Word: chet
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Finishing a turn in As Thousands Cheer one Manhattan night last winter, plump Dancer Marilyn Miller whirled airily offstage, bumped brutally into her costar, frail Dancer Clifton Webb. Up to her side to berate Dancer Webb leaped Chorusman Chester ("Chet") O'Brien, who was also the show's second assistant stage manager. When it was over. Dancer Webb threatened to quit if O'Brien were not fired, Dancer Miller threatened to quit if O'Brien were fired. Everybody stayed...
...moment, when Marilyn Miller was impersonating Barbara Hutton in a skit, ''Jimmy" Donahue minced onstage in a princely uniform, fawned over the lady's hand. No one in the audience noticed the substitution, but it was the last straw for the managers of As Thousands Cheer. "Chet" O'Brien lost his job. Dancer Miller followed him out of the show...
...these events became public knowledge last week when Marilyn Miller and "Chet" O'Brien dragged Harrison, N. Y.'s Town Clerk away from a barn dance, had themselves "secretly" married in the presence of a dozen yokels...
...Jayvees. For the Varsity held Jimmy Knex's boys for downs and got the ball again on their own 40. They drove through to a first down on the 50, Don Jackson turned in a sweet little sprint to the Jayvees' 18, and Tommy Bilodeau added three more spaces. Chet Litman did what was needed for the rest of the distance and the initial score...
...backfield, while on the defensive, did an especially good job. Chet Litman and Bob Haley were most effective in nabbing the rather large number of ball carriers that got by the front line. Offensively, Litman showed that he has not yet lived up to the coaches' expectations. He is fast, has a lot of drive, but somehow is not yet a steady bet for a gain. Don Jackson, at fullback, didn't have very much chance to display his talents on the offensive...