Word: roar
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...after the bell, and for an instant Emile's face contorted with rage -but then he trotted meekly to his corner. The referee scored it 11-4; the other two officials made it unanimous for his eighth title defense. In his dressing room Griffith listened to the crowd roar as Torres pounded out a TKO victory over the aging Pastrano. "Stable was nervous, scared." Griffith said, "I could have knocked him out. But I'm satisfied...
...ROAR LION ROAR & OTHER STORIES by Irvin Faust. 213 pages. Random House...
...little over a year ago, I did find exactly the right teacher, Clair Gelda. She told me, 'You must be careful not to push to the point of losing the wonderful velvet on your voice.'" This "velvet," which is readily apparent in the restrained opening of "Feeling Good" in Roar of the Greasepaint, should not be confused with the quite different, if attractive, breathy tone characteristic of Belafonte or the late Nat King Cole...
...large agency, General Artists Corporation, has just signed him, and, after Roar opens in New York, he ought to be much in demand. "I don't expect to keep doing Broadway musicals forever, though. There's a chance I may do a movie. What I'd really like to do is get sufficient preparation to do concert singing and maybe opera." So Gil may perhaps wind up having followed the reverse path of stars like Pinza and Traubel...
...come to land the role in Roar? He auditioned like everybody else. Anthony Newley, the British creator and director and star of the show, said, "He's too young for the part and he's too short for the part." Why, then, was he cast? Newley had the right answer: "All he's got is the greatest bloody voice I've ever heard...