The reputation of the American novelist John Roderigo Dos Passos (1896-1970) is based chiefly on his early work, especially the trilogy "U.S.A." John Dos Passos was born in Chicago on Jan. 14, 1896, the illegitimate son of a noted New York lawyer, John R...
For readers familiar with his work in the 1920s and 1930s, John Dos Passos's public image seemed clearly defined. His friends and colleagues were expatriate writers such as Ernest Hemingway, experimental dramatists such as John Howard/Lawson, and moderni...
For readers in the 1930s and 1940s the career of John Dos Passos had its puzzling aspects, but the image of the man seemed to possess a certain clarity. He was, according to the dust jackets, "Chicago-born," hence another of the mid-western realists, a r...
The Manhattan Transfer is a versatile vocal group that sings many different styles of music but, is essentially a jazz group. Through its showmanship and willingness to sing music as diverse as R&B (rhythm and blues), doo-wop, Brazilian Bosai...
Manhattan Transfer may refer to: Manhattan Transfer (PRR station), a Pennsylvania Railroad station in New Jersey Manhattan Transfer (novel), a 1925 novel by John dos Passos The Manhattan Transfer, a jazz group founded in 1969 "Manhattan Transfer", a...
DOUG MOST, Staff Writer The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 01-23-1998 MANHATTAN TRANSFER -- FORT LEE MAYOR REFLOATS FERRY IDEA By DOUG MOST, Staff Writer Date: 01-23-1998, Friday Section: NEWS Edition: 4 Star, Also in 2 Star P, 2 Star B, 1 Star Late, 1...
Byline: PETER DOBBIE Peter Dobbie has an amazing welcome on the train journey into NewYork It was the guy with the large snake wrapped around his head who made me turn mine. Here we were, six stops short of Grand Central Station, and...
In Husbands and Wives, Mia Farrow’s character memorably tells her husband, played by Woody Allen, that he isn’t serious about moving to Europe, because he “couldn’t survive off the island of Manhattan for more than 48 hours.” Nevertheless, it has been rumored from time...
Aaron Russo, who managed Bette Midler and went on to produce such films as "Trading Places," has died. He was 64.Russo died from cancer before dawn on Friday, surrounded by family at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, said Heidi Gregg, his girlfriend of more than two decades....
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