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...Paul A. Cantor, English, of Lowell House and Brooklyn, N.Y.; Irving R. Epstein, chemistry and physics, of Dunster House and Flushing, N.Y.; William P. Frerking, philosophy, of Quincy House and St. Louis, Mo.; Richard N. Lyons, mathematics, of Adams House and New York City: Mare E. Saperatein, English, of Leverett House and Malverne. N.Y.; Barry M. Simon, physics, of Winthrop House and Brooklyn. N.Y.: Peter H. Wagschal, social relations, of Lowell House and Denver Colo.: William F. Weld, classics, of Adams House and Smithtown...
Died. Eddie Cantor, 72, comedian, philanthropist, author of three autobiographies, whose purse-mouthed, popeyed, hand-clapping routines delighted three generations of Americans; of a heart attack; in Beverly Hills, Calif. Born Izzy Iskowitz on Manhattan's Lower East Side, Cantor sang, danced and joked his way to stardom on Broadway (Banjo Eyes) and in Hollywood (Kid Boots), pioneered live comedy on radio and TV, set the U.S. humming such ditties as Ida and Oh How She Can Yicky Yacki Wicki Wacki Woo. Stricken with heart trouble in 1952, grieved by the death of his wife and eldest daughter...
Then the New York legislature finally relented last April. For a $1,700 annual fee, theaters will be able to operate their own bars. The new law will not go into effect until Oct. 1. This was a little awkward for Arthur Cantor, producer of a revue called The Committee that opens next week. His solution: guests will be served drinks in "unlimited rounds" on the house before the curtain and during the 20-minute intermission during the two weeks before bar-opening time. "No exotic cocktails," says Cantor, "just hard liquor and beer...
...best efforts of a fine cast fail to transform the criticially poor script. Miss De Carlo is nice to look at, but seems as silly as her lines. Alan Mowbray, who plays her father, is so bored he's boring. And Irving Jacobson, a strange combination of Eddie Cantor and Mr. Magoo, as Mr. Foreman, is as cliched a first generation imigrant as you'll ever want...
Sheepish Thunder. Boston liked Kaddish better than Tel Aviv did when Bernstein took it there for its December premiere. Few Israelis could accept what they called "this American Kaddish"; when the cantor chants the Kaddish in the synagogue, it is with a cry, not with the hand-clapping Lenny prescribed for the choruses. Said one Israeli critic: "It's philosophy, it's drama, it may even be music, but it certainly is not Kaddish...