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Word: know (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...mother and all my friends say I was born to be a dancer, that my talent is obvious. I have had no stage experience, but I know my forte, doing classical ballet to Swing, would be most effective...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Playgoer | 2/8/1939 | See Source »

...When you get to be as old as I am you'll know something about life too. I have written many plays and am sending one which is a sure smash hit. I wrote the girl's part especially for Lynn Fontanne, and the man's for Cantor. Can't you see it? What a combination...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Playgoer | 2/8/1939 | See Source »

...insist on; I always do my own directing. Aside from that you may have a free hand. I tell you this show is terrific, sure-fire. It's a superb mixture of pathos and comedy. You can't miss and I am sending it to you first because I know you can tell the real thing when...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Playgoer | 2/8/1939 | See Source »

...commodity: the artists themselves. Biggest bugaboo Columbia has today is Lawrence Tibbett's dress-collar union, American Guild of Musical Artists. A. G. M. A. has never liked Columbia's practices of giving its artists oral contracts, exploiting a few big names, never letting its artists know what prices they are fetching. Manager Judson keeps his own books, and keeps them to himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Chain-Store Music | 2/6/1939 | See Source »

...Havana cigars. Says he: "Managers are employes of artists. An artist is perfectly free to hire any manager he wants." But when A. G. M. A. representatives last month wanted to look at Employe Judson's books (on the theory that the employer has a right to know how the business is going), Employe Judson refused pointblank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Chain-Store Music | 2/6/1939 | See Source »

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