Music Box Prize Movie and Soviet Praise Spark Curiosity
The piece surveys reactions to American film Marty and jazz praise in Pravda and Radio Moscow. It notes Ernst Borgnine’s pride in Soviet approval, Dunayevsky’s stance on jazz, and Peggy Lee records played in Moscow. It closes with Mozart’s 200th anniversary plans and a Blanche Thebom scholarship for singers.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Marty
Cannes
America
Ernest Borgnine
New York Times
Kaya Muzyka
Isaak Dunayevsky
Schopenhauer
Stoner
Dunayevsky
Gershwin
Peggy Lee
Kern
Are Love
Radio Moscow
Dorothy Kilgallen
London Critics Split Over Barrymore Debut
Ethel Barrymore Colt made her London debut at Wigmore Hall singing music from the 13th century to modern times. Critics divided, with the Daily Telegraph praising her warm, sympathetic voice that elevated the recital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Barrymore
Ethel Barrymore Colt
Wigmore Hall
Miss Colt
Ethel Barrymore
The
Daily Telegraph
Comden and Green Lyrical Selections on Vintage Albums
A compact review notes Comden and Green singing selections from On the Town Billion Dollar Baby Wonderful Town and Peter Pan by Adolph Green and Betty Comden. It highlights Ruth Etting and Doris Day versions of Ten Cents a Dance and Rodgers Hart songs with praise for Day and Etting. It also covers Mickey Katz spoofing David Crockett and Rosenthal’s Defenbachiana with the Berlin Radio Orchestra, plus Viennese songs by Erich Kunz and Stokowski relaxation albums and Debussy flute viola harp sonata performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comden
Columbia
Ruth Etting
Doris Day
Etting
Miss Day
Ten Top Records Of The Week Mixed Pop and Classical
The list features pop titles like Whatever Lola Wants by S Vaughan Cherry Pink Mambo by Perez Prado Davy Crockett by Bill Hayes and Unchained Melody by Al Hibbler plus Broadway entry Damn Yankees with Gwen Verdon. Classical highlights include Brahms D minor concerto Rubinstein Reiner Chicago, Schubert symphonies Nos 2 and 5 Beecham London, Stravinsky Sacre et Callas Puccini renderings amid broader liner selections.
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Lola
S Vaughan
Mercury
Perez Prado
RCA Victor
Davy Crockett
Bill Hayes
Cadence
al Hibbler
Decca
Gwen Verdon
Brahms
A. Rubinstein
Conquest by Man explores ancient global wanderings and myths
A review of Paul Herrmann’s Conquest by Man surveys early travel legends and debated facts. The book blends history and anecdote from Ibn Fadlan to Homer, praising readable storytelling while noting occasional historical uncertainties.
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Paul Herrmann
Saturday Review
Marco Polo
Tartary
America
Pacific Islands
Captain Cook
Herrmann
Paradise
Abyssinia
Ibn Fudhlan
Baghdad
Arabia
Muktedir
Fudhlan
Man
Germany
Paul Stefan Herrmann
Berlin University
Italy
U.S
For the Elbe
Berlin
Men’s guide to Europe and humorous poetry for children
A mixed review notes Mc KAY’s The Men’s Guide to Europe by Eugene Fodor as saucy and attractively packaged, with hotels and depravity topics respectfully treated. Humorously, William Cole’s Humorous Poetry for Children gains praise for fresh American and English verse and unexpected names.
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Europe
Eugene Fodor
McKay
Fodor
William Cole
Cole
Dylan Thomas
John Keats
T. S&s. Eliot
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