User contributions for 20thCenturyAmMusic
A user with 535 edits. Account created on 10 July 2011.
26 May 2024
- 03:5803:58, 26 May 2024 diff hist +208 m Captains of the Clouds →Reception: clarifies Philadelphia "special preview" vs. regular exhibition current
- 03:4403:44, 26 May 2024 diff hist +313 Captains of the Clouds →Reception: Adds 15 February preview showing in Philadelphia (wartime fundraiser)
- 03:3703:37, 26 May 2024 diff hist +272 Captains of the Clouds Adds documentation of February 1942 network radio presentation
- 03:2803:28, 26 May 2024 diff hist +468 Captains of the Clouds →Reception: Adds a contemporary review (Chicago Tribune)
15 May 2024
- 03:3303:33, 15 May 2024 diff hist +121 Laurence Naismith →Stage: Added NY Times citation for this well-documented Broadway appearance current
14 May 2024
- 03:4603:46, 14 May 2024 diff hist +285 m The Geisha Boy Documents a NYC showing earlier than official release date
- 03:3303:33, 14 May 2024 diff hist +811 The Geisha Boy →Reception: adds 1958 Philadelphia Inquirer review
- 03:2403:24, 14 May 2024 diff hist +412 The Geisha Boy Adds contemporary NY Times review
- 03:2303:23, 14 May 2024 diff hist +653 The Geisha Boy Adds a contemporary review (Chicago Tribune)
12 May 2024
- 03:4603:46, 12 May 2024 diff hist +406 Bob Evans Restaurants →Beginning and consolidation: More data about restaurant expansion
- 03:3303:33, 12 May 2024 diff hist +143 Bob Evans Restaurants →Beginning and consolidation: More expansion data added
- 03:2303:23, 12 May 2024 diff hist +307 Bob Evans Restaurants →Beginning and consolidation: Adds some data concerning early (1970s) restaurant expansion
8 May 2024
- 21:2321:23, 8 May 2024 diff hist +213 m Bess Myerson More precisely describes her 1946 Carnegie Hall appearance
3 May 2024
- 03:5003:50, 3 May 2024 diff hist +1,888 Secrets (1933 film) Adds a contemporary review (New York Times) current
2 May 2024
- 05:2405:24, 2 May 2024 diff hist +359 Frances Blaisdell Adds documentation of 1960 Golden Crest recording, marketed by Artley/Conn current
30 April 2024
- 03:1503:15, 30 April 2024 diff hist +1,033 Victor/Victoria →Critical response: Adds another 1982 review (NY Times)
28 April 2024
- 04:2104:21, 28 April 2024 diff hist +1,047 The Big Knife →Critical response: Adds another contemporary review (Chicago Tribune)
22 April 2024
- 02:3602:36, 22 April 2024 diff hist +981 Love Letters (1945 film) →Reception: Adds another contemporary (1945) major-newspaper review
16 April 2024
- 21:1921:19, 16 April 2024 diff hist +7,684 Brookport Bridge Greatly expands this article, with documented information about construction, operation, financial problems, sale to State of Kentucky, etc.
