Word: troupers
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...clutched in his hand. For more than a year handsome Ernie Martin had scouted movies, radio, TV and theater, but he could not find the right soprano to play the mission doll in his new musical, Guys &Dolls. The girl had to be able to sing like an old trouper and look like a teen-aged angel...
...least a decade of her reign as the blonde and vivacious "bless you" darling of sophisticated café society, one of Hildegarde's favorite quips has been: "If the folks at home could only see what has happened to Hildy." Last week the folks were getting their chance. Trouper Hildegarde, a long way from the comfortable coziness of such glamorous old hangouts as the Persian Room of Manhattan's Plaza, was in the midst of a barnstorming tour of 65 one-night stands. Her caravan included her own chauffeur-driven Cadillac, five other sedans for her staff...
...likes to think the secret of his success is "sincerity." It is more probably showmanship. An old trouper, he singles out two or three people in the audience who are obviously sympathetic, and sings directly to them. Says he: "They feel pleased and the feeling spreads...
...limping actor took his wound like a trouper, and last night the show went on with Temple still on his foot...
Like an old trouper, the concierge locked the hotel doors, but the 20 journalists on the job (awakened by inside tipsters) soon got them open and were off in pop-eyed pursuit. Catching word that something was up, two carloads of police screeched up to the clinic, a poor third behind Aly and the press. After that, 20 cops in uniform and plain clothes joined the newsmen in an eight-hour vigil outside the building. Excited Swiss who lived across from the clinic fed the newsmen hot tea. The manager of the Lausanne-Palace Hotel arrived with a milk...