Jimmy Durante The Endless Energy Of A Comedic Icon
This portrait traces Jimmy Durante from a New York slums upbringing to club stages and hard living, detailing his distinctive voice, strut, and humor. It recalls early pianist days, Prohibition clubs, the Clayton Jackson Durante team, Hollywood misfires, and a career rebound via Broadway and television success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Durante
Nose
Jimmy
Lou Clayton
America
Clayton, Jackson
Durante
Gene Fowler
Clayton
Jackson
Hollywood
Caruso
Durante and his tales of elephants and fame arise
The excerpt recalls Jimmy Durante recounting an elephant joke shouted by a sheriff and a horseplay anecdote about Africa. It notes his early nights in New York cafes as a teenage piano player and his later struggles after 1943, including money shortages and personal loss.
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Jimmy
Africa
Durante
Sultan of Pasha
Jimmy Durante
New York
Deserved Rebuke for Ford Strike Unemployment Claims
The Unemployment Insurance Commission's Umpire Mr Justice Alfred Savard tossed out 4000 Ford strikers claims for unemployment benefits, ruling the two week gap after the Christmas walkout was needed to repair strike damage. Ottawa UIC rejected similar arguments by Ford office workers and allowed appeal but upheld denial.
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Ford
Unemployment Insurance Commission
Justice Alfred Savard
Sun
Ottawa Uic
Auto Union
Financial Post
Thrift Gift Sparks Offstage Floral and Seed Gift
After a successful first night an actress received flowers from a man in the stalls and marigold seeds from a Scotsman in the gallery. The manager explained the gifts as tokens of appreciation from two patrons.
CRESS Industrial Site Ad Near Sault Ste. Marie
An Ontario ad describes a thriving industrial site outside Sault Ste. Marie offering ten acres of dry soil and hundred feet of highway and railroad frontage with hydro and water. Contact BR Au Johnson R R No 8 Korah for details. Also promotes asthma relief products Asthroanefrin with a money back guarantee and druggist recommendations.
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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 advertisement touts Moone's Emerald Oil as a clean stainless penetrating antiseptic that relieves itching from eczema barber's itch and other skin troubles. It claims rapid healing of open sores boils and ulcers and suggests availability at druggists.
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Moone
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Tae Calvert
Dominions
Ernie McCulloch
Quebec
Three Rivers
Feaf
McCulloch
Alta
Utah
Aspen
White Fish
Montana
Sun Valley
North America
Montreal
Toronto
Quebec City
Ottawa
Ernie
Mount Baldy
Henri Creiller
George Panisset
Coutet
Elmer Ferguson
c/o
Calvert House
Yonge St
Calvert Distillers Limited
Amherstburg, Ontario
Eddie Jackson
Bob Hope
Red Skelton
al. Jolson
the Palladium
Eddie Cantor
Eddie
Thrift Gift
BABY
Bray Hatchery
John N. Hamilton
R.O.P
Tweddle Chick Hatcheries Ltd
Fergus
H. ©. MacLean
Wingham
Parker's Dye Works Limited
Beltsville
Hamilton
C.O.D
Peninsula Tire Corporation
King Street West
Glendale ‘Tire Co
Weston Rd
Ont
S. VY. Johnson Plumbing Supplies
Streetsville
Terminal Oae
Henderson Kennels
North West Bridge
New Brunswick
Short
Arizona
London
P.O
Wehareasr
Dixon
Munro
Elgin
Citena
Kins Pharmacal Corp. Ltd
Alberta
Queen
East
Queen St Fl
Carner
Gagam
Canada
Marvel
Bloor St. W
King St
Rideau St
Oriental Rug School of Instruction
Strathallan Blvd
Taranto
Walter F. Geissler
Eganville
Ramaay Co
Bank Street
Fetherstonhaugh & Company, Pastent Solicitors
Bay Street
Ronkiet St
Lery
Logy
Cartera
King
Iliniment
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