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Word: minevitch (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...stage show with Jane Froman, Stoopnagle and Bud, Bob Ripa, and Borah Minevitch's Harmonica Rascals is excellent...

Author: By V. F., | Title: The Crimson Moviegoer | 11/16/1937 | See Source »

...payment of an alleged wager with Showman Samuel Lionel ("Roxy") Rothafel that his first born would be a boy, Borrah Minevitch, harmonica virtuoso, set out in his sloop from Nice to Africa "to hunt lions." When four days passed without sign of the boat Mrs. Minevitch set up an alarum. Three days later Musician Minevitch turned up at Bandol on the south coast of France with this story: As soon as they were out of sight of land his crew of four Corsicans, whom he had promised to pay $39 a day, lowered sail, made themselves comfortable, let the sloop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jul. 11, 1932 | 7/11/1932 | See Source »

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