Word: tryouts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Francis Xavier Schwab, genial mayor of Buffalo, met austere Producer David Belasco for the first time last week, at the tryout of Belasco's The Big Fight (in which Pugilist Jack Dempsey is a star). The mayor, pleased, told his chauffeur to go out and get a gold key to the city. This done, Mayor Schwab solemnly said: "I present this key as a mark of esteem from Buffalo and hope, Mr. Belasco, that you will return here countless times with premieres of your matchless plays." Solemnly, Producer Belasco answered: "It is always a pleasure to come to Buffalo...
...first places and seconds or thirds in six other events were taken by members of past Harvard track teams in the New England Olympic tryout meet Saturday afternoon on the Melrose High athletic field...
...Press by Ward Morehouse, who writes dramatic notes for the New York Evening Sun. In this a genuine columnist, Russel Crouse of the New York Evening Post, will try acting. Another is The Front Page, by Ben Hecht and Chas. McArthur, sponsored by Jed Harris, which received a tryout in Newark last week...
...following men have been retained from the latest tryout: W. H. Bowden '31, E. L. Belisle '31, H. C. Bulder '31, W. P. Chapman '31, D. I. Cook '31, Samuel Fishman '31, H. C. Friend '31, A. S. Gilmartin '31, and A. L. Kowarsky...
...competition will open Tuesday, February 7, at 7 o'clock in the Music Building. A second tryout will be held the following Thursday at the same hour. The trials will last two hours. Three Departments Open...