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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Leighton and Bloch's prize-winning comedy "Spring Again" finally brings the veteran C. Aubrey Smith back to the stage; where he belongs. Long typed by Hollywood as the old-school tie and "all that sort of rot" kind of Victorian Englishman, Smith finds himself in his own element as the lovable old American gentleman, Halstead Carter. An able supporting cast, headed by Grace George and Ann Andrews, and the excellent direction of Guthric McClintic combine to fashion an enjoyable play despite the handicap of an old and unwieldy plot...
Died. Edna Hibbard, 47, stage comedienne; in Manhattan. She made her biggest hit as Dorothy, the mercenary brunette companion of the mercenary blonde Lorelei Lee in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes...
Despite its infantile plot and characters who bear no convincing resemblance to men of the U.S. or any other navy, Stand By is fast, better-than-average-entertainment. With technical advice from the Navy, Hollywood has at least learned how to stage a realistic-looking sea battle...
When the theater's Alfred Lunt & Lynn Fontanne took to the air last week, the result was added proof that radio acting is a specialized art, that great ability on the stage is no guarantee of a payoff before the microphone. For Russian War Relief (WOR-Mutual) and The Cavalcade of America (NBC) respectively the lusty pair played a Russian metalworker & wife, a Bethlehem innkeeper & wife. These roles were not designed to exploit the Lunts' facility with bang and banter. Further, they were not favored by WOR-Mutual's jerky dramatization of the life and death...
Lyon, Daniels and Oliver-Vienna-born, American-naturalized husband of Winston Churchill's daughter Sarah-were the first to create a regular radio show for services, the first to carry a stage-&-radio show to the camps and navy bases of Britain, the innovators of the now standard practice of inviting servicemen to step up from the audience and broadcast "Hello, Mums!" In the opinion of many an American in Britain, they were also the first to liven...