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There are some low-comedy wisecracks which are not unamusing, and some which are; but the play is saved by Mr. Egan's ability to act, and gains through that the merit of not being a colossal bust...

Author: By T. B. Oc., | Title: CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 10/28/1933 | See Source »

...reached Hollywood, she improvised her plays in rehearsal from rough notes; her ambition as a playwright was to win the Pulitzer Prize. Padded in most of her pictures. Mae West's real dimensions are: height 5 ft. 5 in., weight 120 lb., waist 26 in., hips 36 in., bust 36 in. She likes diamonds, rare beefsteaks, racehorses, of which she recently acquired a stable of three. Her next picture for Paramount will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Oct. 16, 1933 | 10/16/1933 | See Source »

...that or bust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Stem's Way | 9/11/1933 | See Source »

...cannot bust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Stem's Way | 9/11/1933 | See Source »

Asked if he put his $4,000 in the bank, Michael Wolohowicz replied: "No, bank is bust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Schoolman | 6/26/1933 | See Source »

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