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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...very exciting theme, even when played by the most famed clarinet in the world. Benny (TV's Steve Allen) makes some fairly pleasant music with the help of the real E.G. on the sound track, along with Gene Krupa, Martha Tilton, Lionel Hampton, Ziggy Elman, Ben Pollack, Teddy Wilson and Kid Ory. But the licks are not quite so hot as they used to be, and the intermissions are stone cold. The only problem Goodman ever had, it would appear, was whether or not he should marry a million dollars (Donna Reed). And though E.G. has always been known...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Facing the Music | 3/19/1956 | See Source »

...seeded Ben Heckscher will meet third-ranked Jim Bacon in the finals of the University Squash Tournament today at 4 p.m. Heckscher, the defending champion, is favored to defeat Bacon, but squash coach Jack Barnaby, who had Bacon as captain of the 1952 squad, predicted he would make an excellent showing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Heckscher Will Face Bacon in Squash Finals | 3/17/1956 | See Source »

...needs. John Fenn turns in the best performance of his career in the role of the sympathetic and successful neighbor, who could not see Willy's deep lack, the emptiness of which he dreamed most of all. It is Earl Edgerton, in the half-real role of Uncle Ben, who represents this dream. Properly stiff, arrogant, and inhuman, Edgerton conveys the symbolic nature of his part: the power and glory of tangible success, of almost physical conquest, a confusion of real and unreal in Willy's groping mind...

Author: By John A. Pope, | Title: Death of a Salesman | 3/16/1956 | See Source »

...Agency. The four pictures in dispute: the Addison Gallery of American Art's Skaters by the late Yasuo Kuniyoshi; Cleveland Museum of Art's The Park, Winter, by Leon Kroll, 71; Manhattan Museum of Modern Art's Fishermen by William Zorach, 69; and National Pastime, by Ben Shahn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Dallas Armistice | 3/12/1956 | See Source »

First-seeded Ben Heckscher beat Juan Hermacilla of M.I.T. 18-15, 15-9, and 15-11 to capture the title. Pete Milton and Martin Heckscher advanced to the third round before being eliminated, to give the Crimson the rest of its points...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Squash Team Wins Intercollegiates | 3/12/1956 | See Source »

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