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John Raitt was disappointing as the male lead. His voice did not stand up against the difficult score, and the numbers he delivered suffered through his rendition. This was amply demonstrated when co-star Anne Jeffreys did the reprise to a number called My Heart's Darling, originally sung by Raitt. Miss Jeffreys, charming throughout, gave a certain grace to this song that was clearly lacking in Raitt's unmelodic, muddled version...

Author: By Herbert S. Meyers, | Title: Three Wishes for Jamie | 2/14/1952 | See Source »

Oogie Oogie Wa Wa (Debbie Reynolds; M-G-M). According to Tin Pan Alley linguists, the title is Eskimo for "I want a mama." A fast-tempo piece of foolishness, well sung...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Pop Records, Feb. 11, 1952 | 2/11/1952 | See Source »

Bermuda (Bell Sisters; Victor, 45 r.p.m.). A sad song about a girl who left her dream man somewhere on the sands of Bermuda. It is sung by Cynthia Bell, 16, who wrote the song, and her sister...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Pop Records, Feb. 11, 1952 | 2/11/1952 | See Source »

...thousands of supposedly hard-core party members. Reported Po Ipo, head of a kind of a Communist Kefauver committee called the Austerity Inspection Committee: "More than 1,670 corrupt persons have been exposed in 27 government agencies." Identified as top grafters: Communications Chief Chang Wen-en, Secret Police Chief Sung Te-kuei, Tientsin's Party Regional Headquarters Chief Chang Tse-shan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Squeeze Play | 2/4/1952 | See Source »

...want to question a prisoner, we have to keep him isolated until we're through with him. If we return him to the compound, he'll slip off in the mob and change his name." Said another: "We could have Mao Tse-tung and Kim II Sung both in the same compound and never know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ENEMY: Beggars' Island | 1/28/1952 | See Source »

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