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...gangling dignity, like a freshman playing a Roman emperor. In a business where hysteria is honorable and neuroticism normal, he seems completely untemperamental. Baffled by normalcy as heathen are baffled by saintliness, show people from Sardi's to Giro's see him in an unearthly glow. Says Razzmatazzman Billy Rose: "What do I think about him? That's like asking me what do I think of the Yankees, Man o' War and strawberry sundaes." Says his old friend, Librettist Otto Harbach: "He is a real gentleman of the theater." Says the wife...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: The Careful Dreamer | 10/20/1947 | See Source »

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