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...Riley's conception of humor is broad and earthy; he's not above generous exploitation of popular susceptibility to the obvious double entendre. He realizes that, like money, sex may not be everything, but it's hard to got along without. His take is simple and though unevenly paced it has its moments. A quiet, solid little tourists home is thrown into an uproar of delicious confusion when the unexpected guest sweeps in the alluring form of Carole Arden, the luscious temptress of the silver screen. Miss Arden seems to be on a tour of personal appearances which has been...
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Lawrence J. Riley opened the debate for Boston by saying that the country faced a crisis when Roosevelt came to power in 1933, and went on to describe the beneficial effects of the President's measures. Quinn, president of the Debating Council, gave the first speech for the negative, minimizing the crisis of 1933 and accusing the administration of not living up to its promises...
...Variety's list of the 25 tunes most played on the air. Sheet sales have dropped 95% since their peak in early January. To most radio addicts, overfamiliarity has made the song something in the nature of an auditory emetic. Consequently, the impressive sequence in which Farley & Riley, then a German comedian, then an operatic tenor, then the star of the picture and finally the whole audience in a theatre sing the song can scarcely be classed as a happy inspiration...
...Chicago last week William Harold ("Red") Hodgson, who claims to be the original composer of The Music Goes 'Round and Around and who two months ago agreed to give Messrs. Farley & Riley two-thirds of the profits on his composition in recognition of their exploitation of it, thought better of his generosity, started a suit for plagiarism, asked for an injunction to prevent Columbia from showing The Music Goes 'Round...