Comic Tales and Movie Musings From a bygone Era
A collage of light humor and film reviews features a hillbilly coffee gag and vending machine punchlines, alongside brisk notes on Honolulu and Tail Spin cinema. It praises Gracie Allen and Bob Young performances while critiquing plot clarity in Tail Spin and lauds Palm Beach mystery flair in the fourth film sequence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Metro Lane
Caller Powell
Robert Young
George Burns
Gracie Ale
Hollywood
Bob Young
Gracie Allen
Powell Lassie
Bobby Carmally
Allstar
Alice Faye
Nancy Kelly
Best Bets of the Week and Literary Life Picks
Whit Burnett mocks female lyricists while praising Chaplin's The Dictator and a handful of film aims. Baseball pennant bets crown Cincinnati, while Columbia and Rose Bowl talk reverberates. Bess Streeter Aldrichs Song of Years and Elizabeth Bowens The Death of the Heart anchor the book feature, with a Salmagun note on Renan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whit Burnett
Cincinnati
Columbia
Lou Little
Tony Gallento
Joe Li
Louis
Tony
Mark H
Bess Streeter Aldrich
Elizabeth Bowen
The Percentage Plan Bank Robber’s Long Escape
Johnny Brantigan plans a bold bank job based on the odds, writing letters from prison to mastermind an escape. The scheme nets $31,600, but his long arc of planning collapses when police close in, revealing the ruse was exposed by a hotel clerk. The warden reveals Frank Jordan never helped, and Brantigan faces long imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clambake
Juin Grantigan
Ohn Brantigan
Johnny
Frank Jordan
Buddy
Frank
Homer
Lin
Solinny
Burnaville
Trom
Johnny Tirantigan
Oma
Anela Frank
Aame
Presse
John Hrantigan
Tevel
Fauren
John Brannigan
Tettara
Copsheil
Ring Reaturen
Tong
Utey
Roy
British Columbia
Tie Warden
Tie
Frank Jordanl
Nantigan
Frank Jordin
Tul
Hague
Lens
Soake
Wallit —Hayne
Ellie
Axkle
Nella
Huguy
Nellia
Anyq Siren Hugua
Qnher
Hagu
New York Cavalcade Portrait of a Powerful Oil Executive
A long profile portrays Standard Oil marine chief Hague as formidable yet personable. He mixes with employees, conducts funerals and christenings, and keeps odd pets while steering tanker operations and naval affairs. The piece contrasts his public ruth and private gentleness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standary
Hague
Nero Whipz
United States Navy
Rimark
Campbell's
Saino
Hagy
Heaven
Contest Namings Delayed for Bowden and Lowery
Readers who submitted new names for Dorris Bowden and Robert Lowery are asked to wait as judges sort through a large volume of contest mail. A definite winners date cannot yet be given, as the task has grown beyond expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorris Bowden
Robert Lowery
Torger
Weekly nut and social quips in a city page sketch
In a light, humor column, two screwballs debate time on a street corner, a five foot millionaire courts a showgirl with lavish promises, a wife accuses her burly husband of holiday misdeeds, and a judge weighs petty charges. The pieces parody romance, wealth, and domestic antics with playful dialect and punchlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colt
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With Mark Hellinger
New York
Tce
Hill-Pilly
Ceat
Hill-Billy
Coney Island
Sunway
Palm Beach
Winckel
Hedy Lemarr
Palm Beath
Boris Harloff
Boris
Hedy
Barloff
Angé
Gene Rayamwnd
Blankpuss Peats
Spencer Tracy
Gens Raymond
Gene
Brian
Tracy
Karlosi
Jeandee MacDonald
Jeanette
Gene Tan
Jeane
Mark Welllinger
Pleanor Powell
Chastie Chaplin
Wcreen
Patrerna
Charlie Chaplin
Bam Bermon
Cavalcade
Artishte
Robert Hague
Standard Oil
Gald
Hinderburg
Ura Thorg
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