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...millions probably knew him as Jack Benny's English butler, train announcer, parrot, French violin teacher and news reporter; as Burns & Allen's melancholy postman; as Judy Canova's Pedro, Salesman Roscoe Wortle and a chronic hiccougher; as Bob Hope's "Private Snafu"; as Abbott & Costello's Scotsman...
...Gets Slapped" still revolves around its tragic hero, an intellectual and philosopher who has been driven into the anonymity of a circus clown by a pupil who achieved fame by popularizing his ideas--and has an illegitimate son by his wife. John Abbott, making his debut on the American stage, is highly successful in this difficult role; although his portrayal of "Funny" is probably more dashing than was that of Henry Travers in the Theatre Guild's original 1922 version, his development of both the man's embitterment and pathos is remarkable...
...Government laid down its postwar plan for the last third of its defenses-the Army. In the House of Commons Defense Minister Douglas Abbott announced that what was planned to supplement a Navy of 10,000 men, an Air Force of 15-20,000, was a well-equipped Army of at least 20-25,000 men (prewar strength of Army: 4,000). To this regular establishment the Dominion would add six territorial di visions in part-time service...
Died. Dr. George W. Raiziss, 61, famed Russian-born chemotherapist, director of dermatological research at Philadelphia's Abbott Laboratories; of a heart attack; in Atlantic City. Dr. Raiziss developed Metaphen (one of the most potent antiseptics known), did important early research with the sulfa drugs, recently developed Diasone as a promising cure for tuberculosis (TIME...
...little life into what could have been a plotless horror a la Abbott and Costello, the producers have added murder and mystery to provide a spine for an otherwise invertebrate cinema. When flea trainer Allen is left an inheritance of five chairs, which he sells, and then finds that one of them has a fortune tucked away inside, there begins a routine chase involving the usual fusillade of shots and usual ending . . . Fred with a fistful of greenbacks...