Word: star
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...diners went wild. "Go get 'em, Ad!" screamed jubilant party functionaries. When it was all over, veteran Chicago newsmen knew that a dazzling political star had been born. Wrote Sun & Timesman John Dreiske: "He was a smash hit. There once were those who gloomily opined he should not travel in the same caravan with Paul H. Douglas [Democratic candidate for Senator] because of the danger [that] he would be eclipsed by that brilliant orator. Put away your handkerchiefs. Don't cry for Stevie...
...Where Stars Walk (by Micheál MacLiammóir; produced by Richard Aldrich & Richard Myers, in association with Brian Doherty) is the Dublin Gate Theater's third Broadway production and first wholly inside job. Written by one of the Gate's two founders and star performers, the play isn't really much good but it is often exceedingly pleasant. Half fantasy and half satire, in its dawdling as well as its dreaming it is altogether Irish...
...only nebulous spot in the Crimson lacrosse picture is a shortage of good midfield men. On the attack last year's high scorer Dick Bezanson, former Freshman star Paul Davidson, and letterman Charley Gregg provide a strong scoring punch, while defensemen Rob Snow, Bob Graham, and Bob Forsyth head a strong protective squad. Captain Hans Eatin is, of course, the leading midfield man, with Don Louria, Dave Abbot, and Bob Smith as returning...
Meanwhile, Eliot's sextet scored five times in the first period to trounce Leverett 6 to 1. Shortly before intermission, Elephant star Fred Ecker was severely cut below the eye, and his team scored only once in the second half...
Tonight at 8:30 (by Noel Coward; produced by Homer Curran, Russell Lewis & Howard Young) ran to three evenings of three playlets each when Noel Coward and Gertrude Lawrence were co-starred in them in 1936. This time Tonight at 8:30 offers one session and one star the less: three playlets and Noel Coward have dropped out of the show...