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...wounded American aviator was on the way to recovery and in the hands of friendly Germans. More slop and pre-civil war wisecracks until the war ends, and the Ace of Aces returns to the yellow as yellow chalk girl. Richard Dix continues to be the worst ham actor on the screen. Nevertheless, we like him; he is consistent...
...Maxwell Anderson's Both Your Houses might be called Play of the Year. However, it developed early trouble at the boxoffice. George M. Cohan's performances in Pigeons & People and Ah Wilderness ranked high at both ends of the season, but represented no zenith to that talented actor's career...
Married. Gary Cooper, 32, film actor, son of a Helena, Mont, jurist; and Veronica Balfe (Sandra Shaw), 20, film actress, of Manhattan; in Manhattan...
...even so unliterary an exemplar as the late great Baseballer Christy Mathewson ("yellow streak"). In the long list from "aasvogel" to "zooming" some U. S. examples: "Speak-easy" (1889): "Yup. U.S. Variant of yep, yes" (1906); "Razz [short for Razzberry]. Disapproval expressed by hissing or booing directed against an actor or other person" (1926); "Wow. A 'great success'" (1927); "Zipper" (1925); "Vamp...
Engaged. Veronica Balfe (Sandra Shaw), 20, film actress, Manhattan socialite; and Gary Cooper, 32, film actor...