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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Prelate Byrne's threatened denial of the sacraments of communion and confession to a Miss Universe contestant and her Catholic mother [July 20] is just another very good reason for being an American Protestant...
...charming genius of Viennese folk-singer Martha Schlamme graced John Hancock Hall last Thursday evening. Miss Schlamme, whose repertoire includes songs in at least a dozen different languages, captivated her audience for two hours with her interpretations of many styles of song...
...Miss Schlamme is blessed with a lovely lyric soprano voice and displays great sensitivity toward her material. Taking the audience into her confidence, she prefaced each song with a brief analysis of its contents, making it understandable regardless of its foreign words. But only to hear Miss Schlamme is to miss half the performance. Her capabilities as an actress showed time and time again through her animated expressions and gestures that turned each song into a vividly told story...
...Miss Schlamme, a native of Austria, was driven from her home by the Nazis during the War. In the course of her flight to England and later to America, she traveled through many different countries and discovered that singing was a universal means of communication. This she demonstrated very effectively when she sang "Everybody Loves Saturday Night" in English, Africaans, French, Spanish, Russian, and Hebrew...
...Miss Thulin plays the daughter-in-law role well, but seems to have been pushed a bit too hard by the director. The supporting parts are well acted...