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...Moss Hart remembers that "she had, in a true sense, glamour. She had more of it than anyone else." Her range as an actress was extraordinary. She could be gay, sad, witty, tragic, funny, touching. She was as capable of fine subtlety as of noisy overemphasis. She was, according to Coward, "barely pretty," but she "appropriated beauty to herself . . . along with all the tricks and mannerisms that go with it." Possibly the narrowest view of her talents was held by Gertrude herself: "I am not what you would call a wonderful dancer, but I am light on my feet...
...Yacht Race by old (82) Portraitist Charles Hopkinson, an expressionistic Adoration of the Magi by David Aronson, paintings by such artists as John Atherton, Gardner Cox, John Marih, George Grosz. And, from lesser lights, there were rows of wild abstractions and novelties, e.g., a huge sculpture done in living moss festooned with geraniums, a "painting" composed of rusty hardware fastened on a golden background...
...supporting players I would single out Allyn Moss as particularly impressive, but Michael Mabry and Pirie MacDonald were also more than satisfactory...
...show stars Joanna Brown '52, Theodore Gershuny '54, and Theodore W. Thieme '52 with Irving Yoskowits '53 directing and lan W. Cadenhead '53 producing. Others appearing in the Agassiz Theatre presentation are Miss Allyn Moss of New York, and P. Michael Mabry...
When he and Moss Hart were collaborating on their brilliant revue, As Thousands Cheer, Berlin played a new number for him. It sounded terrible. Hart asked him to play it again. It sounded even more terrible. Hart thought a moment, then asked him to play Always. One of Berlin's most successful ballads, Always, played by the maestro, was virtually unrecognizable. "I thought so," Hart said. The new number later turned out to be Heat Wave, one of the hits of the year...