Word: superbeings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week CBS gave listeners a chance to hear some of the superb talent that few advertisers dare to sponsor. From Montreal came the rich voice of Marian Anderson, from Hollywood the mean rhythms of Duke Ellington, from Manhattan one of the jaunty routines of the world's No. i tap dancer, Bill Robinson. Among others who crowded a lively hour were Trumpeter Louis Armstrong, Actor Canada Lee (see p. 76), Violinist Eddie South. Of all the performers only three had sponsored berths in radio: Eddie Anderson, the Rochester of the Jack Benny show, Band Leader John Kirby...
...equal to the "Grapes of Wrath." John Ford was selected for director. Charley Grapewin, one of the finest character actors in films, was given the role of Jeeter Lester. Gene Tierney was selected for the sluttish Lester daughter after a far-flung talent search. The best photographers in Hollywood, superb make-up artists, perfectly realistic sets were assembled. Hollywood held its breath and Darryl F. Zanuck counted the Academy Awards...
...planned to break down her stand up strike. The ticklish situation gets further complicated when an over-potent South American banker, the father of half his country, makes a loan dependent on Rosalind's pregnancy. Thus doubly inspired. Douglas adds to the lustre of his boudoir savoirefaire by a superb comedy performance which succeeds in making love find a way to the bedroom and getting Rosalind to march upstairs to the tune of "There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight." The dialogue is entendre doubled and redoubled with a plot that leaps from one hilarious involvement...
...think it's time someone said a word of praise for R. M. Chapin Jr. His TIME maps are superb. If I had only had those to study in school, geography might not have always been such a horror...
...Arturo Toscanini; Victor: 12 sides; $6.50). The Brahms concertos are as massively splendiferous as the Brahms symphonies. In this one, Toscanini, his pianist son-in-law and the recording engineers (it was made in Carnegie Hall instead of in NBC's woolly-sounding Studio 8-H) do a superb...