Word: waltzed
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...rode herd on a typical Party: a swirl of waltzers, a specialty spot by Dancers Rod Alexander and Bambi Lynn, an amateur ballroom-dancing contest between three couples aged five to eleven, and, in the closing moments, an appearance by tall, erect Arthur Murray, 62, in time to waltz his wife away...
Recently back into prominence in America with The Lark and Waltz of the Toreadors, Anouilh divides his output into four classes--pieces roses (rosy, pleasant plays), pieces noires (sombre, unpleasant plays), pieces brillantes (shining plays), andpieces grincantes (grating plays). Thieves' Carnival is a piece rose, a delightful comedy of wit and frolic. But even here, every once in a while little undertones of sadness poke through the surface...
...Question, Cole says obliquely: "I figure somebody would like to see entertainment once in a while." Last week, with assists from skilled Arranger Nelson Riddle and Guest Frankie Laine, but mostly by just curling his voice around such tunes as Stay As Sweet As You Are and Shadow Waltz, Cole showed how entertaining a half-hour can be. But it is also serious business. "You know," he says, "if this show is successful, the other networks might even try to counterattack by putting other Negroes on opposite me. That's O.K. with me. Come to think of it, that...
...replica of the one in the White House. Truman tinkled out the Paderewski minuet and, for an encore, bravely riddled a Mozart theme with clinkers. Then, after a closing speech ("Learn all you can about the Government so you can continue this great republic of ours"), the Missouri Waltz welled up and Truman scurried downstairs to the basement control room to get the verdict on the show. The other pros greeted him with a burst of applause...
...oftener than every 15 minutes through the day and every half-hour in the evening. In between. WPAT. plays carefully chosen, well-groomed music, mostly the massed strings and muted brass of the Mantovani-Kostelanetz style, nothing more popular than show tunes or more classical than a Brahms waltz...