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...state, they soon found this an easier means of appellation than remembering proper names. "Oregon" compared notes with "Maryland"; "New Jersey" told "Kansas" about Manhattan, for "New York" himself was from Utica, had never seen New York City. Soon they decided to form a club, "The Edison 49ers," to meet every ten years...
While the "49ers" were going around his plant, Inventor Edison chewed a cigar and consented to answer a questionnaire that newsmen had presented to him. To the question, "What do you think of the future of the talkies?" his answer was emphatic: "Without great improvements people will tire of them. Talking is no substitute for good acting we had in silent pictures." Then, to another query, he gave ambition, imagination, and the will to work as the key to success...
...morning the "49ers" were assembled at 8 o'clock in the storage battery room at the plant, and after a slight delay caused by New Englanders "Maine" and "Vermont" oversleeping, the papers were passed out. The hush that marked the first glance at the examination was gradually broken as the "brightest boys" began writing. A morning that had started cool grew increasingly hot and humid. Coats came off and sleeves were rolled up as the "49ers" worked in silence, five proctors quietly pacing between the desks. With tense expressions the boys labored over questions demanding exact, accurate answers, with puzzled...
...Benchley's metropolitan theatrical experience includes brief appearances in No, Sirree and The 49ers. Both were melanges stirred together by the critics for the benefit of themselves and their friends. His act "in one" (all by himself) where he comes before the curtain and reads the Treasurer's report of finances, is rated as supreme burlesque. He will repeat it in the Music Box and do a bit with Frank Tinney, as well...
...Davis-a solid if unspectacular contribution; The Adding Machine, with its satire, gloom and power; tangled recollections of a score of interesting things-the robots-James Barton's dancing-the lace-ballet in the Follies-the Texas Nightingale-the war scene in The Insect Comedy - Stanislavsky - the unfortunate " 49ers "-Cyril Maude -et cetera. At all events it was a rich and entertaining feast...