8 April 2024
- 03:5403:54, 8 April 2024 diff hist +748 The Producers (1967 film) →Production: Adds December 1961 NY Times account of "Springtime for Hitler" with some projection of casting and likely production date
- 02:4402:44, 8 April 2024 diff hist +382 On a Clear Day You Can See Forever →Productions: Adds financial data from New York Times current
- 02:3402:34, 8 April 2024 diff hist +530 Woman of the Year (musical) →Productions: Adds financial information from New York Times current
- 02:2402:24, 8 April 2024 diff hist +331 m Eubie! Provides some financial/investor data
- 01:2001:20, 8 April 2024 diff hist +189 Rugantino Documents the production's financial losses current
- 01:1801:18, 8 April 2024 diff hist +190 Foxy (musical) →Background: Adds documented source's accounting of financial losses
- 01:1401:14, 8 April 2024 diff hist +190 Jennie (musical) Documents the production's financial losses current
- 00:1100:11, 8 April 2024 diff hist +401 Secret Love (Doris Day song) →Doris Day version: Adds info (from record-trade journal) about shortened version for radio airplay current
7 April 2024
- 20:5420:54, 7 April 2024 diff hist +716 The Moon Is Blue (film) →Critical reception: Adds direct quote from Cardinal Spellman
- 01:2801:28, 7 April 2024 diff hist +485 m Ford Thunderbird (second generation) →1958: Documents overtime production scheduling early in 1958 to meet public demand
4 April 2024
- 03:5303:53, 4 April 2024 diff hist +888 The Chase (1966 film) →Reception: Adds New York Times review from 1966
- 03:3703:37, 4 April 2024 diff hist +1,277 The Chase (1966 film) →Reception: Adds a contemporary review (Chicago Tribune)
1 April 2024
- 03:0603:06, 1 April 2024 diff hist +926 West Side Story (1961 film) →Critical response: Adds another contemporary major-newspaper review (Chicago Tribune)
31 March 2024
- 03:5103:51, 31 March 2024 diff hist +545 Will it play in Peoria? That a New York Times letter-writer "corrected" Safire, citing memories of decades-earlier radio program scripts, is an overstatement. I added actual letter-writer's comment to clarify. Also added 1969 NYT citation. current
- 02:4302:43, 31 March 2024 diff hist +1,135 Pushover (film) →Reception: added two more contemporary reviews (one from London)
29 March 2024
- 04:1804:18, 29 March 2024 diff hist +318 m Goodbye Charlie →Reception: Adds a little more of the 1964 NY Times review
22 March 2024
- 00:1600:16, 22 March 2024 diff hist +420 The Dick Van Dyke Show →Production: Documents the end of production not being CBS's decision/dictate
21 March 2024
- 04:1604:16, 21 March 2024 diff hist +108 Ondioline →Use in popular music: Provides midcentury documentation (in professional journal) of "Spartacus" film usage
20 March 2024
- 03:0103:01, 20 March 2024 diff hist +442 m Dona Drake →Career: Documents these professional name changes as having been Paramount's initiatives, rather than hers (or another's)
16 March 2024
- 23:2023:20, 16 March 2024 diff hist +1,400 Dolores Gray Documents 1962-63 engagement to Lofland, and his lawbreaking during those years
- 19:5619:56, 16 March 2024 diff hist +1,098 Dolores Gray Provided details of her 1941-1943 California engagements, brunette hair, and drive-by shooting from the day's newspapers
- 02:5002:50, 16 March 2024 diff hist +721 Charlie McCarthy Adds 1930s documentation of the dummy's construction in Chicago
13 March 2024
- 01:3901:39, 13 March 2024 diff hist −220 Contrabass clarinet →Contra-alto: Removed suggestion of marching band use; has this plausibly ever been even an *occasional* practice? current
- 01:3601:36, 13 March 2024 diff hist +399 Contrabass clarinet →Subcontrabass: Notes Leblanc's mention of the instrument in its 1960 advertising (to music educators)
12 March 2024
- 02:1702:17, 12 March 2024 diff hist +276 Steelpan →Evolution and developments: Documents retail sale in the U.S., 1961
- 00:2500:25, 12 March 2024 diff hist +190 Julian Work →Partial list of compositions: Adds instrumentation for a few works, and published contemporary review for one current
9 March 2024
- 01:0901:09, 9 March 2024 diff hist +250 m Julian Work Adds info about Work's ASMA involvement
6 March 2024
- 03:1103:11, 6 March 2024 diff hist +69 Digital recording Documents month-of-recording (Feb. 1978) for this LP release
- 02:2302:23, 6 March 2024 diff hist +1,403 Battleground (film) →Production: Provides add'l production documentation, from cinematographer Vogel, following the film's completion current
1 March 2024
- 02:3902:39, 1 March 2024 diff hist +354 VistaVision →History: Documents etymology of "Lazy 8" description, renamed "VistaVision" for commercial promotion
- 01:4401:44, 1 March 2024 diff hist +506 Video tape recorder →History: Adds precise details about beginning of network use in the U.S. and 3M's manufacturing involvement current
