Word: victor
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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With "the almost incredible circulation of books in the Soviet Union . . . before us as a glorious example," smart Publisher Victor Gollancz set out in London last week to assuage the appetites of literate Leftists regularly and at small cost. Launched with Mr. Gollancz' customary well-bred ballyhoo was the Left Book Club. To join, readers had only to pledge that they would buy once a month a cheap special edition of a radical or near-radical book which Victor Gollancz, Ltd. would send them. As usual, Victor Gollancz' competitors bit their quills, wished to blazes they had thought...
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...trying to forget something, but there's so much noise around here I can't remember what it is I'm supposed to forget." More at home in Under Two Flags are Ronald Colman, who wore a kepi and baggy pants in Beau Geste ; Victor McLaglen, who has played many a bullying soldier; and Claudette Colbert, who cuddles up to the role of Cigarette, the Legion mascot who finally gallops across the desert to save the battalion from extermination by the Arabs and die dreamily in the arms of the man she loves. Colman plays the part...
...benefit the Christopher Shop George Gershwin, Soloist *"Stars and Stripes Forever"Sousa "In War Time,' 'from the "Indian Suite" MacDowell *"Fosteriana," Rhapsody on Melodies of Stephen Foster Arr. by Baron *Concerto for Pianoforte in F Gershwin (The Composer as soloist) *Symphonic Suite, "Porgy and Bess" Gershwin (The composer conducting) *Victor Herbert Favorites Arr. by Sanford *"Deep River," Negro Spiritual Arr. by Jacchia *Rhapsody in Blue Gershwin (The composer as soloist) Selections checked (*) are available on records at Briggs & Briggs Music Store, Harvard Square
Tonight is American night at the "Pops" and Arthur Fiedler, the conductor, has announced a program which outdoes itself in patriotism. Sousa's "Stars and Stripes Forever," Victor Herbert and Stephen Foster melodies, and various other numbers commonly grouped under the rather damning and microphone phrase "American Favorites" are all to be played; but the real point of interest of the whole evening centers on George Gershwin. Mr. Gershwin, in keeping with his fame, is to be the soloist in his "Rhapsody in Blue" as well as in his "Concerto for Pianoforte in F". What is more, he will conduct...