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Relentless (Columbia). Robert Young, Marguerite Chapman and Barton MacLane in a Technicolored scrimmage for gold. Their work and an unusually good production give this slick western an illusion of quality it doesn't really have...
Radiomen regard Grauer as one of the glibbest ad-libbers on the air. But like all announcers, he has had his share of slips. His favorite printable one was a spoonerism. After guiding the late Carrie Chapman Catt through a difficult broadcast, Grauer turned to her in relief and said, all too clearly, "Thank you, Mrs. Catt, we are deepful grately...
...York Daily News Drama Critic John Chapman, after viewing the chichi opening of Tonight at 8:30 (see THEATER), let go a loaded paragraph at first-night audiences: "They lit matches and smoked in the aisles . . . haughtily ignoring the feeble bleats of ushers who kept trying to tell these jerks that one doesn't do that sort of thing . . . in a sardine box like the National [Theater], I tried to find the fireman assigned to the house to suggest [that he] haul some well-dressed slob ... up to night court. But he wasn't around. Maybe...
Even before Sun acted, Acting Interior Secretary Oscar L. Chapman had called for price control and rationing of oil, along with coal. Socony-Vacuum was already rationing its East Coast dealers, and last week Standard Oil of Kentucky did the same for its 3,000 Alabama dealers. But the industry was still on the price spot...
Thinking it all over, the Daily News's Drama Critic John Chapman felt depressed. "Not even for one night should one of the world's great theaters be turned over to boors, sots and publicity seekers," he wrote. "Next year, they [should] hand-pick their first audience and call in the FBI if need be to screen...