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...Bantam LaGuardia said, "Phooey!" (TIME, March 4). The trouble with the political wise boys in all generations is that they are unable to recognize new issues and the men that fit them. Around 1858 another bantam, Stephen A. Douglas, about the size of Little Flower LaGuardia, looked at Abe Lincoln in Illinois, and he said, "Phooey!" Result: he stood holding Abe Lincoln's hat at the next inauguration. Little Flower is just too close to Buster to see his stature...
...took 75 years for the Lincoln legend to develop to the point where playing Abraham Lincoln (in Abe Lincoln in Illi nois) could be a peak in the career of an actor like Raymond Massey. The Edison legend is just beginning in the movies which Edison invented. What the rest of the legend would be like depended in part on who interpreted the first installment...
...plays sold since Jan. 1, none has brought anything like last year's $250,000 plus royalties for The American Way, $225,000 plus royalties for Abe Lincoln In Illinois. The Male Animal went to Warner Brothers for $150,000; The Little Foxes to Samuel Goldwyn for $100,000 (minimum guarantee) ; Night Music to its backers for $25,000 plus percentage; Too Many Girls to R. K. 0. for $100,000; Two On An Island...
...Abe Lincoln in Illinois (Raymond Massey, Ruth Gordon, Gene Lockhart; TIME...
Occasionally staccato news flashes broke in: The Abe Cabinet is definitely out . . . Prince Konoye is being urged . . . General Hata will almost certainly be chosen if the Army consents...