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...Cake (music & lyrics by George & Ira Gershwin respectively; book by George S. Kaufman & Morrie Ryskind; Sam Harris, producer). When the opening scene of this musicomedy began with the familiar martial strains of "Wintergreen for President," Manhattan first-nighters applauded happily. They recalled what a fine show Of Thee I Sing had been, leaned back in their seats to enjoy its sequel. But when the curtain fell on Let 'em Eat Cake there was an embarrassing dearth of applause. Critics and spectators went out grumbling that the nation's great musicomedy quadrivirate had lain down on their...
Inveterate theatergoers will find Boston dull this next week. Of course they can still go to see "Biography" or "Let Em Eat Cake" if they have not done so already; the former is the more finished product. Gershwin, Gershwin, Ryskind, Kaufman, and Sam Harris; the combination should have been able to produce another hit equally as good as "Of Thee I Sing," but success seems to make writers a little stale; this brings me to Mr. O'Neill...
...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...