Word: showmen
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...important point is that Astaire & Rogers are seasoned showmen-both as dancers and comedians. Their dance numbers, though more sedate than ever before, are enchanting examples of the breezy, sophisticated style which they themselves brought to perfection. In his best solo routine-a bit of high-powered choreography in a shoe shop-Astaire proves that at 50 he is still the best all-round heel-totoe man in the business. The rest of The Barkleys proves that Ginger (who, like the heroine she plays, has had her fling as a dramatic actress) is still the best movie dancing partner that...
...Commerce as well as big stores-according to the size of parade they want. For example, a 45-minute parade a mile long with 50 balloons runs around $4,500. Out of what he calls "this crazy business," Gros will gross around $200,000 this year, but, like most showmen, he refuses even to guess his net. Said he: "It's like a Broadway play. You run for months just to break even and count on those last two weeks for your profit...
Today's wrestlers are conscientious showmen who often allow the audience to pick the "hero" and the "villain" after the show begins. They engage in preliminary cuffing and hair-pulling while they "feel out the house" to see what happy ending is desired. One prominent promoter explained last week: "You never know beforehand when you're gonna see a lousy prizefight. In wrestling, we give you guaranteed entertainment...
...first from a career as a speed-champion stenographer to a career as one of the most successful songwriters in Tin Pan Alley history. He ran on to fortune and a Broadway winner's fame as a nightclub proprietor and as one of the greatest showmen of his time. As a columnist (at roughly $52,000 a year), he is currently showing impressive stamina and speed in a fiercely competitive branch of journalism. After only nine months of newspaper distribution, Columnist Billy Rose's "Pitching Horseshoes" has landed in some 145 papers with an estimated 18 million (Billy...
Oklahoma's taste in governors has run to flamboyant showmen like sulphurous old "Alfalfa Bill" Murray or gregarious millionaires like outgoing Governor Bob Kerr. With the inauguration last week of Roy Turner, a well-heeled oil-&-cattleman, Oklahoma got a little of both...