[78-L] Hayes followed by clearing

[David Lennick]

Beats me..I think she was acting in some other universe when I saw her do Pirandello. She was definitely in some other play. (Helen Hayes? Pirandello? Maybe that answers the question.)

 

dl
 
> From: bowiebks at isomedia.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 15:37:31 -0700
> Subject: [78-L] Hayes followed by clearing
> 
> She wasn't one of the worst but certainly not one of the best...how did she 
> get such a great reputation in the first place? Maybe it was some other 
> parallel universe Helen Hayes who had all those hit plays on Broadway in 
> the 30s and 40s.
> 
> Taylor
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> To: <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 3:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Nice Finds
> 
> 
> >
> > Got 'em all..even the Helen Hayes (which I used on a Pearl transfer of 
> > Weill material). Hey, listen to Helen doing Beat Beat Drums! She had to be 
> > one of the worst actresses in the world. I saw her in Toronto..she walked 
> > on the stage and got an ovation. Proves nothing.
> >
> >
> >
> > dl
> >
> >> From: mbiel at mbiel.com
> >> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> >> Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 15:29:02 -0700
> >> Subject: [78-L] Nice Finds
> >>
> >> On Tues Leah and I stopped at an antique mall, Harpeth Antique Mall, off
> >> I-65 south of Nashville in Franklin, 1203 Nurfresboro Rd, and were
> >> surprised that the manager was a phonograph and record person, Cal
> >> Zehner. He had some machines and supplies and a few hundred records of
> >> limited interest. He had all of Tim Frabrizio's books for sale, which
> >> reminded me that Tim had not been at ARSC. Zener also knows Tim.
> >>
> >>
> >> There were about 20 or so classical albums and I was surprised that I
> >> found a bunch of them on Victor to be of great interest to me -- some
> >> non-music. Some I had been looking for for quite a while. I have the
> >> LPs of the first two, but had never heard of the third one, and have
> >> never seen any of these before.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> M 777 I Hear America Singing John Charles Thomas
> >> (Kleinsinger-Whitman Cantana)
> >>
> >> M 753 Scenes from Shakespeare's Plays Otis and Camila Otis Skinner
> >> M 909 Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory Helen Hayes
> >> (Kurt Weil settings of Americana lyrics)
> >> (Bing's reading of The Star Spangled Banner as a poem is MUCH
> >> BETTER than what Helen Hayes does on this one. She is over the top, and
> >> Bing was contemplative.)
> >>
> >> M 768 Russian Liturgical Music Platoff Don Cossack Chorus
> >>
> >>
> >> Two bucks a disc, near mint condition.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Mike Biel mbiel at mbiel.com
> >>
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