Word: songfulness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Soloists will be Herbert V. Kibrick '38, singing "O Gladsome Light," by A. T. Davison; Nixon de Tarnowsky '35 singing "Brennan on the Moor," an English folk song; Courtland Canby '36 and John H. Eric '37, who will sing "Le Miracle de Saint Nicolas," a French carol; and John L. Bishop '37, singing "Spanish Ladies," an English folk song...
...Walter N. Thayer. Good friend of the Roosevelts, Dr. Thayer is New York State Commissioner of Correction. Another guest was Geoffrey O'Hara, who owns a copyright to "The Star-Spangled Banner" by virtue of having transposed it to a lower key and who wrote the War song "K-K-K-Katy." After dinner the President listened appreciatively while Singer McGregor McKnight rendered a number with music by Composer O'Hara, lyrics by Dr. Thayer and dedicated to Franklin D. Roosevelt. The title: "I Have a Rendezvous with Life." Sample...
...according to advance notice, they would prove their skill with solos, quartets, sextets, choruses. The bullfinch, first on the program, was obviously stagestruck. Trainer Belmont waved his head until his Windsor tie trembled. The finch careened too, but his tongue stayed tied. If the canaries were disappointing in song, they at least knew when to start and stop. They trilled a few chords, gave a slight suggestion of harmony...
...direction (Frank Capra); performances (Claudette Colbert & Clark Gable); adaptation (Robert Riskin). Columbia got two more, best musical scoring and sound recording, with One Night of Love. Best original story was Manhattan Melodrama by Arthur Caesar. Best shorts were The Tortoise and the Hare, La Cucaracha, City of Wax. Best song was "The Continental...
...wondering whether the financier knows whether his wife knows who was making love to her in her boudoir fails to keep the audience alert, this is also an advantage: it makes the more welcome those interruptions in which Chevalier, as gay and ingratiating as usual, goes into his songs. Good bets for radio include: "Rhythm of the Rain," "I Was Lucky," "Singing a Happy Song...