Word: jules
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (book by Joseph Fields & Anita Loos; music by Jule Styne; lyrics by Leo Robin) lets the famous Lorelei Lee of the '20s gold-dig once more-this time to music. The blonde is played by Carol Channing, who last season rocketed from nowhere to minor fame in Lend, an Ear. Last week she drew rave reviews; one critic ecstatically called her "the funniest female since Fanny Brice and Beatrice Lillie...
...began wooing lonely widows, he was amazed by his own gift for bringing happiness to others. Though he assiduously mulcted his sweethearts of their savings, they fairly beamed with gratitude at his attentions. But little Ray's gift was his undoing-he attracted his own nemesis, Mrs. Martha Jule Beck...
...talk you would think Irving Berlin and Cole Porter were the only two songwriters living. I'll take Jule Styne over both of them overrated buffoons. The score to High Button Shoes is truly great...
...Says Sammy: "They're damned careful to sing it the way we wrote it when we're staring 'em in the face. Lotsa singers don't know the proper phrasing and even lose a rhyme. So we gotta be around to protect our baby." Says Jule: "Nobody's going to improve our songs to death...
Give 'em what they understand; don't try to elevate them." Adds Jule: "You gotta write for the people . . . Art is great, sure . . . but who can sing Shostakovich...