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Word: owned (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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A broad hint by the mother of lush, brunette Café Singer Gigi Durston that her daughter would marry Elliott Roosevelt was called "premature" by Television Actress Faye Emerson, who pointed out that she and Elliott are still married. Said Faye: "I'm not put out, but I just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: That Old Feeling | 1/2/1950 | See Source »

Still his own hard-bargaining agent, manager and lawyer, G.B.S. disposed brusquely of an early suggestion that the play be put on by Theatre Incorporated, a non-profit group which sent him handsome royalties in 1946 from its hit revival of Pygmalion. "I take no interest in nonprofit enterprises," he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Old Play in Manhattan, Jan. 2, 1950 | 1/2/1950 | See Source »

But Shaw made one concession: he reluctantly agreed to shave his usual royalty from 15% to 10%. Yielding to the argument that the production would be expensive in view of the two stars' salaries, he cautioned: "I am depending on you not to make your salary list so heavy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Old Play in Manhattan, Jan. 2, 1950 | 1/2/1950 | See Source »

It is not just that Playwright Kanin sets theater above drama, but that he displays an almost equal lack of respect for his sordid material and his own talent. The one concern with squalor is to make it picturesque at all costs; with vulgarity, to exploit it for laughs. In...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Play in Manhattan, Jan. 2, 1950 | 1/2/1950 | See Source »

Meanwhile, though modern Swiss experts had lost track of the panels, they had not given up mourning their loss. A recent article by one of them, Curator Gottfried Boesch of the Lucerne museum, was passed along to Honegger by friends. Reflected Honegger: "I was fortunate enough to find them. What...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Wandering Windows | 1/2/1950 | See Source »

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