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...never got a wide one. He became a U.S. citizen, played engagements now & then with U.S. orchestras, faithfully gave Carnegie Hall recitals every season. A quiet but genial man who liked to entertain friends with card tricks, he had to settle musically for the adulation of a cult...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Death in Carnegie Hall | 4/16/1951 | See Source »

Road, where he and his brothers collect art and lavishly entertain visiting mob chieftains. Those that didn't fade were mortally embarrassed by the subpoena servers. "They went around to the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker," complained Joe Adonis. "They made slurring remarks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: It Pays to Organize | 3/12/1951 | See Source »

Saturday's dance in the Indoor Athletic Building will feature music by the Eliot Lawrence Band. WHDH's disc-jockey comedians, "Bob 'n Ray," will entertain during the intermission. A model of the Eiffel Tower is planned for the middle of the floor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: All College Weekend, April 27-28, Will Include 3 Dances, Lawn Party | 3/10/1951 | See Source »

...sets are lavish. Mr. Mielziner's forte is not musical comedy, or even "musical play." "The King and I" is a large production, John Van Druten's direction is smooth, and the performances are all good. The trouble is that Rodgers and Hammerstein seem a little too reluctant to entertain their public. That is a fundamental mistake in show business. Perhaps the future will bring a change...

Author: By Stephen O. Saxe, | Title: The Playgoer | 3/8/1951 | See Source »

Invited to "entertain" at a Harvard freshman smoker, Fan Dancer Sally Rand decided to give her performance a new twist. She turned up in ermine wrap and strapless evening gown, smiled at the wolfish whistles as she took off her fur announced: "That's as far as I go tonight." After a song & dance, she launched into a ten-minute lecture on the evils of Communism. The disappointed freshmen lobbed about a quarter's worth of pennies at the stage, and one grumbled later, "The whole idea was to have a good time, not listen to politics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: The Busy Life | 3/5/1951 | See Source »

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