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...prodigy who was guest soloist with the Detroit Symphony at eight. Sammy, 35, was brought up on the sidewalks of New York, set a hooky record at Seward Park High School"which still stands." He was already a successful lyricist at 28 (Shoe Shine Boy, Bei Mir Bist Du Schon) when he and Jule teamed up in Hollywood...
...parents, a Minneapolis Greek restaurateur named Andreos, and their Norwegian mother a whopping 32nd-wedding-anniversary present: one-fourth of the singers' earnings for life. At their present drawing power, the gift amounts to over $100,000 a year. Their first hit in 1937 (Bel Mir Bist Du Schon) sold over 125,000 records; they now get $100,000 annual royalty from Decca for their discs, $10,000 a week average for personal appearances...
...witnessed it (TIME, Nov. 6, 1933). He had cancer of the liver and he caught a fatal cold standing in the rain at Clara Schumann's grave. On his death bed he spoke little, because his false teeth kept slipping. His last words were "Ja, das ist schon." His reference was to some wine that a friend had sent...
...enjoyed every word. Pupils, sent on the advice of their teachers and glad of any chance to go to the theatre, conscientiously endeavored to follow the dialogue during the first act, and gave little gasps of glee when they understood a "s'll yous plait" or a "danke schon." But by the second act all except the most proficient linguists gave up the battle, and lazily resigned themselves to watching the few French or German-horn person in the audience and laughing heartily whenever they gave signs of being amused...
...soloists on the program are to be congratulated. W. F. Manning '22 played Behr's calm flute solo "Nocturne" and, for encore piece, Mouquet's "Dorian Greek Dance", with feeling; while I. H. Rosenberg '22 gave two violin selections by Kreisler, the languorous. "Old Refrain" and, again as encore, "Schon Rosmarin", with a full, sympathetic tone unusual in amateur playing...