Word: abbott
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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John H. Mahan, Biochemical Sciences; Burton G. Malkiel, Economics; M. Joel Mandelbaum, Music; James W. Mason, English; Ralph N. Maud, English; Paul T. McElroy, Physics; Abbott R. Miller, Chemistry; Bruce H. Morgan, Physics; Ivan Nabokoff, English; John R. O'Brien, Government; Roger S. Peterson, Biology; Stephen R. Petschek, History and Literature; Glen A. Rebka, Jr., Physics; Walter R. Reitman, Slavic Languages and Literatures; Richard L. Renfield, Slavic Languages and Literatures; Rodman D. Rhodes, English; Robert Rosenman, Government...
Charles C. Abbott, Converse Professor of Banking and Finance at the Business School. Weston W. Adams, owner of the Boston Garden and the Boston Bruins. Bayley Aldrich, well-known Boston lawyer. William Nelson Bump, vice-President of American Airlines...
...show within a show in which backstage romances merge into full-stage routines. There is a workmanlike Rodgers score, with one schmalzy tune, No Other Love, and such lively show music as It's Me and Keep It Gay. There is an agreeable cast, gaily paced by George Abbott, gaily dressed by Irene Sharaff. There are some good Bob Alton dances, and Joan McCracken not only steps up the dancing but notably brightens the show. And Jo Mielziners "problem" sets are fascinatingly expert...
Room Service (by John Murray & Allen Boretz), at Manhattan's White Way Hotel, has gone downhill since 1937. George Abbott no longer directs operations there, and though the present staff (John Randolph, Everett Sloane, Jack Lemmon) is conscientious and willing, it lacks the ingratiating touch the old staff (Sam Levene, Philip Loeb, Teddy Hart) had. Even in 1937 that touch was decidedly needed: Room Service is for the most part hack farce, and only as a skillful exhibition of the dodges and makeshifts of show business, a lively conglomeration of classic...
Comedy Hour (Sun. 8 p.m., NBC). The hundredth telecast, with Abbott & Costello, Eddie Cantor, Bob Hope, Martin & Lewis, Donald O'Connor...