Word: ryskind
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...have to change those lines- we'll have to change those lines. Where's Ryskind? Get Ryskind...
...Make it Brisbane and see how it goes!' [Ryskind] settled the matter...
...other costs of his plagiarism suit against Authors George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind, et al. He charged that their Pulitzer Prize-winning Of Thee I Sing was drawn from his U.S.A. With Music. Commented Judge Woolsey: "In this case, as is usual in plagiarism cases, obscurity is taking a long shot at success. Having failed to reach his mark, the plaintiff must be made to pay for the expense to which he has put the defendants. ... I am faced with page after page of alleged parallelisms of phraseology. Obviously, the plaintiff cannot claim a copyright on words in the dictionary...
Play of the Year was Of Thee I Sing, but George S. Kaufman, its author (with Morrie Ryskind), rarely works alone...
...Morris Ryskind, co-author with George Kaufman of the 1931 Pulitzer Prize play "Of Thee I Sing," goes the credit for having dug up "The Diary of an Ex-President" which Minton, Balch & Company recently released. It is the private diary of former President John P. Wintergreen and was discovered by Mr. Ryskind in the new subway on Eighth Avenue. Mr. Wintergreen will be remembered as the President who was elected on a Platform of Love in "Of Thee I Sing...