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...adopting or deserting characters along the way, ending in a burst of good, old-fashioned bathos. Novelist Sharp, who usually manages to be witty, or at least catty, can offer here only a few naughty four-letter words, moments of much-diluted O. Henry irony, and philosophizing of the Edna Ferber school. The Book-of-the-Month Club has made Britannia Mews its July selection, and 20th Century-Fox has paid $200,000 for the privilege of filming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Not So Sharp | 7/8/1946 | See Source »

Natalie Cantor Metzger, 29, one of Father Eddie Cantor's famous five, followed Sister Edna into divorce court. Natalie wanted her freedom from a Los Angeles antique dealer; Edna was through with Tunesmith Jimmy McHugh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Holy Ned | 5/13/1946 | See Source »

Leonard S. Lustgarten '48--Bobbie Hart (Mt. Edna Jr. Coll...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jubilee Goers and Guests | 4/27/1946 | See Source »

...G.I.S and British brides, the following excerpt is taken from a letter which I recently received from Miss Edna Scotchmer of London, who was my secretary in London during 1943 when I was employed there as a civilian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 18, 1946 | 3/18/1946 | See Source »

Paul White: Sea Chanty for Harp and Strings (Harpist Edna Phillips with string quintet, Eugene Ormandy conducting; Columbia, 4 sides). Blow the Man Down, Tommy's Gone Forever and When Johnny Comes Down to Hilo saltily done. Performance: excellent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Records, Mar. 4, 1946 | 3/4/1946 | See Source »

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