Word: bernstein
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Wolfe collection came to Harvard largely by chance. Shortly before World War II, Aline Bernstein, Wolfe's onetime mistress, the Mrs. Jack of the later novels, sold the manuscript of Look Homeward, Angel at a public auction, to raise funds for the relief of Jewish refugees (a bit of irony for Wolfe had an avowed tendency toward anti-Semitism.) The book was sold under the stipulation that it was to go to a university, and the buyer gave it to Houghton...
...Sheba. Plans call for only a dozen beauties to represent Solomon's 700 wives and 300 concubines. As for casting, Graves hopes to get Lena Horne for Sheba "because she is black but comely, as the Song of Songs says." For the score, he plans to approach Leonard Bernstein. Solomon and Sheba, says Graves, will be "different from the film on the same subject. Mine will be light and funny. I'll get a hell of a kick out of doing it." He also expects to make a quarter of a million dollars...
...copy of the magazine before subscribing. But I'm convinced now. I have found your February 2 issue just chock full of facts, and I was able to use them at least a dozen times today. For instance, I was in a conversational circle today that was revolving around Bernstein (Estrella Bernstein, our cleaning woman) and I just usually dropped the fact that Cecil B. DeMille was dead. You remember--your latest issue devoted nearly three-quarters of a page to his career as an "epic-maker." My, was I surprised, when Estrella told me he'd been dead since...
West Side Story. Romeo and Juliet (more or less) in New York's slums. Music by Leonard Bernstein, brilliant choreography by Jerome Robbins...
Young People's Concerts (CBS, 12-1 p.m.). Second in a series of orchestral recitals for the lemonade set, with Leonard Bernstein running the New York Philharmonic through selections from Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven...