Word: hornaday
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Asked the Christian Science Monitor's Mary Hornaday: "I have been asked to inquire whether you consider it a justifiable gift?" Replied Mrs. Roosevelt: "It was given to me to popularize that particular brand of mink. The gentlemen who presented it asked me to keep it, and I thought it would be ungracious to turn around and give it away...
...Prince, Frank Hornaday uses his penetrating tenor voice to advantage in delivering the well-known "Deep In My Heart," in a duet, and "Serenade," backed by the chorus. At times he is a little insincere in a role requiring deep sentimentalism and emotionalism; but on the whole his musical performance is good enough to hold up his slightly weak histrionic performance...
...settle back for three delightful acts of life to the strains of Schubert. Hence you overlook a lot of unconvincing acting, and laugh off a lot of beery buffoonery as largely irrelevant pleasantry. The only strict demand to be made is for good singing, and Everett Marshall, Frank Hornaday, Marie Nash and Martha Errolle give Schubert a very fair treatment. If you like light operetta, and it's a dreadful boor who doesn't "Blossom Time" is among the best...