Word: oscarization
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Carousel. Charming, touching musical play made from Molnar's Liliom by Okla homa's Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II (TIME, April...
...Oscar Hammerstein II could pretty nearly justify his title of No. 1 U.S. librettist just by pointing to the two best-loved of all modern musicals-Show Boat and Oklahoma! But he has also written the libretto or lyrics (or both) for such hits as Rose Marie, The Desert Song, The New Moon, Carmen Jones; his are the words of 01' Man River, Lover Come Back to Me, Stout-Hearted, Men, Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' and-the only song he ever wrote for himself and not for a show-The Last Time I Saw Paris...
...Mention Opera. Hammerstein was born 49 years ago into a great theatrical tribe. His father, William, produced vaudeville; his Uncle Arthur produced musicals; his cousin Elaine became a screen star in silent days. But it was his grandfather, bearded, cigar-mauling, top-hatted Oscar I, the most spectacular impresario of his time, who made the name Hammerstein a near-synonym for Broadway. Oscar I was said to have occupied more newspaper space during his heyday than any other American except Theodore Roosevelt. A reckless and rambunctious man, Oscar I made millions in vaudeville and operetta, lost them on grand opera...
...family did not want young Oscar to follow in its footsteps. But while studying law at Columbia he got involved in college dramatics, soon found himself working for Uncle Arthur. After a couple of minor musicomedy tries, Oscar clicked with Wildflower, went on to write-during the 20s - a half dozen of the best-known musicals in Broadway history...
Modest, methodical Oscar II has a collaborator's temperament, as well as talent. If he quite lacks his grandfather's color ("I am rather uninteresting") he also lacks the old man's choler. His private life also lacks the gaudy touch. "I guess I have never been young enough," he confesses, "to enjoy night clubs. I don't understand what goes on after 1 a.m.-but I doubt if anything very profound is said." A family man (he has been married twice), he does not smoke, seldom drinks, spends as much time as possible...