Word: brasses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...mule (already celebrated in David Stern's 1946 comic novel) who not only talks but makes more sense than the whole chain of command. By confiding Japanese secrets to a bewildered Burma campaign shavetail (Donald O'Connor), Francis throws the enemy for a loss and the U.S. brass into a tizzy...
...hear Paul Hindemith conducting is unforgettable. His "Apparebit" for mixed chorus and brass choir is a study in modern music; it was excellently executed by the Glee Club and Choral Society. The "Demon of ht Gibbet," a ballad for men's chorus, was beautifully terrifying. And when the composer turned around on the podium to lead an audience participation tribute to Mrs. Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge and to "Frau Musica." Sanders Theatre became animated with three part canons...
...Dailey in a war comedy sassing the brass and the home front (TIME, March...
Hattie Carnegie ran up a whole new set of uniforms for the WAC, Army Nurse Corps and Women's Medical Specialist Corps. The new military colors ranged from taupe to "a rosy beige"; the shiny brass buttons became "antiqued gold...
...Director John Ford and some able performers a chance to enrich Hollywood's current war cycle with what has been missing thus far: comedy and comment. Less cutting and vigorous but still strongly reminiscent of the early Preston (Hail the Conquering Hero) Sturges, the movie delightfully sasses Army brass, a small town's home-front foibles and the windy patriotism of the professional World War 1 veteran...