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HOLLYWOOD HIGHBROW
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HOW THE TALKIES DECIDED THEY COULDN'T DO WITHOUT OPERA
"Who the hell wants to hear actors talk? asked Warner Bros.' Harry Warner at the dawn of Hollywood's sound era. The talkie was to be built around music - production numbers, dance specialties, choruses, charm songs, love songs, torch songs, fantasies in ballet, and underscoring for the dramas and comedies.
The actors did talk. But the musical was Hollywood's obsession in the first two years of full sound production, 1929-30. Popular Broadway scores went Hollywood (The Desert Song, Good News!). Straight plays were musicalized (The Gold ...
 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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MR & MRS BROWN; Gordon marries his Sarah today.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England)
; CHANCELLOR Gordon Brown will marry his long-term...will be his older brother, John. A Church of Scotland minister...night: "Sarah Macaulay and Gordon Brown are to be married...a small family event. "Gordon and Sarah will hold a party...
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 "The Evening Standard (London, England)")
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Time is running out for 'Premier' Brown; Gordon Brown believes that Tony Blair is reneging on a promise to stand down, says Andrew Rawnsley. It's no wonder the Chancellor is so out of sorts.
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England)
; ...RAWNSLEY THE caricature of Gordon Brown, a damaging portrait...automatically fall to Gordon Brown. One scenario is...vote for him. So might John Prescott, whom the Chancellor...candidate who was Anyone But Gordon, a position that is currently...
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Perspective: It's now or never for Brown; Gordon Brown, the would be Labour PM, is turning up the volume and has already shown his contempt for New Labour, says Chris Moncrieff.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England)
; ...Minister and his Chancellor Gordon Brown is no more than a figment...of Downing Street that Gordon Brown was 'psychologically...leadership on the death of John Smith. To this day...sinister development, from Gordon Brown's viewpoint...
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Time is running out for 'Premier' Brown Gordon Brown believes that Tony Blair is reneging on a promise to stand down, says Andrew Rawnsley. It's no wonder the Chancellor is so out of sorts
Newspaper article from: Evening Standard - London
; THE caricature of Gordon Brown, a damaging portrait that...would automatically fall to Gordon Brown. One scenario is...vote for him. So might John Prescott, whom the Chancellor...candidate who was Anyone But Gordon, a position that is currently...
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 "The Economist (US)")
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A study in Brown. (Gordon Brown) (Column)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US)
; ...government better than Gordon Brown. His permanent pucker...and you know Labour. Gordon Brown is cautious, slow...Gould, Robin Cook and John Prescott--he has never...Labour's rhetoric. Like John Smith, he is useful to...
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Infuriated by Incapability Brown Gordon Brown's failure to define what he stands for is provoking despair even among his loyal supporters, reports John Kampfner
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London
; ...suggesting that perhaps, after all, Gordon Brown might not have what it takes to become...Iraq had started to go terribly. Brown was the dominant figure in politics...Most people at the time attributed Brown's lack of courage to his fraught...
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 "Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)")
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LIGHTER SHADE OF BROWN; Gordon urged to have makeover.(News)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
; ...Political Editor SUPPORTERS of Gordon Brown want him to get a makeover...Cameron in No.10 than Brown. A report that Tony Blair...wife Sarah and young son John. A senior Labour source...that means we have to get Gordon to update his look and...
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 "Western Daily Press (Bristol UK)")
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Detention laws bolster Brown ; Gordon Brown saved his premiership last night by winning a crucial vote on 42-day detention without charge - but saw his majority slashed to just nine.
Newspaper article from: Western Daily Press (Bristol UK)
; Gordon Brown saved his premiership last...36 rebels voted against Mr Brown's flagship measure of allowing...entrenched. Leading Labour rebel John Grogan said the vote was...lost. "I did it to save Gordon," he said. Mr Brown's...
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Comment: Expect very little from Mr Scrooge Brown; Gordon Brown's Budget is likely to be unpopular, warns Jason Beattie.(National)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England)
; Gordon Brown's philosophy is the direct...third Budget tomorrow. Mr Brown was recently compared with...next year. The basis for John Major's 1992 election was...package of policies. Canny Gordon Brown will be aware of the...
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 "Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK)")
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'United left' candidate set to challenge brown Gordon Brown could face a challenge for the leadership of the Labour Party from left-winger John McDonnell after a third candidate quit the race.
Newspaper article from: Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK)
; Gordon Brown could face a challenge for...Labour Party from left-winger John McDonnell after a third candidate...join the contest to replace John Prescott. Mr McDonnell, calling...independent foreign policy. Mr Brown is understood to have been...
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