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Bitter Sweet is notable chiefly for its blonde leading lady, Anna Neagle, a onetime chorus girl. The producers of the cinema version of Bittersweet which Noel Coward insisted be made in England, chose her for the leading role in preference to Evelyn Laye or Jeanette MacDonald. Aside from a contract to play the title role in British & Dominion's forthcoming Nell Gwynne and a bad habit of twitching her paws, Anna Neagle has all the requisites for a speedy trip to Hollywood...
...tickets issued by most U. S. air transport lines is a contract clause reading: "In the event of the injury or death of the holder due to any cause for which this company is legally liable, the company's liability is limited to" $5,000 or $10,000. A 1931 award set the precedent that all planes operating on regular advertised schedules are "common carriers" like railroads, just as liable as railroads for the death or injury of passengers. Hence in most States the clause is meaningless except in a few Western States which limit liability in case...
...There is no existing legal authority for any modification of the contract because of the operation of the National Recovery Act. . . . The contract constitutes an obligation binding on the company and it may not withdraw therefrom without resulting liability to the U.S. for excess costs. . . . You are advised that there is no legal authority now existing to use appropriated public money to pay another price than the price fixed by the contract...
Married. Harold Stirling ("Mike") Vanderbilt, 49, "America's richest bachelor," yachtsman, contract bridge expert; and Gertrude L. Conaway, 32, of Philadelphia ; quietly in Manhattan...
When counsel for World Heavyweight Champion Primo Carnera told Federal Referee Peter B. Olney that his client had mistaken the date of his bankruptcy hearing in Manhattan, gone off on a vacation. Referee Olney was annoyed, set a later date. Counsel explained that Carnera had to fulfill a film contract in Hollywood at that time. Stormed Referee Olney: "I don't give a damn if he has . . . he'll have to be here. He must learn that he cannot run around bumble-headed...