According to the LA Times, one of those Collins named - his friend Paul Jarrico, with whom he had written the 1944 musical drama Song of Russia - never spoke to him again.

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Despite its bold-face producer and sometimes-star Hugh Jackman, the musical casino drama Viva Laughlin was a flop for CBS (nyse: CBS - news - people ).

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Despite its bold-face producer and sometimes-star Hugh Jackman, the musical casino drama Viva Laughlin was a flop for CBS .

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You have mastered every medium -- stage, film, television and concert hall -- and every theatrical genre: comedy, drama and musical.

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