Word: ests
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Director Hawks has speeded up even the dialogue by forcing his actors to speak 240 words a minute (average conversational speed - 90 words a minute). Rough est spots in the original versions have been sandpapered or excised, the pressroom's whiskey cynicism toned down to half of one per cent, but the comedy still has enough Hecht-MacArthur kick to make later interpolations smell synthetic. Synthetic sample: "What does he [Ralph Bellamy] look like?" Editor Burns: "Oh, he looks like that movie actor-Ralph Bellamy...
Pappy Billy. Cordell Hull, a Tennessean by birth, bone, breeding and background, comes from Middle Tennessee, but the whole State takes pride in him. Nevertheless, around Star Point, where he was born, the saying is that "Cord Hull is the knowin'est man in the world-but he warn't never a match for his pappy." Pappy Billy Hull was indeed pretty much in a class by himself...
...with: "Well, Harry old man . . . give my regards to the folks back home in Ottumwa and Waterloo." At this CBS's ears pricked-a clue. Then, around Thanksgiving time, Fred said "punkin." That settled it. He was a real American. Every Monday night thereafter, at 8:30 EST, Fred would pop up on the German short wave with a new "Dear Harry" letter...