Search Details

Word: toomey (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1941-1941
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...Hollywood studio announced that the kissing record set by George Brent and Ann Sheridan (56.2 seconds) had finally been broken by Regis Toomey and Jane Wyman (3 min. 5 sec.). A citizens' committee of Lilypons, Md., appointed Lily Pons honorary Mayor. (The town was named in honor of the opera singer nine years ago.) "I'm never going to get behind that phony mustache again," declared Julius ("Groucho") Marx. "The mustache is out for good." The New York Times published an editorial in protest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Oct. 6, 1941 | 10/6/1941 | See Source »

...finally sells himself on the cause when confronted by one of the dozens of mushrooming John Doe Clubs. In a small town he hears the local soda jerker (Regis Toomey) tell how Love Thy Neighbor really works. In this scene a number of Hollywood types give Capra-Riskin some of the best character acting on film. Thereafter Doe makes a nationwide tour, falls in love with the girl writer, acquires such a nationwide reputation that his face appears on the cover of TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Coop | 3/3/1941 | See Source »

First | | 1 | | Last