Babe Ruth's America by Robert Smith review
A lively critique of Smith's history of Babe Ruth and the 1920s baseball world. The author blends Ruth's mythic persona with era anecdotes, from the 1919 World Series scandal to Boston society, Prohibition, and the Great Depression, aided by photographs.
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Babe Ruth
America
Robert Smith
Thomas Y. Crowell Co
New York
Lenox
The
Eagle
Hank Aaron
Carl Yastrzemski
Tony Lazzeri
Lou Gehrig
Ty Cobb
Rogers Hornsby
Carl Hubbell
Dean Brothers
Swat
Paul Bunyan
Midtown
Manhattan
Babe
Ruth
Smith
Chicago White Sox
Cincinnati Reds
Baltimore
New York Yankees
George Herman Ruth
St. Mary’s Industrial School
Boston
Zardoz and other films at local theaters this weekend
Harte reviews the disjointed Zardoz with Sean Connery and Boorman facing mixed reception. Cinemas II and Manchester show Herbie Rides Again and The White Dawn, with praises for the latter's depth. Bennington drive in headlines Woody Allen features Sleeper Bananas Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex.
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Connery
Zardoz
Arthur Frame
Boorman
Twin Cinemas Cinema I
Bogdanovich
Buster
Billie
R. Cinema II
Herbie
Disney Studios
Manchester
Dubrow
Bennington
Woody Allen
Master music cataloging born from computer aid gains early output
Musicdata, Inc. and librarians pursued a two volume chor al catalogue project titled Choral Music in Print after gathering catalogs from 300 publishers across multiple countries. Volume I Sacred music lists 46 388 works with cross references. Prices set at 25 and 35 dollars before Sept 30 rising afterward. Information available from Musicdata in Philadelphia. Eileen Brennan joins Bogdanovichs At Long Last Love cast.
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New York
Mark Resnick
Resnick
James H. Nye
Arnold Broido
Theodore Presser Company
Music Publishers Association
Broido
Nye
Musicdata, Inc
Thomas R. Nardone
Temple University
College of Music
Robert E. Page
United States
Canada
Mexico
Europe
Israel
Japan
Musicdata
West Cheltea Ave
Philadelphia
Sandburg’s Lincoln critique cites myth and bias
UPI reviewer Frank S. Sweatlow argues Sandburg’s six volume Lincoln biography mythologizes the president. The article reviews a TV dramatization directed by George Schaefer and written by James Prideaux, criticizing its romanticized portrayal and superficial historical treatment of Lincoln, Mary Todd, and Civil War context.
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YORK
UPI
Sandburg
Lincoln
Carl
Pulitizer
Abe
Norman Rockwell
Picasso
Rembrandt
Mary Todd
George Schaefer
James Prideaux
Washington
Willie
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