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Life in the Harps, a teen-age Manhattan slum gang, was as rigidly hierarchical as in a primitive tribe. When the president wanted to issue a command, his personal stooge called the gang to attention by shouting "Time! Time!" If a fellow had his initials scratched on the arm of a deb (a girl member), no other Harp was allowed to touch her until she formally declared that she was through with him. Modeling themselves after such movie heroes as Alan Ladd ("The way he beats his women! He stomps them"), the Harps treated their debs with elaborately casual brutality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Big-City Documentary | 7/24/1950 | See Source »

...harp rhimes are sing ring, string & the like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Prisoner Rescued | 7/10/1950 | See Source »

Dello Joio: Concerto for Harp and Orchestra (Edward Vito, harp, with the Little Orchestra Society, Thomas K. Scherman conducting; Columbia, 1 side LP). U.S. Composer Dello Joio (TIME, May 22) manages to write charmingly and effectively for the harp without sounding too much like either Debussy or Ravel. On the other side of the record, David Diamond's Music for Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" sounds like little more than warmed-over Prokofiev. Both performances and recordings: good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Records, Jul. 3, 1950 | 7/3/1950 | See Source »

Married. Susan Reed, 23, hazel-eyed, harp-playing folk singer; and James Karen, 26, actor; in Manhattan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, May 29, 1950 | 5/29/1950 | See Source »

...most Marx movies, all that matters is enough nonsense to take the curse off such inevitable interruptions as Chico's piano solo, Harpo's turn at the harp, the romantic subplot and the musical production routines. As the author of Love Happy's basic story, Harpo has treated himself to some bright comic ideas and a wealth of sight gags, some of which seem to have improved with time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Apr. 17, 1950 | 4/17/1950 | See Source »

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