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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...blues, Blues in the Night promises to take its place beside St. Louis Blues as a classic. Unlike the Handy songs, it did not spring from Mississippi Valley soil, but was machined to order for a Warner Brothers movie by two Tin Pan Alley veterans. Curly-haired Harold Arlen, composer of the unforgettable Stormy Weather, did the music; 32-year-old Johnny Mercer, the words. After hearing the song, the Warners promptly changed the film's title from New Orleans Blues to Blues in the Night. Since November, 14 recordings of Blues in the Night have sold a million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Bright Stars, Deep Blues | 3/30/1942 | See Source »

Rise And Shine (20th Century-Fox). Jack Oakie is back in the lineup. His cleats haven't scuffed a gridiron since he won his last P at Paramount a decade ago. Those were the days of the great Paramount teams, starring such rugged individuals as Buddy Rogers, Richard Arlen, Mary Brian. Now a tubby 38, Oakie turns out to be the back-of-the-year at his new alma mater...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Dec. 15, 1941 | 12/15/1941 | See Source »

...your issue of last week. It is not every middle-aged man who can say that he has been called a "glossy darling." I have been called shorter names, and liked them less. But let me correct you in an inaccuracy. You refer to me as Dikran Kouyoumdjian (Michael Arlen). It should read Michael Arlen (Dikran Kouyoumdjian). Over 20 years ago I became legally, technically, officially Michael Arlen. I paid ?5 in legal expenses, and have been working ever since to get my money back. Perhaps your calling me a "glossy darling" will help...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 27, 1941 | 10/27/1941 | See Source »

...MICHAEL ARLEN...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 27, 1941 | 10/27/1941 | See Source »

...night came Richard Krebs ("Jan Valtin"), of his autobiographical chiller admitted: "I added the experiences of some other people to make the book as effective as possible." Armenian Dikran Kouyoumdjian (Michael Arlen), glossy darling of the '20s (The Green Hat), reached Manhattan by freighter from Britain, en route to Hollywood. Latest report on the other Armenian, William Saroyan: he plans to start a saloon modeled on his play, The Time of Your Life, on Manhattan's fly-blown Third Avenue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Oct. 6, 1941 | 10/6/1941 | See Source »

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