Swordfish and butter sauce misadventure in a busy cafe
A hungry customer demands swordfish with butter sauce but struggles to cut it, prompting a humorous kitchen reply. The tale shifts to a Siamese twins eye exam joke about tiny spots and smallpox, then to a rowboat miscue asking if they sail the Atlantic or Pacific. A robbery caper ends with a tax dodge, and a hillside engineer plans dynamite at eight, not six, prompting a hillbilly comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhae 4 & Ney
Atlantic
Pacific
Leutenant
Best Bets Of The Week Film Notes And Sports Spin
A review roundup highlights Luck Night with Myrna Loy and Robert Taylor while Union Pacific earns praise as a DeMille style spectacle. Dark Victory Wuthering Heights and Goodbye Mr Chips are noted as strong later mentions. Also included are book picks Abbott and Smith's We Pointed Them North and Kantor Valedictory plus sports snippets on Derby day and college golf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrna Loy
Robert Taylor
Union Pacific
DeMille
Socko Entertainment
Bette Davis
Vernon
Irene Castle
Juarez
MR. Chips
E. C. Abbott
Helena Huntington Smith
Abbott
Teddy Blue
Teddy
Texas
Miss Smith
Farrar & Rinehart
MacKinlay Kantor
G. B. Stern
Dorothy Parker
Skeletons Closet Prison Tale of Danton and Fear
A crowded, decaying prison near a river holds thirty five inmates awaiting life or the chair. Charlie Danton, nicknamed yellow belly by peers, grapples with fear as execution nears while guards, rivals, and wardens amplify the tense, claustrophobic night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zuine
Aera
Charlie Danton
Benny Klempyich
Jaérey
Henry
Heaven
Nick Aruzzio
Nick
Prizon
Charlie
Joe Randall
Chast
New York Cavalcade by Louis Sorol
In a candid reminiscence, Louis Sorol recalls early theatre life from crude stages with candles and water tubs to modern grand venues. He notes 18th century practices, contrasts past and present audiences, and mentions Palermo and a young George Gershwin, highlighting culture, Prohibition era shifts, and urban architectural prestige.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mark Hellinger
Mark Hellinge
Enda
Hays
Tompy
Dorsey
England
Epsom
Jaynecy Blue Peter
Pedro Montanez
Davey Day
Garden
Pedro
Ohio State
T.C
New York
Southern California
Chinkruyk
Montana
Gaife
Barton MacLane
Will
Hera Doug
Doug
Mac Lane
Beet Wheeler
Allen Jenkins
Myrna
Myrna Lot
Leon
Fred Jones
Fred
Charlie Damion
Nils
Bedlam
Poole
Buntown
Loya
Ike
King Basturee
Chavis
Charlta
Charla
Charile
Charile Darton
Ile
Fick Briuzzio
Charlie Dantac
Fred Joves
Cavalcade
By Louis Sorol
Wuthering Heights
Dutiel “Frehman
Wumie Natina
Louis Lorol
Palermo
Brooklyn
George Gershwins
A. de Ollyovia Agnes
Portugal
United States
Woolworth’ Ang
J. Robert Mubling
Notre
New Yar
Ilehm
Wien
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