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Said Vincent Jacobi, business manager of Theatrical Protective Union No. 1: "The out-of-town people see 'Follies' and they don't know what it is. But if they see 'Burlesque' then they know what it's all about." Echoed Harold Minsky, whose celebrated surname (made famous by his father and uncles), synonymous with burlesque, is also barred from Manhattan marquees: "Once they come in they enjoy it all right, but you'd be surprised how many people in New York don't know what you're selling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Louse Opera | 7/15/1940 | See Source »

...last three years veteran Hearst-writer Copeland C. Burg has doubled on the Chicago Herald-American as art critic and rewrite man specializing in rape & murder. Versatile Newsman Burg also paints, in 1939 had more canvases hung in out-of-town shows than any other Chicago artist. Uneasy has been his job as art critic since last August, when the whole choir of Hearstpapers began to laud Sanity in Art. Last month he stuck his burly neck out by panning Chicago art dealers and citizenry alike, calling a WPA art show the best in town. Last week, on orders from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Murder, Rape and Painting | 2/12/1940 | See Source »

...page "Weekly Magazine of New York Life," jamful of information about everything from radio programs to de luxe cruises, Cue this week became a full-size (7 ⅞ x 11 ¼ in.) magazine and published its first national edition. The national edition went out to some 9,000 out-of-town subscribers who had been taking the Manhattan edition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Gentlemen All | 8/21/1939 | See Source »

...Only about 3,000,000 out-of-town patrons have visited the Fair. There they stayed an average seven hours, spent an average $2.06 apiece ($1.44 plus admission. Coney Island average...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Figures v. Dreams | 8/21/1939 | See Source »

When dressy, horsy Grover Aloysius Whalen unveiled his $157,000,000 New York World's Fair last April, he figured that out-of-town customers would be storming its gates by July 1. Instead of a Big Push he got an attendance so low that he was moved fortnight ago to start making reduced rates (reduced parking fees, bargain admissions for large groups) to fairgoers. Last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRADE: Customers Wanted | 7/31/1939 | See Source »

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