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Slapstick and farce have here taken a back seat to subtle wit and biting satire. Critics who are fond of maintaining that the movie-going public will refuse to take in the sort of comedy that appeals to Broadway audiences are going to find the horse-laugh on themselves here, for the Kaufmann-Hart funnybone-tickler has been lifted almost bodily from the stage and set down in celluloid; and it's just as funny...
...Another Catholic chaplain, Father Matthias Zerfas of Fond du Lac, Wis., has not shaved since the war started, now sports a heavy black beard. His corps commander has cited him for valor...
...word is in the dictionary. Mr. Lewis is fond of $15 words...
...made by his wife. Most informed opinion in Montana seems to be that the Senator has lost strength in the past year but that if he had to stand for election today against any other candidate now in sight he would almost certainly win: the State is not too fond of his isolationism but he has a proved capacity for getting votes on other issues (farm aid, silver, labor legislation, etc.) and a strong political organization...
...after 27 years in the State Department, he still keeps a reputation for all work and no play. Like many another hard-working American, he has no hobby except detective novels. He and his wife are fond of giving dinners for several hundred guests. The dinners are always connected with State Department business. His cook (a Belgian), who has been with him for 20 years, never flinches...