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...moments, at the beginning of last Saturday's SANE rally even steeped in the tradition of American meetings for social protest must be wondered what was happening. A broken-down organ played a wavering barely recognizable version of Star Spangled Banner. Instead of at attention, members of the at the Boston Arena turned each other, snickered, and a few sat down...
Roman Candle is one of those mechanized gag-farces that, along with a few good gags, are full of forced plot twists and vaudeville turns, broken-down scene writing and fruitless inventions...
...Long Stay Cut Short--and, for Williams at least, is a second-rate work. The story concerns itself with Baby Doll, a delicious but nearly brainless child of twenty, who is legally though not in fact the wife of Archie Lee Meighan, a middle-aged owner of a broken-down cotton gin. Goaded beyond endurance by his wife's refusal to consummate the marriage, Meighan takes his revenge on the world by burning down the Syndicate-owned gin which has put him out of business. At that point, the competition in the form of Silva Vacarro, the Sicilian manager...
...What becomes of old, broken-down wrestlers...
...college student and secretary, parents and children. It is no longer a pastime for the well-heeled who could afford to go to Europe to learn. The skiing establishment at Aspen, Colo, is a typical example of what the sport has added to the face of the U.S. A broken-down mining settlement as late as 1946, Aspen now boasts some 50 ski lodges, offers a wide range of overnight accommodations, from Ed's Beds ($2.75 and down) to the luxurious new Villa Lamarr ($8 and up), financed by Hedy Lamarr's estranged husband Howard Lee and promptly...