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Word: compeer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Wake Up and Dream. Charles B. Cochran, the British Ziegfeld, is quite as resourceful as his U. S. compeer. The music, for instance, which accompanies his latest revue is by a trio consisting of Johann Sebastian Bach, Maurice Ravel and that infectious zoologist, Cole ("Let's Do It") Porter who used to lead the Yale Glee Club. A tune by the late great Bach is intoned during a dance entitled "Gothic'' in which two girls named Tilly Losch and Ann Barberova strike attitudes marvelously reminiscent of medieval sculpture and stained glass. To the threnodies of Ravel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Jan. 13, 1930 | 1/13/1930 | See Source »

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