Word: songed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Certain Protestant groups in this country have a good case when they argue that Hollywood seems to recognize only one religion, and that one is the Roman Catholic. "The Song of Bernadette,' and "Goig My Way" both won many awards and, because of their "religious" nature, were of great prestige value to the Academy and ammunition in their eternal war with moralist groups. This past year, the Academy in its first recognition of foreign-language films, gave its "Oscar" to "Monsieur Vincent," a film dealing with the struggles of a Roman Catholic saint, by-passing one of the finest films...
Baccalaureate Services, at which Rev. Willard L. Sperry, Dean of the Divinity School will speak, will be held in Memorial Church Sunday afternoon, June 20, immediately after the Harvard exercises. Monday has been left open for Class Night and song rehearsals...
...Krokodiloes are far from content with "Sweet Adeline," however. In addition to chestnuts like "Johnny O'Conner," its 13 members sing modern arrangements from Tin Pan Alley, and if coaxed will even pull from the bag a garlicy Italian love song. The Kroks try to get away from run-of-the-mill college singing; their repertoire contains a wide variety of unusual numbers, each one specially arranged for the Krokodiloes with an eye to originality and entertainment...
Rehearsals are held regularly three evenings each week in the Hasty Pudding Clubhouse. The Kroks aren't quite sure how they manage to learn a new song; for awhile the Pudding barroom is pandemonium as members peek out their parts on an antique piano, cursing the over-enthusiastic arranger. Once the music is memorized, however, the rest is easy. Any Krok who has an idea or a gimmick speaks up, and the idea is tried. If the rest of the Kroks like it, it stays; if not, it is thrown out. In this way the final interpretation represents the combined...
...great flaw in the movie is the music, which is tuneless, mawkish, and worthless. Bing, though a peerless song plugger, is left this time with a carload of goldbricks. He receives adequate and on pitch assistance from his leading lady, Rhonda Fleming, but as we said before, two times nothing is still nothing...