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...Embraceable You, and Ethel Merman razed the roof with I Got Rhythm. Of Thee I Sing (1931) won Ira the first Pulitzer Prize for a lyricist. For George's crowning triumph, Porgy and Bess (1935), Ira contributed about half of the lyrics (the others were by DuBose Heyward). The brothers repeated their success in Hollywood, especially with Fred Astaire: Shall We Dance included They All Laughed and Let's Call the Whole Thing Off; for Damsel in Distress they wrote A Foggy Day (in London Town). But before Damsel was released, George was dead...
Based on Dorothy and DuBose Heyward's 1927 play and set in Charleston, S.C., Porgy is the story of a crippled beggar's unconquerable love for Bess, a lady of easy virtue. So strong is Porgy's passion that he kills his rival, Crown, and when Bess is whisked off to New York by the smooth-talking Sportin' Life, Porgy quixotically sets out after her in his goat cart. Porgy is a relic of the first important period in American opera, the '30s-a decade that also saw Louis Gruenberg's The Emperor Jones...
DARTMOUTH (9-8) Johnson 4 2-2 10; White 2 0-0 4; Heyward 2 0-2 4; Jones 1 0-0 2; Cavanaugh 0 0-2 0; Stewart 4 2-2 10; Anderson 3 0-1 6; Lawrence 10 5-6 25; Burke 1 2-2 4; Zanze...
Dartmouth's Gene Heyward put on a one man show good for six points while Mannix, Taylor and guard Calvin Dixon kept pace with a bucket apiece...
Dartmouth (77)--Gauthier 4-2-10; Caldwell 2-0-4; Lawrence 11-3-25; Panaggio 6-7-19; Broll 3-3-9; Romatzick 2-0-4; Heyward 0-2-2; Robertson 1-2-4; Johnson 0-0-0. Totals...