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was very much of its period, a time of expanding economic opportunity with ample room for go-getters to get ahead. In telling the story of the brash Aubrey, Kelly also struck a universal theme: the obstreperous outsider breaking into a closed society." Defined by his credo "A little bit of bluff goes
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writing, "The way in which every-day small talk and idioms are strung together, with scarcely a wisecrack or a gag-line to lend artificial brilliance, is just about as smooth a piece of work as we ever remember seeing." The show was a "monster hit" and played 571 performances before closing in June
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on May 31, 1950, closing on June 17 after 21 performances. Lee Tracy, who had appeared in the original
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