S.N. Behrman(1893-1973)

Stepfather of Barbara Gelb.

[on the Gershwin brothers] If George was streamlined and propulsive, Ira was reserved and scholarly. He was gently humorous. One sensed in Ira, even at the very center of involvement, a well of detachment. George gave you everything at once; he was boyish, with an extraordinarily sweet character. He wanted his listeners to participate in the excitement of his own development.