Word: stage
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...turn their collars around last Thursday at their Seattle convention and come out for a "program of wiping out racketeering and crime wherever it may exist" in their union! And how sincere of them simultaneously to oust George E. Browne, President of the Stage Employees and Motion Picture Employes Union now on trial in New York for extorting $550,000 from four motion picture companies, from the A.F. of L. Executive Council...
...draftee barracks. And it's Danny Kaye's work as Jerry, the rookie, which makes these moments really good. As a singer who can act or an actor who can sing, whichever way you prefer, Danny is a winning combination. His personality and pantomime hold the center of the stage from curtain to curtain, and put over the last number, "Melody in 4F," with a climaxing smash which should keep the wolf away from the box office door for a long season...
This combination of good acting and good writing is a rare thing on the modern stage. Almost every play has its dull spots and inessential characters, but "Blithe Spirit" has neither. Every moment of the two and a half hours is superb, and the audience is helpless with laughter from the opening curtain to the end. "Blithe Spirit" may well be the most hilarious farce ever written; certainly it is the funniest our generation has ever seen...
...estimated 400 representatives of the Crimson and Big Green will stage their annual combined revel next Friday night at the eighteenth annual Harvard-Dartmouth ball, scheduled to be held again in the sumptuous and spacious Louis XIV ballroom of the Hotel Somerset...
...from the midfield stripe, the Elephants began their drive with a 15-yard pass, Waters to Grier. Another pass, this time from Orrin Daniels to right end Dick Johnson, carried the ball to the six-yard line. Here the Bunnies received a five-yard offside penalty and set the stage for George Waters' final plunge through center to score. Daniel's pass to Johnson for the extra point failed, and the Elephants led 6 to 0 at the half...