Word: herman
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Male Animal (by James Thurber & Elliott Nugent; produced by Herman Shumlin) provides Broadway-in a season rich only in comedy-with another comedy hit. A frail, rachitic tyke of a play, with barely enough clothes to cover it, The Male Animal manages to captivate by its impish tongue and winning smile. It resembles a dinner party where there isn't nearly enough food but where the conversation is so amusing that nobody minds...
...Ellington's "Hodge Podge." It's a magnificent record....Eddle Duchin (Columbia) has recorded his theme, the Chopin "Nocturne" and strangely enough, it makes quite an acceptable record....Jan Savitt's been turning out pop tunes, but they're excellent renditions and been watching. Total output of Woody Herman, Charlie Barnet, and Harry James has been nil lately, mainly due to overplaying. Woody has one coming out this week called "Blues On Parade" that ought to be pretty good, however...
...Cabin at Jackson, New Hampshire, received its christening during the past two weeks at 15 members of the Ski Club used it for a base of operations, driving over to Cannon Mountain when the snow was bad in the Pinkham region. Herman Ostermeyer, instructor at the Eastern Slope school, acted as unofficial coach and gave pointers to the boys as they needed them...
Died. Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker, 49, eccentric, Dutch aeronautical engineer, plane builder for Germany in World War I, since then for Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, for Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith, for Amelia Earhart; a U. S. citizen since 1931; of pneumococcus meningitis; in Manhattan...