Word: wagnerism
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...York City two days later, Mayor Robert Wagner refused to pitch the traditional first ball at the Yankees' first home game because he did not want to cross an American Federation of Musicians picket line at Yankee Stadium. Bronx Borough President James J. Lyons came in as a relief pitcher for the mayor...
...doughty Val, Robert Wagner is false to Harold Foster's hero. The King Syndicate Viking prince is merely a good natured simpleton, not an active dolt. But if Wagner's poor acting makes Val's claim to the sword Excalibur and a seat at the Round table seem bogus, it also makes one question his right to annoy Miss Leigh and hide her from the camera. This comes of sending a squire to do a knight...
...Haydn Society, 3 LPs). The first complete LP recording of a turning-point (1901-11) masterpiece by Atonalist-to-be Schoenberg. The vast score calls for an orchestra of 155 instruments, a minimum chorus of 180 and six soloists, spins out the supernatural romance in a delicate blend of Wagner and Mahler. Performed and recorded with enthusiastic care...
...unlike any Toscanini had ever conducted before. Until two weeks ago, the Maestro's performances held the fire, vigor and precision for which he is famous. But at the final rehearsal he was upset, and walked out on the orchestra. At the concert-excerpts from his beloved Wagner operas-Toscanini's mind seemed to be far away. There were passages when his beat was robust as of old. There were other times when he almost stopped conducting, seeming to stand aside, listening to the music. Then the incredible happened: during the Bacchanal from Tannhäuser, the superb...
...actors, too, were chosen for their resemblance to the comic-strip characters. Robert Wagner, in a pageboy wig and leather buskins, is Prince Val stepping off the page. Janet Leigh, in a palomino peruke, makes a pretty Aleta, James Mason a swart and athletic villain. A couple of vikings, Victor McLaglen and former Heavyweight Champ Primo Camera, with their grunting and spluttering through chin-wigs, give a show that can only be matched by the Wednesday-night wrestling on television...