Word: arthur
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Olney, Md., James Gordon Mac-Arthur, II, son of Playwright Charles MacArthur, 53, and Actress Helen Hayes, 48, and brother of Ingénue Mary Mac-Arthur, 19, was catching up with the rest of the family. He was given a bit part in a strawhat production of The Corn Is Green. His father's prediction: "The little rascal is ham enough so that if he had only one line he'd throw in three...
...been playing Bach on the harpsichord in public for 46 years: the great Hungarian conductor, Arthur Nikisch (1855-1922) had long ago punningly tagged her "The Bachante." And she had performed all of Book I of the Well-Tempered Clavier last year in a series of Town Hall recitals to which her worshipful disciples-musicians, students and teachers alike-had flocked, music in hand. Some were occasionally surprised at her interpretations; Bach himself gave few hints of exactly how fast and how loud his music should be played. But few had failed to be impressed with her magnificent authority...
Rising Dividends. Dun & Bradstreet's President Arthur Dare Whiteside, wartime boss of civilian production, was struck by one big fact in the survey. The pessimists, said he, were not pessimistic about their own business; they expected to do fine. It was the other fellow who would have the trouble...
...exercises, which are open to the public, are scheduled for Sanders Theater at 11 a.m. Monday, June 20 with Arthur Stanley Pease '02 presiding. Karl J. Shapire of Johns Hopkins University will deliver the Phi Beta Kappa Poem, "Going to School...
Also playing at the Exeter is "Broken Journey," a product of J. Arthur Rank's movies to date. A handful of peculiar characters crash in a transcontinental plane high atop a glacier. Before they are rescued, they have driven each other and the audience crazy. The only worthwhile acting is that of obese Francis L. Sullivan whose jowls vibrate as he sings operatic selections for his hungry fellow travellers. Don't rush to catch the beginning of this film because nothing much happens in the first hour and a half...