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Word: waltzed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...thought up the idea of using a bunch of old tunes played in modern arrangements as a way of livening up a movie ought to be Hollywood's Number One Hero by this time. From the barbershop quartet favorites of the nineties to the ballads that Grandmother used to waltz to--all these have been worked to the hilt; and they've met with consistent success. It was inevitable that somebody should get the notion of using some of the top-notch blues songs of the past as the thread on which to hang another movie. And that's exactly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 11/6/1941 | See Source »

...Brooklyn, 22-year-old Frank Waltz, ordered up for examination, killed himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Recruits | 10/27/1941 | See Source »

...acquainting newcomers with the wonders of the Victor classical catalogue, Victor began hawking two $1 classical discs for the price of one. First pair of discs was a good buy at the price: the Faust Ballet Music by Arthur Fiedler and the Boston "Pops" Orchestra; Strauss's Emperor Waltz by Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: October Records | 10/13/1941 | See Source »

...Puerto Ricans (Jesus Figueroa and Efrain Garcia Angulo) dedicated a waltz, Dreaming Puerto Rico, to the U.S. Army and Navy. Its refrain (English words by Sr. Garcia Angulo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Travel Music | 9/22/1941 | See Source »

...Forgotten Village, was banned as "indecent" by New York's State Board of Censors. It contains childbirth sequences. ∙ ∙ Mae Murray, suing Billy Ros& for $150,000 for invasion of privacy, lost a plea to prohibit Georges Fontana and Mitzi Haynes from doing the Merry Widow Waltz at Rose's Manhattan nightclub. Her version of it with John Gilbert re-popularized the dance 16 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Sep. 1, 1941 | 9/1/1941 | See Source »

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