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Bill of Particulars. The stockholder group was formed by plump, pink-faced Clendenin J. Ryan, 42, well-heeled grandson of the late great financier, Thomas Fortune Ryan. Allied with Ryan were Allan Kirby, financial angel of Railroader Robert R. Young, and Robert McKinney, a cousin of Bob Young and a veteran of his proxy battles. Ryan, a heavy investor in l.T. & T. (he now owns over 100,000 shares), was aroused when he failed to get a representative on l.T. & T.'s board. He declared...
...Angel in the Wings (music & lyrics by Carl Sigman & Robert Hilliard; produced by Marjorie & Sherman Ewing) is that rare thing these days, an intimate revue; and that even rarer thing, a gay one. Injecting the gaiety are: 1) Grace Hartman, 2) Paul Hartman, 3) Hank Ladd. The three of them are the whole show; or rather, and most unfortunately, they aren't. Included also are some pretty dreary gags and skits, and some fairly routine songs & dances...
...years, with their burlesque dance antics, the Hartmans have been bright spots in various night spots. But it has taken a full evening's workout, in Angel, to reveal their full stature as clowns. When the script is on their side, as in a lampoon of one of those Mr.-&-Mrs.-at-Breakfast radio programs, the Hartmans can be extremely funny. Grace's flat voice and frozen facial muscles are a perfect foil for her husband's oafish ardors and accomplished gaucherie...
Nothing less than an angel, handsomely disguised as Cary Grant, comes to ease the bishop's burdens. The first thing the angel takes off his hands is the bishop's wife (Loretta Young). In vain does the bishop protest her having so many dates with an angel. Matters advance until the angel, feeling all too human about the lady, makes her what seems dangerously like a celestial proposition. This horrifies her, and the angel reluctantly returns to a heaven which,he indicates clearly, is a hell of a place as far as he is concerned...
Yaleman Cullman has applied his business talents to many projects. During the depression, he became receiver for the famed Roxy Theater and put it on its feet. He is Broadway's best-known "angel," has helped back twelve hit plays. When a wire was sent asking him whether he would accept an appointment as commissioner of the Authority, Cullman characteristically replied: "Sure, but what...