Word: veit
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Central figure in the show is the U. S. "Secretary of Entertainment" in an unnamed President's Cabinet. Impersonated by old Joe Whitehead, one of Madison Street's great grey-derby-&-checked-veit comics 30 years ago, this character is a veteran ham determined to spend lots of government money on actors in spite of the "Secretary of the Budget," Al Smith, the Liberty League and an unrealistically tight-fisted committee of U. S. Senators. Very much on the awful, side of O Say Can You Sing? are some of the unbelievably corn-fed wisecracks which Librettists...