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...kids didn't get the hang of the double entendre," And so, since the giants of the deadpan and the thrown pie are no more, the theater sticks to the oldies. "There are very few good new ones," the Laffmovie's spokesman says sorrowfully, and the Marx and Ritz Bros., Harold Lloyd, and Charlie Chaplin are therefore shown devotedly. While the children have no trouble understanding these artists, the adult part of the Laffmovie's family audience enjoys recalling the great entertainers of its youth. Movies such as "Tillie's Punctured Romance," which appeared in 1914 starring Marie Dressler...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: From the Pit | 2/13/1948 | See Source »

...Warner Bros, was deeply involved in some mysterious experimentations with big television screens, but nobody would say what it was all about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Flirtation | 2/9/1948 | See Source »

Chico, the piano-playing Marx Brother, sued Warner Bros, for $200,000. His complaint: his name had been bandied about in the dialogue of Rhapsody in Blue without his permission. Furthermore, said he, he was quoted in the picture as endorsing certain pianistic techniques to which he would actually never subscribe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: A Matter of Opinion | 2/9/1948 | See Source »

...Tire 35¾ 13.46 3.4 Martin-Parry 17¼ 5.97 2.9 Nash Kelvinator 16¼ 4.17 3.9 N.Y., Chi. & S.L. R.R. 44 17.82 2.5 Outboard Motor 21½ 4.38 4.9 Schenley 28⅜ 7.46 3.85 John B. Stetson 13¾ 3.77 3.6 Ward Baking 11¼ 3.03 3.8 Warner Bros. 11¼ 3.02 4.0 West Indies Sugar 23 10.78 2.0 W. Va. Coal & Coke 18 4.88 3.55 W. Va. Pulp & Paper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WALL STREET: What's a Bargain? | 2/2/1948 | See Source »

...Questioners. The commissioners were serious and conscientious men. Their chairman was Thomas K. Finletter, a dry, sharp-eyed Wall Street lawyer (Coudert Bros.), onetime special assistant to Cordell Hull and author of a book, Can Representative Government Do the Job?, which pointed out the inefficiencies of the U.S. Government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATIONAL DEFENSE: For A-Day | 1/19/1948 | See Source »

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