Word: cupids
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...elaborate de capo arias which alternate with stretches of dreary dialogue. And in passages like Adonis' death scene, he rises into the front ranks of composers. For musical humor and simplicity, listen also to the duet of Venus and Adonis beginning "Adonis will not hunt today," and to Cupid's spelling lesson in the second...
Nancy Waite sang the part of Venus last night with great dignity and assurance and with a beautifully pure, cultivated voice. John Darr played Adonis capably; Miriam Silverman played the role of Cupid with much verve. The orchestra, conducted by Malcolm Holmes and assisted at the harpsichord by Claude Chiasson, performed valiantly throughout, and the music, characteristically Restoration in its use of dissonance and minor modulations, came out excellently. Lastly the dances designed by Miss Katherine Schroeder and executed by the Radcliffe Ballet, lent a colorful and decorative setting to the performance...
...Blondie Plays Cupid," aside from being the worst title of all time, is the name of a highly improbable but rather amusing episode in that seemingly never-ending treadmill, the Blondie series. For those who can stomach Fenny Singleton, it's first-rate. For others, it's at least sit-throughable...
...James Wong Howe-but Valentine has won his colors with gaiety. The lilt he catches in the gait of Deanna Durbin swinging along, singing a song, is the difference between making a musical bright and fluffy or allowing it to settle like cold soufflé. Dark, athletic, with a Cupid's-bow mustache, Valentine is a leader in cameramen's politics, earns $700 weekly on his Universal contract...
...Cambridge, Mass., on grounds of desertion, Alexander G. Cupid was granted a divorce...