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...Phantom of the Opera (Universal) contains more opera than phantom, more trills than thrills. In this it differs from the original Phantom, which Universal produced in the shock-absorbing '20s as a shivery vehicle for the late multiform Lon Chaney. The 1943 Phantom is bantam-sized Claude Rains, who attempts to terrify by sheer force of character, scar tissue and Technicolor. Scuttling about in a robin's-egg blue mask, Cinemactor Rains scares nobody but his fellow cinemactors...
...table and I asked him what was cooking. "Roast beef, baked ham, fried chicken and T-bone steak," he replied. I ordered the steak . . . and he shuffled out. Presently he set before me tomato juice and avocado salad. This was followed by the steak with French-fried potatoes, Golden Bantam corn, a dish of green field peas, ice tea and hot biscuits with country butter. For dessert there was a generous piece of banana cream pie with real whipped cream...
...splashy ads-to make Willys and jeep synonymous. For the first time on his jeep joy ride, Joe Frazer came a cropper. The Federal Trade Commission issued a complaint against Willys. (The complainant was not revealed, but the complaint alleged that the jeep idea was originated by the American Bantam Car Co.) Willys was charged with misrepresentation in claiming that it created and perfected the jeep, in cooperation with the Quartermaster Corps...
Facts of Jeepery. Neither Willys nor Bantam created and developed the jeep by themselves. Bulk of this honor should rightfully go to the Army. Interested in developing a small car to replace motorcycles for reconnaissance, the Army purchased an Austin car to experiment with in 1933, continued experiments with a Bantam. Having determined that it wanted a 1,300-lb. car, the Army sent specifications to 135 manufacturers. Bantam and Willys were the only two who answered, and Bantam received an order for 70 vehicles. The cars were promising but too light, so the Army increased the weight to about...
...Tough, bantam-sized Harry Bennett, who long served without formal title, finally received one: director. Boosted with him were...