's choleric temper and his insatiable hunger for patronage. That afternoon the bulb-nosed Senator took advantage of a large audience, proceeded to bellow for over an hour what he chose to title...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Very Personal | 5/8/1944 | See Source »

Jan Kiepura, star of the Manhattan revival of The Merry Widow, as a patriotic whim sings an out-of-show Polish folk song in the middle of the performance. When a visiting Polish Pestka (WAC) was moved to tears, a portly, white-haired man seated beside her spoke sympathetically: "I...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, May 8, 1944 | 5/8/1944 | See Source »

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