Search Details

Word: olio (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...major Boston theater will screen "A Touch of the Times," Ivy's first production, according to Schiffer. New York's Olio Video Productions is distributing "Touch" for the clubs. As yet no proceeds have come in, but Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles are going to screen the fiilm, he added...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ivy Plans New Documentary, Night Photography, Sound | 12/7/1949 | See Source »

When Ivy bills tonight's presentation as a World Premiere, it means just that. After several false starts in arranging distribution rights, the club has finally come up with an arrangement that will insure world distribution for "A Touch." Olio Video Productions of New York has signed and sealed a contract with the organization that promises both amateur and professional distribution...

Author: By Gene R. Kearney, | Title: Glittering Premiere at U.T. Opens 'A Touch' Tonight | 10/14/1949 | See Source »

...Second Part, usually done before a curtain while the first act scenery was changed, was a vaudeville known as the Olio (supposedly derived from the Spanish "olla" as in olla podrida, meaning hodgepodge). A regular feature was the stump speech by the Black Demosthenes (or someone of similar title) on such timely topics as "Carrie Nation, the Masher." The Third Part, or "Afterpiece," was often a satire on a current play or opera...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Gentlemen, Be Seated | 9/27/1943 | See Source »

| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Next