Word: georgias
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...growing circle of admirers. Along with photographers, he introduced most of the pioneers of modern art to the U.S. Among them were Cézanne, Toulouse-Lautrec. Rodin, Picasso and Matisse. He fought for home talent too; Max Weber, Arthur Dove, Marsden Hartley, John Marin, Charles Demuth and Georgia O'Keeffe (whom he later married) all rose to fame through him. But Stieglitz always insisted he was no dealer. He never sold a painting unless he was sure the buyer appreciated it, and refused to take a commission. Stieglitz' own magnificent collection (part given and part purchased...
...build a show around a female singer, honey," says Georgia Gibbs. "Look at the way they axed Ginny and Dinah." But next week torchy Songstress Gibbs contradicts herself by stepping into a show, the first that has been tailored to her tiny (5 ft. 1 in.), alluringly tough measure. Georgia is the summer replacement for Eddie Cantor (NBC, Thurs. 10:30 p.m., E.D.T...
Despite the "honeys" that sugar-coat her talk, Georgia is no Southern belle. She began life as Fredda Gibson in Massachusetts, and sang her first notes in a Worcester, Mass, orphanage. At 15, she drifted to Boston, divided her evenings between waltzing in a dance studio and warbling in a nightclub...
...fast-singing Lucky Strike girl." One day, after a tough stretch, she decided to remodel herself, shuck the Hit Parade mannerisms, get a new name and a new agent. It turned out that her lusty, slower-paced new-style singing was a good complement to radio's comedians. Georgia drifted into a period of stooging for most of the top funny men: Hope, Durante, Frank Morgan, Milton Berle, Danny Kaye. She practiced her comedy lines and learned to "get into the show." She also picked up some brassy publicity tricks: one night Garry Moore called her "Her Nibs, Miss...
...Georgia thinks her hard-won comedy sense will help bolster her singing; the summer show will point up her comic gifts. Meanwhile she has both brown eyes sharply fixed on a Broadway musical for next season...