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...Hanya Holm's dances are smart, brisk, Broadwayish-no Art whatever and a vast amount of skill; and Dancer Harold Lang and Singer Lisa Kirk take care of the subplot in style. In the leading roles, Hollywood's Patricia Morison proves to be right at home on Broadway, and Alfred Drake stands forth as the best all-round musicomedy hero in show business...
...Genn does an admirable job as the soft-speaking doctor who takes a personal interest in this case and gradually uncovers the source of the ailment; Mark Stevens is adequate as the girl's husband. Celeste Holm appears briefly as a completely mad girl who tries to choke all who come near her, and is only comforted by the heroine. Her powerful portrayal of the pitiful figure leaves a strong impression, for she does not recover and is left in darkness at the bottom...
...Broadway, did a double take. After the first-night performance of Light Up the Sky (TIME, Nov. 29), he had admitted in print that it was "fast" and "funny." But a couple of Moss Hart's cast of caricatures bore a striking resemblance to Billy and wife Eleanor Holm; Billy simmered for a few days, then went back for a second look. This time, he reported with satisfaction, the capacity audience wasn't finding nearly so much to laugh at. "Opening night yaks were being greeted by yawns." Billy's diagnosis: "On opening night, the wise...
...program, under the direction of Oswald Holm-Hansen '50, arranges reservations and coordinates all ski activities with other organizations such as the MIT Outing Club, the American Youth Hostels, and groups from local women's colleges...
...every taste. Smeared over most of them is a thick paste of sentimental egotism; the reader can no more escape Billy Rose ("I'm a ham-boned, hickory-smoked, and sugar-cured") than he could escape himself if he were locked up in a padded cell. One chapter, "Holm, Sweet Holm," tells the reader how wonderful wife Eleanor is, how she makes him behave like a gentleman, stops him from buying candied apples on sticks (because they have "nine million calories"), and even prods him into picking up porous fragments of Culture. Another chapter, containing warmed-over stories...