Word: pattiness
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Never Say Goodbye (Warner) is the one about a divorced husband (Errol Flynn) who loves his ex-wife (Eleanor Parker), who loves him but won't-admit-it-even-to-herself, and their little girl (Patti Brady), who loves, and is loved by, both of them, and will never let them hear the last of it. This situation, which is not unheard of in the home-loving U.S., might have been the basis for a touching and impressive film. Or, in skillful hands, it might have been first-rate comedy. Those who made this version use all the known...
...Patti Clayton, radio songstress best known for the way she peals Chiquita Banana, moved the Banana Dealers Association to acclaim her Miss Banana Royal...
...oftener than once in a generation. The nearest thing to such a voice that this generation of U.S. operagoers is familiar with is the neat, flutelike warbling of Lily Pons. She is the capable but hardly startling descendant of a great line beginning with Jenny Lind and including Adelina Patti, Nellie Melba, Luisa Tetrazzini, Amelita Galli-Curci. Measuring Korjus against the yardstick of their memories, old-timers placed her somewhere near the Pons mark, admired the warmth, vibrancy and agility of her voice, which reminded them slightly of Melba...
Outstanding in the coast Guard lineup were third baseman Friend, who hit for the circuit twice, shortstop patti, and the battery of Merritt and Harr. For the Crimson, Chapple stood out with two hits and a couple of pretty fielding plays. Crimson right-fielder capaccio got the first hit of the game in the third on a line drive that bounced just inside the left foul line and went for a double. Webby Durant, up from the B-team, had a sharp single to right in three trips...
...greatest fault in this week's show is a woeful lack of music. True, there is an abundance of the lush tunes of Mr. Kern, but even the music of that able composer must suffer when there are no voices to do it justice. Miss Patti Pickens, the star, struggles bravely, but is unable to make much headway against a cast of non-singers, attempting to talk the tunes...