Word: cohan
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...songwriter cannot make as much money out of a war as a munitions manufacturer. But if he hits the jackpot, he can do pretty well. (Songwriter George M. Cohan's Over There sold 2,000,000 copies during World War I.) Soldiers are choosy about their songs. By last week British tunesmiths had turned out a tremendous stack of war songs, were waiting to see which ones would click. Most of these musical munitions were rousing, morale-boosting ditties (The Handsome Territorial, The Girl Who Loves a Soldier, We Must All Stick Together, Here We Go Again...
Married. Joy Hodges, 24, grey-eyed ingenue of George M. Cohan's I'd Rather Be Right, and Gilbert H. Doorly, 32, assistant managing editor of the Omaha, Neb. World-Herald; in Des Moines, Iowa...
...Nigel Bruce and C. Aubrey Smith O. B. E. sang Three Little Fishies (see p. 47). Having thus offered Their Majesties some idea of the state of the Empire in Hollywood, the gathering, 44 strong, responded to a champagne toast proposed by U. S.-born Play Actor George M. Cohan. Listeners heard no pops or gurgles, only the punctilious tinkles as the toasters smashed their glasses...
George M. Cohan, veteran song-&-dance man, dramatist and Broadway's darling, has always been "regular." When it comes to patriotism he is not only regular but ready. Long before the World War he warmed up with such rousing ditties as I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy and You're a Grand Old Flag. When the War really gave him something to pitch to, Tunesmith Cohan wrote its U. S. theme song. Over There sold around 2,000,000 copies...
Last week Tunesmith Cohan tried his aging right arm again. Before 1,500 approving members of the American Newspaper Publishers' Association in Manhattan, he sang his latest marching song. Its title: We Must Be Ready. Sample lines...