 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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Russell, the mane attraction from Oz; (1) Tressed to impress: Russell Crowe with his flowing locks on Jay Leno yesterday (2) Spot the difference: Bert Lahr as the hirsute, Cowardly Lion in the Wizard of Oz.
; Byline: KLARA KUBIAK HE WAS once the epitome of pure masculinity a ruggedly handsome, dangerous chunk of a man whose character in Gladiator made Roman history sexy. But when Russell Crowe appeared on U.S. television yesterday, female fans despaired that he had swapped machismo for a shampoo
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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The dysfunctional lion and other stars; Show and Tell: New Yorker Profiles. By John Lahr (Bloomsbury, pounds 20). Reviewed by Michael Emery.(Books)
; ...grotesque childhood. Lahr is the son of Bert Lahr, one of America's most respected...experienced dreadful childhoods. Bert Lahr, like many comedians, was incredibly...room.' Despite his huge success, Bert Lahr left Hollywood for Broadway, 'Well...
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Son of a Cowardly Lion Also Roars: New Yorker's John Lahr Opens Jaws
; ...biography of his father, Bert Lahr, the Jewish vaudeville and...underlay the marriage itself. Bert allowed Millie, also an...Pep.'" Only once did Mr. Lahr, who was raised in Manhattan...An eighth-grade drop-out, Bert Lahr found success as a physical...
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Stage door Johnny. (theater critic John Lahr)
; ...just for a one-night stand. Lahr's laughter translated itself...of his father (the comedian Bert Lahr) to write Notes on a Cowardly...to escape the feeling that Lahr's life's work is, in part...offspring's name. To his children, Lahr writes in Notes, [Bert] Lahr is a friendly ...
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How not to tame a Broadway diva Cole Porter once said of Elaine Stritch: 'She talks funnier than the scripts.' So when John Lahr helped the 76-year-old star write her one-woman show, he couldn't win. Instead he kept score
; ...not over it yet, really." At our first meeting, I told Elaine that she reminded me on stage of my father, the comedian Bert Lahr, who had a certain prowess with audiences too. Both brought their panic-struck solitude with them on stage; both wanted...
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(book review)
; ...analysis might come across as over-the-counter psychobabble. In Lahr's, however, the Freudian cliches explain as much as they simplify. Lahr certainly doesn't excuse himself from the analyst's couch. In two recent pieces, reprinted in Show and Tell, Lahr profiles the show business luminaries he knows ...
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Fourteen show people, their flaws, their gifts.(BOOKS)
; ...THE WASHINGTON TIMES When John Lahr was a boy, he could not understand how his famous father, Bert, kept audiences alive with laughter...book, Honky Tonk Parade, Mr. Lahr sheds some light on this perplexing...profiles of show people which Mr. Lahr has written for the New Yorker...deep-seated ...
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LECCE IS SO PLEASANT THAT EVEN THIS LION SHOULD SMILE
; - This lion has a face like Bert Lahr, the Cowardly Lion in "The Wizard...want to go hide." No chance. Bert, as I call him, is stuck in...the way they peer down at you, Bert and his companions are straining...weight-lifters: six muscle men plus Bert, a griffin, an eagle, a horse...
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The subversive paradox of Dame Edna Everage
; ...pilot is throwing up"). To explain Humphries is trickier and Lahr doesn't seem particularly interested; important episodes...career in London by working as a stripper is more unusual than Lahr makes it appear. Still, "Dame Edna Everage" doesn't set out to be a biography, and the great loss is not what ...
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OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD: Making of classic film was a bit of a thriller
; Bert Lahr, Jack Haley and Ray Bolger have all skipped down the Big Yellow Brick Road...refers to "The Jitterbug" dance sequence cut from the film. * Burlesque comic Bert Lahr in his 50-pound real lion-skin costume ("like carrying a mattress around...
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