Word: songed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Bouncing Words. Even with such lyrics, the song pulled through. It became a hit, with just as sobby words, in Germany as Rosamunde, in Denmark as Skon en min Kone, in Sweden as Ut i Naturen...
Germans insisted it was an old Bavarian drinking song. Americans and British thought it was one of their own. Anyhow, they all sang it. The Beer Barrel Polka became the Tipperary of World War II, rivaled in popularity only by Lili Marlene, which had more homesick appeal, but less oompah...
Last week for the first time Composer Vejvoda heard Lyricist Lew Brown's malty English lyrics translated by a U.S. newsman. As he drew beers for customers in his inn, he smiled appreciatively. "You know, those are better words for a song written by an innkeeper," he told the newsman. "Have another one on the house...
...theme song of the conference was: "Scandinavians, get together." Even Sweden's cautious Premier Per Albin Hansson was stirred to apostrophize a common Scandinavian labor market, economic collaboration, common Nordic citizenship. Laski too was stirred. Hailing the advance of socialism in Britain, France, Belgium and Scandinavia, he cried: -"All of us stand side by side...
Moreover, the picture is a Thespian witches' Sabbath. Except when she overuses her eyes in fey moments, Jennifer Jones more than delivers on the promise of her Song of Bernadette. Restrained Joseph Gotten gives the film its needed ballast of sanity. Hilt-deep supporting performances are contributed by Gladys Cooper, Cecil Kellaway, and a brilliant Australian named Ann Richards. She has three-alarm beauty and four-alarm talent, and is the only screen actress since Ingrid Bergman to look wonderful in a shirtwaist...