Word: successful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...first play, "The Road to Rome," was neither a commercial nor an artistic success because the proper ingredients for either were not there. It was a mildly amusing but banal play, containing a certain topical message which could not, however, justify its inclusion in any repertory. The Copley players' second play, which closes tonight, is Shaw's "Heartbreak House," a much wiser and likelier choice, which they do in fine style...
...Success of the Tech contest may mean the addition of intramural sports at Radcliffe, if enough girls will come out for it, Virginia Gassard '49, Athletic Association swimming chairman, announced yesterday...
Died. Umberto Giordano, 81, Italian composer who scored a one-shot success at 28 with his melodramatic opera of the French Revolution, Andrea Chenier; of a heart ailment; in Milan, Italy. To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Fascist revolution, in 1932, Mussolini ordered him to compose a special tune...
Radcliffe upperclassmen lined up ten to one against joint examinations and all but three percent upheld the success of the Annex examination honor system in last week's Student Government poll, Joan Projansky '49, president of the Association, announced last night...
...very flossy bird, a great musical Tom stuffed with stars. The producers have given it everything a picture of this sort normally requires for success. Betty Grable is there to show off her pretty ankles and sing some nice tunes. Dan Dailey figures to de-emphasize Miss Grable's mediocre dancing with his own slick routines. The supporting cast of June Havoc, Jack Oakie, and James Gleason couldn't be any better. Gag specialists have written a few high-voltage boffs into the script and the whole thing is packaged in some real nice technicolor. These are the merits...