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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. Jane Moran Benchley, 84, mother of Humorist Robert Charles Benchley; after fortnight's illness; in Worcester, Mass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Dec. 28, 1936 | 12/28/1936 | See Source »

Nathaniel G. Benchley '38 was chosen President of the Lampoon this week. Other officers elected were Robert O. Easton '38, the new Ibis; Nicholas Satterlee '38, Narthex; and William A. Evans, Jr. '38, Secretary...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lampy Elects | 12/12/1936 | See Source »

...means see "Piccadilly Jim." Every character is perfectly cast (Benchley, Billie Burke, and Madge Evans among others), the P.G. Wodehouse story is a howl. But arrive at 3.00, 6.10, or 9.25, and miss the crimes of "The Crime of Dr. Forbes." The Movietone News is utterly uninteresting. A.C.B...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crimson Moviegoer | 10/19/1936 | See Source »

Dunster House; C. Colmery Gibson '37, chairman, Emile Dubiel '37, Malcolm B. McTernen, Jr. '37, Nathaniel G. Benchley '38, M. Bernard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOUSE COMMITTEES' LIST OF PERSONNEL | 10/2/1936 | See Source »

...story, but occasional lapses from pace and over-energetic mugging on the part of the Pett family are not serious faults. Best of the scenes is the one in which Jim scrapes acquaintance with the heroine by apologizing for the fumbling attempts of an amiably drunken friend (Robert Benchley) to do likewise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The New Pictures: Aug. 31, 1936 | 8/31/1936 | See Source »

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