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...True Confession," which heads a satisfactory bill at the University, is the story of a girl who always says the first thing that comes into her head, in other words, an inveterate liar. It was written for Carole Lombard, who romps through it with delightful finesse. Although one lie in particular--confession to a murder she did not commit--takes up a great part of the picture, there are many, all typical of Miss Lombard's somewhat hysterical character. The ease with which she tells them makes for excellent comedy...
...Powers had hit Mr. Miley. For the first blow, Mr. Van Every had this explanation: "Powers swiped a story from the Sun, written by Herbert Gorem and used it in his out-of-town column. ... I asked him if he denied swiping the article. . . He called me a liar so I slapped his face." Mr. Miley said his belligerence arose from befriending Mr. Van Every...
This is an odd beginning for a comedy-and comic True Confession is skillfully played and paced, keyed up to the pitch of the dizziest haywire skit. Yet what makes True Confession funnier than most haywire comedies is that as melodrama it could be just as effective. Neither liar Helen nor Kenneth, the man of principle, is caricatured, so their dilemma seems true and could be terrible; outside the hilarity nightmare is imminent...
...approximately $4,000,000 yearly business, ordered the track to oust Major Stockholder O'Hara as managing director. The Star-Tribune reacted so violently to this news that Publisher O'Hara was arrested for libel on the complaint of Governor Quinn, whom the paper called a "- -* liar." Out on bail, Walter O'Hara went straight back to his penthouse atop the Narragansett clubhouse, where he was shortly greeted by a racing division order suspending Narragansett's license (TIME, Sept. 27 et ante). Since then he has been simultaneously fighting the division in the courts...
...President's desk. Said the President (underlining sentences in the columns) : "Hugh, that's a lie ... that's a lie ... that's a lie. . . ." Said General Johnson: "Mr. President, you are the only man in the United States who can call me a liar and get away with...