Hollywood Bites Back as Cagney Loses Role Fight
Broadway chatter recalls Jimmy Cagney losing the lead in Blessed Event to Jack Oakie after demanding more pay. Warner Bros keeps him on the outs, while Oakie rides a crowd reaction to a marquee spot. The column also notes celebrity inbits and a home town rise tale ending with a glimpse of town crime.
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Jimmy Cagney
Warner Brothers
Warners
Cagney
Hollywood
Broadway
Jimmy
Lee Tracy
Jack Oakie
Oakie
Shekels
Iowa
Jim Powers
John Perkins
Riddle answers quick turnover noted in Page 5 puzzle
The riddle hints at rapid turnover and quick dismissals. It refers to recent cinema talkies that avoid courthouse and newspaper office scenes yet feature them.
Trivia Qs from a newspaper quiz list
Questions cover Klondike fame nom de plume stalactites down direction Autocrat of the Breakfast Table Calcutta Pepper Martin position with St. Louis Cardinals two male stars slapping leading women complete the quote sense and sounds take care of the sense and the sounds will be Be, who has been the chief witness before the Senate committee Wall Street investigations dog watches on shipboard time of day and a note about broadcasting a soap bubble explosion and radio ideas in hard times.
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Klondike
Calcutta
Pepper Martin
St. Louis Cardinals
Senate
Wall Street
Pittsburgh floods claim nine lives and $500000 loss
25 years ago this week Pittsburgh faced one of its worst floods with nine dead and grave economic impact as manufacturing shutdowns threaten losses over half a million dollars. Oakland California is split over a railway wage strike while Washington contemplates government rail ownership.
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Pittsburgh
Oakland
Calif
Brotherhood of Railway
Denver
Colo
Washington
Senate
Patterson
Colorado
Chicago
Manila
Philippines
Geneva
Zermatt
Matterhorn
Paris
Sarah Bernhardt
Conservatories
Spring Song Poem Delights With Nature’s Echo
A poem reflects spring’s renewal as a speaker imagines a loved one, the mountain stream, blue stars, and pine woods. It evokes fading daylight, a balmy breeze, and a plea to wait for the beloved. The tone is intimate and lyrical, emphasizing nature’s beauty and hopeful longing.
Prohibition Leader Criticizes Beer Consumption in New York
A prohibition leader complains that New Yorkers are drinking beer like water and says those who drink it should be the ones to complain.
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Abe Lyman
Ted Astor
Corey Ford
John Riddell
Lyman
Joan Crawford
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Joan
Rodger O’shea
Harry Neilson
Neilson
Castledale
Utah
DOT” Cartoonist
Pau
Bozo
Pucketyville
Cordelia
Ideal Cleaners
Ruby St
April True Story Magazine
Joliet
van Buren St
TRE Spectator
Oxford
Hartney’s
Chicago St
Service
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