Word: bolger
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Patrick Henry Dolan, C. S. C., as director, last week's retreat attracted 1,300 Catholics. As distinguished from retreatants elsewhere, they observed strict silence even at mealtimes, heard for the first time a nonreligious talk, by the University's Economics Professor Rev. William Augustine Bolger...
...most ornate sets of its kind ever built. It was written by William Anthony McGuire, author of five shows for Ziegfeld, and directed with monumental opulence by Robert Z. Leonard. In addition to three cinema stars, its cast includes three genuine Ziegfeld celebrities (Fanny Brice, Harriet Hoctor, Ray Bolger) and accurate counterfeits of two others: Buddy Doyle as Eddie Cantor and A. A. Trimble as the late Will Rogers. Trimble is a Cleveland map salesman who, often mistaken for Rogers, was last sum mer discovered by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer scouts. The picture will be shown in 20 U. S. cities...
Into his own at last comes gangling, homely Ray Bolger, whose feet are loaded with as much "swing" as Benny Goodman's jazzband. In On Your Toes, Bolger has his first chance to establish himself as a definite stage personality rather than a funny Broadway tap dancer. Called upon to impersonate a WPA music teacher who winds up as a master of ballet, his genuine charm and humor are instantly apparent. In fact, he and his teammate, pretty golden Doris Carson, seem to fit into that important theatrical niche vacated by the late Marilyn Miller & Jack Donahue...
...outstanding performers. As Ziegfeld, William Powell is excellent; he doesn't look like the great man, but he disports himself in convincing and charming fashion. Myrna Loy does well with he small role of Billie Burke; Frank Morgan is superb as Billings, Ziggle's rival and boon companion; Ray Bolger has a small spot which he fills deliciously with his incomparably madcap dancing; Harriet Hoctor does a very charmingly graceful ballet and as we said before Luise Rainer seizes the dramatic honors with a magnificent portrayal of Anna Held...
...Your Toes" has just about all it takes, but mostly it's got Mr. Bolger, which is high praise...