Word: una
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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This brisk bit of skulduggery permits antisocial Painter Farll to assume his valet's name and begin a new life as a starving artist. The arrangement works well until 1) the valet's wife (Una O'Connor) and family turn up and denounce the fraud; 2) an art dealer is accused of selling forged Farlls...
Hazel Scott was slated, but fortunately couldn't make it. Any substitute would be an improvement, and Una Mac Carlisle is a very great one. She's a protege of Fats Waller, contributing mightily to his classic record of "I Can't Give You Anything But Love." Una is no world-better as a pianist, but she is a fine singer...
...band, though many people do, but other acts on the program should make the concert definitely worth-while. There will be two of the boogie-woogie boys, Albert Ammons and Pete Johnson, who play boogie the way it should be played, Ella Fitzgerald, who needs no recommendation, and Una Mae Carlisle, who does...
Hazel Scott was mentioned originally, but fortunately was not able to make it. This may not be much of a recommendation, but Una Mae beats her on every count...
...Amery as a precocious, contrary fop who had once been a Communist fellow traveler. He had tried film producing and gone bankrupt for more than $20,000. He had got 70 traffic convictions and been disqualified from driving for five years. He had been prevented from marrying an actress, Una Wing, in Chelsea, Paris, Russia, Bulgaria and Latvia. Then he had married her in Greece. He had been arrested in Paris on an extradition order by Greek police for passing phony checks...