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Life With Father. One Broadway showman who had given the FBI a tearful earful was Producer Oscar Serlin. He has been feuding with Jake & Lee ever since he offended them in 1939 by opening his smash hit Life With Father in the non-Shubert Empire Theater. When he took Life With

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOVERNMENT: Hogging the Act? | 3/6/1950 | See Source »

Fired by both Chesterfield and CBS, Godfrey headed back to Washington. Even there, it seemed his magic had gone. "I had gotten to thinking like a smart-aleck Broadway showman, and people don't want Broadway every day. But little by little, I regained the humility I had lost. I got back to sunsets, fishing, horses. My interest in people returned. The show improved, clients were pleased, and fans began to increase...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Oceans of Empathy | 2/27/1950 | See Source »

...clock: Gov. 155, Government Regulation of Industry, meets in Emerson D. Cherington is an excellent showman, and the course is popular, but he does not go very deep. Ec. 161 covers more or less the same ground much more completely, although with considerably less sparkle. Also at 10, Music 1 convenes in Paine Hall. A full course, Music cannot be entered now, but lectures and especially the listening hours are ideal for auditors. This term's work begins with Beethoven and runs through to the moderns. The listening hours, in Paine Hall Auditorium, are as follows: Monday at 9, Tuesday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CLASSGOER | 2/9/1950 | See Source »

...sharp. Smith, who can compete anywhere from 136 to 155, has not been put to any severe test this season and as a result hasn't fully realized his potentialities. Jordan is counting on him for some of the exhibitions that made him an outstanding wrestler, and a fine showman, last year. Clafin is a dependable light-heavy; he seldom pins but he usually wins. Sawyer is an exceptional competitor and it will take a good man to beat...

Author: By Peter B. Taub, | Title: Lining Them Up | 2/2/1950 | See Source »

...Showman, Cousy would be up to his tricks again next week, as the ringleader of Platoon 1, when Coach Sheary's boys launch the second half of their season. With the toughest half behind them, including wins over N.Y.U., Bowling Green and St. Louis, Holy Cross's talented platoons were aiming at a goal that few big-time basketball squads ever reach - going undefeated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Platoons of Crusaders | 1/30/1950 | See Source »

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