Word: tinning
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...ever heard his shamelessly sentimental braying of Tin Pan Alley ballads would believe it, but to hear Al Jolson tell it, he still has stage fright. Said he: "I die every time I go on the stage. . . . What's the use of falling on my face?" He didn't have to. At 61, Mammy-Man Jolson was in the chips. Two years ago he was sick, and though not broke, afraid that he soon might be. He had developed an abscessed lung while entertaining troops overseas, and ended up in a Los Angeles hospital. When he recovered, Hollywood...
...Garden. With a penchant for extravagance matched only by the verbosity of the publicity men, John Ringling North and assistants have made their bold bid to recoup the loss of the 1944 Hartford fire, and if mere bustle and flourish are any criterion of success, they've hit the tin can squarely with the bottle. Twenty-two Sensational Displays Where Daredeviltry Beggars Description, a Mammoth Menagerie and a Block-Busting Convention of 115 Cavorting Clowns assure enough show time for any calliope fan to consume peanuts, popcorn, and pink cotton candy to his heart's content...
...year, directing The Razor's Edge, he objected to the music written for a Montmartre café scene. He whistled a new tune, which was picked up by a studio accordion player and transcribed for orchestra. The studio got 5,000 letters asking about the song. After that Tin Pan Alleyman Mack Gordon wrote a slushy verse to go with Goulding's mushy tune...
Married. Arline Judge, 35, pert-faced cinemactress; and Henry J. (Bob) Topping, 33, tin-plate heir; she for the fifth time (her second: Dan Topping, brother of the current groom), he for the third; in Miami Beach...
Died. Simón I. Patiño, 86, Bolivian tin king whose whopping fortune (estimate: $300-$500 million) got bigger almost every time a housewife opened a tin can; in Buenos Aires (see LATIN AMERICA...