Word: maney
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...appointed to the Sacred Rota, Roman Catholicism's court of last appeal in marriage, in 1959 became its chief judge, and last January was named the first American to head the Curia's Congregation of Sacraments, which ensures the correct administration of the seven sacraments. Died. Richard Maney, 77, dean of Broadway pressagents, who in 50 years beat the drums for some 250 plays (including My Fair Lady, Camelot); of pneumonia; in Norwalk, Conn. Gruff, unfailingly honest and highly literate, Maney assailed the theater for its "notorious affair with mediocrity," and engaged in monumental bouts with such employers...
Short of Murder. No show business professional was in the least surprised that Sophia should consider the matter important enough to bring before the Supreme Court of the State of New York. As Broadway Pressagent Richard Maney summarizes the whole matter in his book Fanfare: "Billing is the ne plus ultra, the be-all and end-all of the theater's children. To achieve it they will sacrifice their young, slash their salaries, forage for food and sleep in the subway. To maintain or enhance it, they'll stop at nothing short of murder...
...weaker sex was. The leading women did not match the men; neither Joan Corbett (Mabel) nor Dorothy Maney (Ruth) has a particularly fine voice, and neither of them acts very well. Miss Corbett's sense of timing hurt her performance again and again, making her first entrance almost painful; her voice and Miss Maney's sounded strained, particularly on higher notes. I always enjoy praising actresses, but can find little to say for these except that although they did nothing to help the show they did not hurt it badly...