Word: victor
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...boss, James C. (for Caesar) Petrillo. Ever since he became tsar of U.S. musicians, ex-Trumpeter Petrillo has considered the patrician Boston Symphony one of the chief thorns in his sensitive side. Union pressure has kept the Boston orchestra from broadcasting since 1939. Two years ago Petrillo forced RCA-Victor to stop recording the Boston Symphony, then exulted: "They're through...
...earlier Hollywood days, stars gathered at the Victor Hugo at 12:10 p.m. every day for the house specialty: sand-dabs...
...make his dream come true. He had saved a lot of money and he married ex-Star Janet Gaynor (who people say is worth $4,000,000). He would have the most beautiful custom salon in the country. By September he had signed a ten-year lease for the Victor Hugo, once a fine restaurant,* then fancy nightclub, and planned expensive alterations. But when war came, his expenses, for a temporary shop on Beverly Drive, a factory in downtown Los Angeles, and Press Agent Russell Birdwell, were about $3,500 a week. In January Adrian's feet grew cold...
...year-old Southern Californian: the Southampton Invitation Tennis Singles Tournament (this year a round robin); defeating lanky, towheaded Sidney Wood, onetime Wimbledon Champion, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 1-6, 6-1; at The Meadow Club, Southampton, L.I. Next day Schroeder & Wood fought through four sets against Victor Seixas and Bill Talbert to capture the doubles...
...Schiaparell for the center of the stage. Of all this illustrious company of conductors, Weingartner was perhaps the most talented, and it is to Columbia's everlasting credit that they went to Europe to have him record their heavy classics rather than luring some second-rate American away from Victor's ranks. His recordings of the Brahms First, the Beethoven Eighth and Ninth are record performances that may never be bettered...