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That would scarcely be a hardship for big, hell-raising Bill Moyes. He went radio-crazy during college days at Yale, has never gotten over it. His column, hardly one of the best, is easily the brashest. Because of "family readership," his prose is closely screened for cuss words, but some original and occasionally shrewd observations on U.S. radio get through. Some screenings...
Similar raises have been gotten by directors and producers, who probably fired and forgot the wartime underling who cracked: "A good showman today is a man who opens his theater doors and has sense enough to get the hell out of the way before he gets trampled to death by the incoming audience...
...Henri welcomed the French Revolution, and loved the period that followed-when the ladies promenaded "in flowing 'Roman' garments that exposed their arms and shoulders and nearly all of their bosoms," and the dandies courted them "gotten up like peacocks, in embroidered coats, with ruffles . . . immense green cravats, and rare knotted walking sticks...
Then the Purple and Gold began to wear the Crimson down, and in 14 minutes of the first period had gotten its first score. The end of the third period and the start of the fourth saw three goals slammed past the Crimson defenders in quick succession. Ted Stolzfuss was high scorer for the Jeffmen with three points...
While the writing lacks direction and in the final analysis seems to have gotten nowhere, the failure in impact is amply compensated by uproarious dialogue and a certain wackiness which can only be described as "Anita Loos." Tops in froth, Miss Loos drives her sharp-edged, relevant humor home with a vengeance. Whether a theme can be detected in the midst of it all is moot. You may not know what it is all about when the shooting stops, but you'll know you liked...