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From that year until 1942, when the war caused abandonment of the Society, the organization produced "Acts and Galatea," Purcell's "Dido and Aneas" and "King Arthur," Dr. John Blow's "Venus and Adonis," and in 1942, the world premier of "Solomon and Balkis" by Randall Thompson '20, professor of Music...
Divorced. Robert Walker, 30, cinemactor (See Here, Private Hargrove; One Touch of Venus); by Barbara Ford, 25, daughter of Hollywood Director John Ford; after six weeks of marriage; in Los Angeles...
...wistful story of a girl who could rope a steer, but not a man, had the feel of a familiar classic. One reason: Theatre Guild scouts had seen that first performance of Rodeo and persuaded Agnes to do the dance numbers for Oklahoma! Then followed One Touch of Venus, Bloomer Girl, Carousel, Brigadoon, Allegro and this year's brilliant ballet, Fall River Legend...
...Touch of Venus (Universal-International) is a free movie translation of the sprightly Broadway musical written by Ogden Nash and S. J. Perelman* (TIME, Oct. 18, 1943). When a pretty statue (Ava Gardner) is imported into a department store as a publicity stunt, a kiss from a shy window decorator (Robert Walker) melts the cold marble into ardent flesh. The living Venus has arms and some interesting ideas about using them. Her timid swain is mainly interested in 1) persuading her to go back to work as an objet d'art, and 2) placating his landlady, his girl...
Director William Seiter extracts some dry comedy from the Milquetoastian terror of the little clerk and from Venus' languid, Olympian indifference to the uproar she creates. Dick Haymes has a turn at the songs and Eve Arden is good as a secretary who understands her wolf of a boss all too well...