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...William Gaxton, "President Wintergreen" of both the stage successes, however, declined when it was suggested to him that he might make a good President for the home of the Elis. "I'll leave all such jobs to Throttlebottom," said Mr. Gaxton. "However, if I were President, I think I could help them out in athletics. I would have the Yale faculty play the Harvard faculty--that would be a real game, and by the way Lois Moran might give them some inspiration, she did well by Harvard...
President Wintergreen (William Gaxton) is on the verge of being defeated for reelection. To no avail do his constituents parade with posters proclaiming: HE KEPT US OUT OF WORK, WINTERGREEN WANTS WINTERGREEN, MRS. WINTERGREEN WANTS WINTERGREEN, WINTERGREEN WANTS MRS. WINTERGREEN. His opponent's adherents advertise: JOHN P. TWEEDLEDEE IS A MOOSE, TWEEDLEDEE IS AN ELK, TWEEDLEDEE IS A HORSE'S NECK...
...played by William Gaxton, who made the Dart a parody of Mayor Walker...
...Presidency. When he jilted the winner of a beauty contest, who turned out to be "the illegitimate daughter of an illegitimate son of an illegitimate nephew of Napoleon," the bishop's pulse remained about normal. Then the French Ambassador, represented as a fidgety little dolt, approached President Wintergreen (William Gaxton...
...rises at times to the antiphonal absurdity which he first provided for Strike Up the Band, is by gifted George Gershwin. Brother Ira, who with Brother George recently made an excursion into the cinema (see p. 19), has packed the lyrics full of foolishness and funny rhymes. Handsome William Gaxton and Lois Moran of the films, looking but not dancing like Marilyn Miller, carry the burden of the story on cheerful shoulders. And that most despondent of comedians, Victor Moore, is made Vice President...