Word: handicapped
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Rather Be Right (book by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart; music and lyrics by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart; produced by Sam H. Harris). Like the Tower of Babel, I'd Rather Be Right had the handicap of a tremendous buildup. Advance rumors of its superexcellence implied that its like had not been seen on Broadway in years. Written and scored by the two liveliest teams of playwrights and music writers in the U. S., its lead played by one of the most endearing veterans of the U. S. stage, I'd Rather Be Right simply...
...when he hoists them on flights of unnatural rhetoric. Most idiomatic performers in Golden Boy were: Robert Lewis, as the flat-voiced, grasping fight promoter, Roman Bohnen, a typical shoestring manager, and Jules Garfield, recruited from the lead of Having Wonderful Time, as a wisecracking taxi driver. Despite the handicap of an unbecoming Italian accent, the Group Theatre's veteran Morris Carnovsky is the convincingly pathetic Old World parent, bewildered by a reckless new generation. Hollywood's Frances Farmer, who spent the summer in barn repertory preparing for her Broadway stage debut, was inappropriately cast as "a tramp...
...Blatz excused the fact that the Quintuplets are asocial by observing that their lack of contact with other children, except for occasional visits from their older brothers and sisters, is a mental and social handicap. Reported Dorothy A. Millichamp, Dr. Blatz's assistant, who has kept a detailed record of the children's conduct: "The Quints are practically ignorant of life lived by other people, except for rare visits to the hospital kitchen which is a great treat. . . . They were slow to learn bladder control because five commodes on the veranda made going to the toilet a social...
...fair and warmer day saw the University Handicap Track Meet to a successful conclusion yesterday. Postponed last Thursday because of rain the remaining events were run off yesterday under the supervision of Assistant Coach Bill Neufeld...
Winner of the broad jump was Freshman Robert Partlow. Prominent in his class as a sprinter Partlow's best and winning jump was 20 feet. Runner-up was Fred Ulen '39, who, with the benefit of a 10 inch handicap was put down for 19 feet, eight inches. Paul Morgan '39, and Sparks Sorlien '39 followed third and fourth...