Word: singe
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...answers. To anyone who has ever seen a labor play, it is no surprise that They-the vigilantes, the Interests, the Fascists-kill the leader of the waiters, burn the club. From the leader's father, a kindly hamburger-Greek, the waiters take courage to go on, sing a chorus full of resounding Noes...
...love to hear her sing...
Ginger Rogers can not only sing, dance, and be a bachelor mother; she can act. In the movie version of Christopher Morley's Kitty Foyle Miss Rogers proves herself worthy of a Little Oscar at the end of the year. The action in the movie is almost nil, as the theme of the work is the circumstances which make up the life of the feminine white collar worker of the past decade. When woman got the right to vote she put herself on the same plane as man and her troubles began. Kitty Foyle is a character-who comes from...
...Paris Conservatoire, took a prize at 13, later went on the Paris stage. Her extraordinary vocal cords contrived few public beeps, and no acrobatics at all, until after she was married-to August Mesritz, a wealthy, middle-aged Dutch lawyer and journalist. Husband Mesritz resolved that Lily should sing, took her to Alberti di Gorostiaga, an elegant Spaniard who ignored French gender but knew everything about bel canto singing technique. Exclaimed di Gorostiaga: "Mlle. Pons, he is a charming, a gentle lady, he is the most hard-working pupil of my life, he has the range of Patti...
...summer evening is the biggest crowd ever assembled to hear good music. Says Lily Pons: "On m'a dit que only dictators peuvent get crowds like that." And, underlining Kosty's part in the partnership, she has trilled: "A woman who is not happy cannot sing nice...