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...more squirt than heel. But he sings well, dances brilliantly, has a personality of his own. As Joey's benefactress, Vivienne Segal once again plays and sings with extraordinary ease, finish and charm. Mingling ugly facts with lovely tunes and abundant travesty, Pal Joey is a 20th century Beggar's Opera, which may conceivably be revived when South Pacific and the lost Atlantis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Old Musical in Manhattan | 1/14/1952 | See Source »

...Eyes Have It. In Chicago Professional Panhandler Thomas Murphy was arrested in the midst of his blind-beggar routine when a policeman asked: "Didn't I arrest you a few months ago?" and was assured by Murphy: "I never saw you before in my life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 13, 1951 | 8/13/1951 | See Source »

...Beggar's Opera...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MACARTHUR STORY: Five Star Firing | 6/25/1951 | See Source »

Other pieces on the program will be "Por un Amor," two choruses from "II Matrimonio Secreto, choruses from "The Beggar's Opera," and a Czech folk song, "Magdlein im Walde." College songs, as usual, will wind things...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Glee Club in Second Yard Concert Tonight | 5/15/1951 | See Source »

Only those with money get food. The shopkeepers show stony-faced callousness for the blind beggar boy, the orphan girl haltingly thrusting an empty G.I. ration can toward the grain baskets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ALLIES: Market In Seoul | 4/30/1951 | See Source »

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