Word: wynne
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Manhattan, Frieda Mierse Wynn, 27, filed suit for separation from Funnyman Ed ("The Perfect Fool") Wynn, 52, charged him with being a "constant nag." Extracts from his 140-page answer: "First I bought her a dictionary. ... I trained her along the lines of the social graces.. . . The bliss I hoped for lasted only five days...
Each team elected its captain for the year before the games yesterday. The captain are: Winthrop, Joe Peden; Adams, Don Gordon; Dunster, David Nussbaum; Eliot, Peter Waring; Kirkland, Henry Wynn; Leverett, Richard Dawes; Lowell, Richard Storey; and Dudley, Fred Elen...
...Whooey. Every one knows his job. Every cook makes a contribution to the broth. Playwright Abbott provides a sound book (least brilliant part of the show) ; Director Abbott, whirlwind direction that keeps it moving, moving, moving; Comic Jimmy Savo contributes wild-eyed dimwit mischief; Fat Girl Wynn Murray, dishpan antics and Amazonian sex threats; Lorenz Hart, brash, bawdy, witty lyrics (best line: She was so chaste that it made her very nervous); Rodgers, a gay, bright lilting score, never better than it is in This Can't Be Love, Sing for Your Supper...
Sheriff C. G. Bell identified the dead as Willie Wynn, Harlan County election official, Sherman Howard and Odell Sizemore...
...Albert, the twin brother, is adequate and best when singing; Teddy Hart and Jimmy Save pall occasionally, but theirs is the hardest assignment, and that they are less of an anathema than they are is a minor triumph. Top honors in the cast must go to the female sex; Wynn Murray, as Luce, is grand both in her songs and in her interpretation of comedy; Mary Wescott, as Luciana, is likeable though her voice is a bit thin compared to the others; supreme in looks and in singing is Muriel Angelus, as Adriana. Too much cannot be said...