Word: caste
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...lust appeal is a winsome smoothy, handicapped by her big feet and her loud, monotonic voice. Two male characters, one of whom is an amazing personification of a Jordan Marsh clothing dummy with a Picadilly accent, are uninspiring. The remainder of the cast consists of two maids, one black and one white, who will be wasting their talents for serving tea and answering doorbells if "Old Acquaintance" actually lasts on Broadway...
...cast of "Too Much Johnson" follows...
Fortnight ago, Harmon played his last game for Michigan.* Hardly had he cast off his famed 98 jersey (which will be retired to a shrine in Michigan's Field House), than professional football clubs began making do-or-die tackles for him. Red Grange, who had made 31 touchdowns in his varsity career, had been lured into the Chicago Bears' line-up-at a reputed $10,000 a game-the week after he played his last game for Illinois. Nowadays, college footballers cannot play professional ball until their class has graduated. But any player who in eight games...
Since the story is no more than an excuse to keep the performers occupied between numbers, Producer Zanuck treats it like an ugly stepchild. Its principal function is to present the cheesecake of the cast-blonde, lethargic Alice Faye and blonde, lithe Betty Grable-as the sister act of Katie and Lily Blane. Capitalizing on their more obvious assets, the film sets Alice and Betty wriggling and crooning in cellophane hula skirts and harem costumes. Clearly neither of the girls cares to hand over the picture to the other, and their artistic competition results in a standoff. Miss Faye...
Richard Loomis mainstay of the Winthrop House line, was a strong contender for top honors receiving a large share of the vote cast for the center spot. The other positions were all hotly-contested...