Word: bennette
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...side of the thinning-maned Lion came a wide variety of men. notable examples of how the great debate crossed party lines. To lead the group on the floor came Missouri's Bennett Clark, still remembering how his father, Speaker Champ Clark, fought and distrusted another World War President; Wisconsin's La Follette, North Dakota's Nye and Frazier,. Michigan's Vandenberg, Idaho's Clark, West Virginia's Holt, Washington's Bone, North Carolina's Reynolds, California's historic Isolationist Hiram Johnson...
...Byrnes could charm snakes without a flute and with his eyes closed. That talent he needed now. For no man on the other side can orate with the power and clarity and command of Borah; no one on the other side is as agile and knowing a parliamentarian as Bennett Clark...
After selling his 1937 best-seller for $55,000, Author Bromfield, no lover of Hollywood, returned to his expatriate retreat outside Paris, thence prankishly dispatched identical telegrams to Constance Bennett, Kay Francis and Marlene Dietrich, informing each that she was his choice for the sought-after part of Lady Esketh. Harried Producer Zanuck got no peace until he solved the mystery, passed the telegrams around. The only memorable performance in The Rains Came is that of button-faced, button-sized Russian veteran Maria Ouspenskaya. Cast as Charles Boyer's grandmother in one scene in Love Affair this year, Actress...
...York Post. Hollywood thought Publisher Backer had picked the right horse, for Skolsky is one of the ablest columnists in the business (he originated the term "Oscar" for Academy Awards) and by far the most popular. Most serious row he ever had was when he criticized Constance Bennett for her noisy behavior at first nights in a column entitled "The Constance Sinner." Actress Bennett invited him to take her to an opening and see if she could not be a lady. Replied Skolsky: "I'm afraid I couldn't be a gentleman...
...Assistant John Flora prepares pots of refreshing black coffee for all hands, takes over the mike now and then if Stan's mouth is full. When 7 a. m. rolls around, the crew go out and have dinner; if the weather is right, they ride out to Floyd Bennett Field and hire a plane (all three are licensed pilots). By afternoon, Stan is usually in bed for the day. He gets up in the middle evening, has breakfast at 10 p m. while his wife, Dancer Gloria Garcia, has dinner, usually makes a round of the night clubs until...