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...judges, Funnyman Cantor, who never got beyond the seventh grade himself, had lined up four famed U. S. college presidents. University of Chicago's Robert Maynard Hutchins, Stanford's Ray Lyman Wilbur, Vassar's Henry Noble MacCracken, College of the City of New York's Frederick Bertrand Robinson...
After his broadcast Eddie Cantor had wires of congratulation from Mrs. Frank lin Delano Roosevelt, General John Joseph Pershing, Novelist Booth Tarkington...
From 212,000 essays, the judges last fortnight unanimously chose that of Lloyd Lewis, 17, of Plattsburg, Mo. Comedian Cantor excitedly hopped to a long distance telephone, called Lloyd Lewis from class, congratulated him, summoned him to Manhattan. When Winner Lewis arrived last week to collect his scholarship, he delighted Comedian Cantor by making first-rate human interest copy. Big-eared, slick-haired, sloe-eyed, and looking not un like his benefactor, Lloyd told how he had written his essay between chores on his father's 100-acre farm, how his Plattsburg teachers had dismissed it as "only fair...
...familiar ring. Looking back through earlier research she came upon an article in the December Peace Di gest by President Frank Kingdon of the University of Newark. She compared the prize-winning essay with the Kingdon arti cle, found them identical. Dr. Kingdon was notified, tried to reach Eddie Cantor before he started his weekly broadcast, failed. He hastened to spill his news to a friend on the staff of the Newark Evening News. The News telephoned to Cantor. Within a few hours the comedian's office in Manhattan's Steinway Hall was popping with newshawks. To them...
...written by William Anthony McGuire, author of five shows for Ziegfeld, and directed with monumental opulence by Robert Z. Leonard. In addition to three cinema stars, its cast includes three genuine Ziegfeld celebrities (Fanny Brice, Harriet Hoctor, Ray Bolger) and accurate counterfeits of two others: Buddy Doyle as Eddie Cantor and A. A. Trimble as the late Will Rogers. Trimble is a Cleveland map salesman who, often mistaken for Rogers, was last sum mer discovered by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer scouts. The picture will be shown in 20 U. S. cities as a "road show" attraction before being displayed at lower...