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...thing, the show has a lot of dependable talent: the amusing, if less than Bea-Lillie, drollness of Luella Gear; the Gallic, if less than Maurice-Chevalier, charm of Jean Sablon; the dazed, middle-aged prankishness of Bobby Clark ("I'm Robert the Roue of Reading, Pa."); the borderline sanity of Abbott & Costello; the magic bartending of "Think a Drink" Hoffman, who turns water into not only wine, but dry Martinis, Pink Ladys and piping hot coffee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Shows in Manhattan | 7/3/1939 | See Source »

Written and staged by men accustomed to smash hits, discerning Producer Wiman's show lifts some old stars to new heights. Disillusioned Luella Gear (Gay Divorce), the only hard-boiled stage lady who seems to know where comedy ceases and churlishness begins, has never been more amusing than when she sings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Play in Manhattan: On Your Toes | 4/20/1936 | See Source »

...whole production bristles with talented contributions which stager Worthington Miner has welded into a highly animated, pleasingly smooth and sure-paced vehicle for the bright talents of Ray Bolger, Luella Gear, Tamara Geva, Doris Carson, Monty Woolley and a galaxy of well constructed demoiselles. The book represents the combined efforts of Messrs. George Abbott and the skilful team of Rodgers and Hart who have also supplied it with a variety of tuneful and well-worded songs. The accent is definitely on the dancing which has been supervised by George Balanchine, the eminent choreographer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 3/26/1936 | See Source »

Meanwhile Alyce Jane McHenry continued to ride high on a prospering wave of publicity. Her mother Luella McHenry, an Omaha department store clerk, no longer has to work. Her father Paul, a Sioux City, Iowa salesman, left his job to become reconciled with her mother. Her sister Frances Jean quit school to share in the glory and excitement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Chap. Ill, Art. I, Sec. 4. | 6/17/1935 | See Source »

...LUELLA SWEENEY...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 12, 1934 | 11/12/1934 | See Source »

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