Word: krisp
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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William Powell, off his Ry-Krisp ands criminal diet for the occasion, does quite well as the gentleman whose ideas of life are set in cement, and he is an excellent straight-man to his prodigal wife. Some of the best scenes between these two, especially those concerned with financial discussions, smack of the show which made father famous. But, since satire is not a strong point of the story, practically all enjoyment must be derived from pure humor--the humor of witty remarks and comic situations. The few celebrated bon mots which the head of the Day family utters...
...fulfills particularly well one of the cardinal functions of a good bow man, namely to bring the weight average down. His weight: 137. Despite this amazing individual achievement, the boat as a whole is too heavy. Bert calls them his "fat fifties," and is anxiously plying them with Ry-Krisp...
Barbara Hutton, whose first was Prince Alexis Mdivani, whose second was Danish Count Court Haugwitz-Reventlow and whose third was Gary Grant, swore rather faintly that she was swearing off. The wheat-blond, Ry-Krisp-thin dime-store heiress told the Hearst press: "I'm not going to get married again as long as I live. I hope...
...Rumson, N.J. Reason: her father had threatened to knock Billy silly if they did it. ∽∽ Marion Talley finally won a divorce from her music-teacher husband, whose countersuit had credited eight assorted lovers to the onetime star of the Metropolitan (who later reduced on and for Ry-Krisp). A Los Angeles judge listened to the evidence seven weeks, found all the charges against the singer false, gave her custody of Daughter Susan April. ∽∽ Chunky, bushy-browed Thomas E. Mitchell, 46, (GWTW's Gerald O'Hara) remarried his former wife, 25 years after they were...