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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Along with Jack Haley, Miss Lillie is now appearing in Boston in a musical revue called "Inside U.S.A.," which takes it name, and nothing else, from the latest of John Gunther's Insides to come out. The sketches are contributed by several of the best revue writers in the business--Arnold Horwitt, Arnold Auerbach, and Moss Hart--and the lyrics and music are by Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz...
After having only seen him on the screen, it is pleasant to learn that Jack Haley is no slouch as a comedian, himself. The skits he appears in do not seem as clever as Miss Lillie's, and one of them--"All Over the Map"--is downright painful. But it is difficult not to like Mr. Haley since he has made such an art of portraying the average man without making him out to be also a jerk. Aside from his inescapable, affability, Mr. Haley can be heard in even the farthest reaches of the theater, whether he's speaking...
Having seen "Inside U.S.A." before it reached Broadway last year, I was interested to find what had improved with a second showing and what waned. Miss Lillie, of course, improved. She has supplemented almost all of her routines with additional business, such as the swinging pearls in the Pittsburgh choral song (to watch her twirl them is worth the price of admission alone), and the Teutonic accents in the satire on the Hollywood-Chopin romances...
...other hand, Mr. Haley seems to be doing about the same things and in the same way. That about sums up the difference in the talents of Miss Lillie and Mr. Haley. Mr. Haley does very well for himself in his sketches, as I have said, but Miss Lillie can't help but grow funnier with familiarity. She is obviously more than a comedienne...
...letter to Miss Ragozin, Student Government President Joan Projansky '49 stated that both the Dean's Office and Council now back the recommendation which requires 1.) that every political club annually turn in a complete membership list, and 2.) that only the executive officers of political clubs have their affiliations recorded on the permanent Deans' Office files...