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Preserving every melody of Cole Porter's finest score and most of the sly nuances of his brilliant lyrics, the movie could hardly miss being top-notch. All the popular favorites of the show, "Wunderbar," "So in Love," and "Were Thine That Special Face," are, as might be expected, given the full treatment. More surprising, however, Petruchio's lusty songs, "I've Come to Wive it Wealthily in Padua," and "Where is the Life that Late I've Led," escaped the Hollywood blue pencil...

Author: By Arthur J. Langguth, | Title: Kiss Me, Kate | 11/27/1953 | See Source »

...voices of Holly Harris and Robert Wright blend perfectly in songs like "Wunderbar" and "So in Love," while Miss Harris shows her versatility by convincingly tearing up the stage in "I Hate Men." Aided by a group of very pretty girls, Frank Derbas is a pleasure to watch as he dances the dual roles of Bill Calhoun and Lucentio. Hank Henry and Sparky Kaye put just the right touch of burlesque into the production with their "Brush Up Your Shakespeare." The show-stopper, however, it s a modern jazz song-and-dance number, "It's Too Darn...

Author: By Malcolm D. Rivkin, | Title: The Playgoer | 9/28/1951 | See Source »

...arrange the schedules, hire coaches and preside over the intramural program. But if you're looking for scholarship aid, the man you want to see is Dean Sturdley; if you're looking for exemptions on your admission requirements, the man you ought to see is Dean Wunderbar; and if you're looking for a job, we have a great student employment agency here, headed by John Q. Overture...

Author: By Victor O. Jones, | Title: The Press | 2/23/1951 | See Source »

...surmounted by a gilded Byzantine tower topped by a giant red star. Russian music boomed through the hall as the East Germans gaped at the huge display: freight cars, trucks, tractors, radios, precision instruments. One teen-ager caressed the leather seat of a custom-built convertible sedan, murmured ecstatically, "Wunderbar!" A man with a red armband came up behind him. "Keep moving," he snapped, "everybody must have a look...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Seven Wonderful Days | 3/20/1950 | See Source »

...skiing Crimson representatives fared better in the less athletic aspects of the Carnival. Three nights of fraternity parties went off in an aura of ice statues depicting among other things a girl astride a dolphin made from frozen orange juice and "Wunderbar," a 26 foot high ice statue of a bear in the center of the campus...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Skiers Finish 9th As Indians Take 3 Carnival Events | 2/6/1950 | See Source »

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