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(fräNswä´ trüf ´) (KEY) , 1932–84, French film director and critic. As a critic, he was noted for his promotion of the auteur theory. The direc...
1905–90, American film actress, b. Stockholm, Sweden, as Greta Gustafsson. Garbo’s success in the Swedish film The Atonement of Gösta Berling (19...
(b k´ r k´´) (KEY) , 1929–, American composer, arranger, and conductor, b. Kansas City, Mo. He began his career playing piano with jazz bands in ...
(Benjamin David Goodman), 1909–86, American clarinetist, composer, and band leader, b. Chicago. Goodman studied clarinet at Hull House. In Chicago h...
(är´l n) (KEY) , 1905–86, American jazz and popular composer, b. Buffalo, N.Y., as Hyman Arluck. Arlen sang from the age of 7 in the synagogue whe...
1930–, African-American saxophonist and composer, b. Fort Worth, Tex. Largely self-taught, he began playing the alto saxophone in rhythm-and-blues b...