Word: tenore
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...carefree '20s came Gene Austin, asweet-voiced tenor whose story was evocatively told last week on NBC-TV's Goodyear Playhouse. Millions of televiewers had never heard of him, but other millions (over 40) had grown up and fallen in and out of love listening to him sing on records or radio. After thumping a piano in brothels around the country, then touring in vaudeville, Gene began recording, and chiefly between 1924 and 1930 sold 86 million records. Barrel-shaped but still velvet-throated at 56, Tenor Austin, singing the sound track, brought back the nostalgic old daze...
...turned art teacher, in a hotel on the Left Bank. Having begun to paint as a toddler, Hasan has had a one-man show in Turkey, exhibited his canvases in both Paris and New York (TIME, Nov. 10, 1952). ¶ Ates Pars, 14, son of an Ankara State Opera tenor and a former member of the opera chorus, both of whom were violently opposed to his becoming a musician ("The life of an artist is too hard"). Two years ago they made the mistake of buying a piano, which Ates promptly began to play. After only 22 lessons, his music...
...meeting, to be held at 6 p.m. in the Kresge Auditorium, M.I.T., features a recital by Roland Hayes. Hayes, a well-known tenor, was trained at Fisk University in Nashville, an institution aided by the fund. Alonzo G. Moron, president of Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va., is also scheduled to deliver an address...
...second wife died) returned from the White House, Ruth Montgomery's story had hit the wires, and newsmen were packed into the hotel corridor as thick as budget figures. Lucy Eisenhower took one startled look and said resignedly: "Let's face the music." Said Edgar, catching the tenor of the questions: "I have been badly misquoted...
...evening begins with The Long Voyage Home, a small story of a sailor's being shanghaied. Here, over-acting is at its highest, although Mikel Lambert, in a bit part as a barmaid, is excellent. John Baker plays a bartender with all the fervent cliches of a barber-shop tenor; Cyrus Hamlin, as the poor Swedish hero, is also exaggerated, but with an amiable naviete which suits his role surprisingly well. Jan Baltusnik, as the inevitable whore, adds occasional wistful effectiveness. The director, Edward McKirdy, shows pleasant and exceptional skill...