Word: lastfogel
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Dates: during 1943-1943
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...tour was the idea of Theatrical Agent Abe Lastfogel, dollar-a-year head of U.S.O. Camp Shows, who thought a visit from cinema actresses might be good for the morale of U.S. soldiers abroad. The girls traveled light (three suits and two dresses apiece). Their pay: $10 a day for expenses. For two months they toured England and Ireland, giving two or three shows a day, six days a week, for soldiers, sailors, factory workers. Each Sunday they returned to London's Savoy, washed their underwear, flopped into...
Last week the team, easily the biggest war-front entertainment hit of World War II, had been disbanded. Miss Landis was honeymooning in England with a U.S. officer she married during the tour (TIME, Jan. 18). But Mr. Lastfogel had begun to organize similar "live shows" for other U.S. fighting fronts. Miss Francis & Co. had found out what soldiers want. Said she: "All we had to do was say 'Boo' and they howled with delight...
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