We’re not accusing Hollywood of being overly imitative, but there does seem to have been a rash of composer biopics soon after 1942’s “Yankee Doodle Dandy” about George M. Cohan. We counted about a dozen of them over the 10 subsequent years, with subjects including Stephen Foster, George Gershwin, Cole Porter and John Philip Sousa.
Rude awakening: What animals get dropped about six feet to the ground at birth?
A) Koalas
B) Elephants
C) Bats
D) Giraffes
Tuesday’s answer: A “limitation page,” found at the front of a limited-edition book, lists the total number of copies in the print run and the number of that particular copy. Such a page often includes the autograph of the author.
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