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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Theater Workshop and the way that challenge was met. The Odets was done exceedingly well, but even at its best it offered nowhere near the range of expression in either acting or staging that belongs to Shaw's creation. From every conceivable standpoint "Saint Joan" is a high-water mark in Harvard dramatics. If you let it slip by without seeing it, you are depriving yourself of a rare opportunity to see a great play professionally and imaginatively performed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Playgoer | 3/20/1947 | See Source »

Hauptfuhrer, 20-year-old Varsity center, was the fifth highest scorer in the Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League this summer, and set a new Varsity season scoring record of 393 points in 25 games. The previous mark of 302 points was established last season by Wyndol Gray in 17 games...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hauptfuhrer, Fuller Named '48 Captains | 3/19/1947 | See Source »

Universal Pictures, Inc. has paid $50,000 for the screen rights, plus another $25,000 when shooting starts. Last week French, German, Swiss, Swedish, Portuguese and other publishers were dickering energetically for translation rights. Bonheur was setting an earnings mark that no other French Canadian book had ever approached...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: QUEBEC: Happy Accident | 3/17/1947 | See Source »

Yale was still five points ahead at the 17-minute mark, when Bill Henry's two-pointer and a foul by George Hauptfuhrer sandwiched a Tony Lavelli free throw to bring the Varsity up to a three-point deficit...

Author: By Irvin M. Horowitz, | Title: Quintet Conquers Yale, 46-42, with Final Spurt | 3/17/1947 | See Source »

While all this was going on, Yale's Tony Lavelli was making a futile effort to mark up the needed 16 points which would have tied Columbia's Walt Budko for Ivy League individual scoring honors. The Crimson employed a shifting man-to-man defense which dropped two extra players back to guard Lavelli every time he received the ball, but the Eli ace still managed to come close to the record, scoring 13 points...

Author: By Irvin M. Horowitz, | Title: Quintet Conquers Yale, 46-42, with Final Spurt | 3/17/1947 | See Source »

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