Fourth of July spoof pits Washington against Cornwallis in Mollywood epic
A garbled serial parody depicts a cartoon epic with Washington and Cornwallis in a Broadway style dream sequence. Key figures include Gable as Clark Washington, Laughton as Cornwallis, de Havilland as a drummer boy, and Gato as Greta in disguise, with Capra directing and Husing narrating.
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Cornwallis
Washington
Mollywood
Frank Capra
Olivia de Havilland
Clark Gable
Greta Gato
Freddis Bartholomew
Clarice Gable
Devil
M. H
Tit Tat Toe And A Ho Ho Ho In Kleptomania Tale
A quirky, overlapping mosaic of observations on kleptomania in small towns and New York, describing habitual shoplifters with family ties, blurred moral lines, and store detective limits. It cheekily contrasts petty theft with high human foibles, mixing anecdotes, bookish interludes, and satirical asides.
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New York
Daffy Tale and Nightly Studio Fold Into Sly Hum
A hazy, pastiche piece recalls a dance hall hostess facing hardship as Hector enters a playful scene at a hat shop and a crusty cornet gag. Jokes about air, music, and a comic violinist frame village theater life with a stocky manager, a baseball star, and a witty schoolboy finishing with a tax quip.
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Mayer
The Rat Tale of a Hospital Tragedy and a Rat of a Husband
A semi private hospital room hosts Alma Lenny in fragile health as a long absent husband arrives with a lawyer to secure her signature on a will. A heavy visiting partner reveals gossip about the couple’s fraught marriage while a prison keeper named Judge quietly uncovers the husband’s past crime.
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Alma
Lenny
Dr. Kendricks
Aes
Tenay
Mr. Lenny
Bo. Kentingks
Mr. Lering
Bette
Best Bets of the Week Highlights and Hints
A rhapsodic wrap of current theater and book picks led by Marx Brothers laughter in A Day at the Races and Northwest Passage by Kenneth Roberts. Notes on Miss Quis, Thelma Strabel novels, plays, and Hollywood buzz follow. Sports tidbits mention Olympic Tokio 1968 planning, Yawkey’s Red Sox moves, and Columbia football hints.
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Metro
Marx
Hut Ther
Frank Capra
Douglad Duimbrill
Morgan
Northwest Passage
Kenneth Roberts
Robert Rogers
New England
Cora Jarrett
Miss Quis
Ward Morehouse Thelmna Sellabyd
Pegey Wood
Thelma Strabel
James Cagney
New York
Broadway
Amy Arta
Coud
Cagney
Venice
Honeybunch
Reggie Childs
Hollywood
Tokio
Msn
Japan
RED Sox
Tom Yawkey
Yawkey J
Boston
Lou Little
Columbia
Mark H
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Victor McLaglen
McLaglen
Chevalier
Lafayette
Maurice
O. O. McIntyre
U.U. McIntyre
Gaucer
Ble Mart
Florence Ryerson
Cons Clement
Rex Box
Ryx Stout
Ohio
Lisg
Tennyson
Indy
Madem Hoyds
Earnetays
Matt
Gilore
MelIntyre
Hector
Mana
Intio
Paintworth
Ter
Euck
Beans" Powell
Ruby Starr
Attle Whitue
Wilbur
Tare Ghrough
Stan
Mark Tellinger
Hellinger
The
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