Some Tales About Jimmy Durante
A portrait of Jimmy Durante at midlife detailing his energy, humor, and rise from New York slums to Hollywood. The piece traces his early piano gigs, Prohibition era clubs with Clayton Jackson and Durante, gangster threats, a Broadway comeback, and lasting fame on radio and TV.
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Jimmy Durante
Nose
Jimmy
Bob Hope
Red Skelton
al. Jolson
the Palladium
Lou Clayton
Clayton
Jimmy Durante Tales and Comic Moments From a Storied Career
The excerpt recalls Jimmy Durante’s early career in New York cafes and his later stage humor. It highlights his quick wit during a sheriff confrontation with an elephant, a Africa anecdote about an elephants graveyard, and his struggles in the 1940s after a money shortage and personal loss. The piece ends with his teenage piano beginnings and growing fame.
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Africa
Durante
Jimmy
Deserved Rebuke for Ford Strike Unemployment Claims
The Unemployment Insurance Commission umpire Alfred Savard rejected about 4000 Ford strikers unemployment benefits claimed for the Christmas wildcat walkout. The union argued a two week gap before resume of operations. Ottawa UIC ruled against similar claims by Ford office workers, with a potential appeal remaining.
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Ford
Unemployment Insurance Commission
Justice Alfred Savard
Sun
Ottawa Uic
Auto Union
Financial Post
Thrift Gift Brightens Night After Opening Show
An actress left the stage after a successful first night to find flowers from a gentleman in the stalls and marigold seeds from a Scotsman in the gallery, given by the manager as a thoughtful gift.
CRESS Industrial Site Sault Ste. Marie Ad
An Ontario industrial site near Sault Ste. Marie offers ten acres of dry soil with over seven hundred feet of rail frontage and four hundred feet highway frontage plus hydro and water access. Apply to Br Au Johnson R.R. No. 8 Korah. Also a drug claim for Asthroanefrin with money back guarantee.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Ontario
BR. Au Johnson
R.R. No
Korah
Moone's Emerald Oil Promises Quick Skin Relief
An old classified style ad touts Moone's Emerald Oil as a clean stainless antiseptic that relieves itching from eczema boils rashes and barber's itch. It claims rapid healing of open sores wounds ulcers and skin eruptions with quick drying and scaling of eruptions. Available wherever drugs are sold.
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Moone
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Ottawa
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America
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Gene Fowler
Jackson
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Caruso
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Eddie
Sultan of Pasha
Thrift Gift
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Bray Hatchery
John N. Hamilton
R.O.P
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Fergus
H. ©. MacLean
Wingham
Parker's Dye Works Limited
Beltsville
Hamilton
C.O.D
Peninsula Tire Corporation
King Street West
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Weston Rd
Ont
S. VY. Johnson Plumbing Supplies
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Henderson Kennels
North West Bridge
New Brunswick
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Arizona
London
P.O
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Citena
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Oriental Rug School of Instruction
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Taranto
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Eganville
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Iliniment
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