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...burlesque of Lady Astor. With the aid of Big Ben the barge-master (David Davies), they abduct her from the floor of the House of Commons while she is proposing Prohibition. And after much pother and porridge, all factions unite in a flag-waving finale ("Big Ben! Big Ben! . . . Chime out again and tell all men that England's England still...
Murray's biggest card is his ability to get headliners in the audience to participate. Some of them, such as Bob Hope and Bing Crosby, chime in from down front. Others, such as W. C. Fields, Mickey Rooney, Victor Moore, Edgar Bergen, Dick Powell, Rudy Vallee, take over the stage. Murray exploits his guest stars brilliantly-by not exploiting them at all. They are never given billing, are often not even introduced. As a result, the audience feels it is really getting something extra for its money...
...Mingled Chime.* "The English," remarks Sir Thomas, "are the laziest nation in the world. Since the radio we have become practically comatose. I foresee a generation which will never get out of bed." Sir Thomas' own lack of laziness is underlined by the fact that he has added writing to his other activities: he has a work in progress on Beaumont & Fletcher, and a forthcoming autobiography called A Mingled Chime...
...crowds, rode for hours in cars through cities that looked almost the same, sat listening while Willkie hammered away at his message, his voice hoarse with urgency as well as weariness: "Only the strong can be free and only the productive can be strong." Reporters got so they could chime in on this chorus. One strange feature of this train's life was the rarity of poker games, bridge, barbershop harmony. Reason: the correspondents were usually too tired...
Last week in England a vast debate began. Participants were about 3,000 debating societies, cooperatives, trade unions. Invited to chime in editorially were 300 newspapers throughout the world, including Mahatma Gandhi's Young India. Also invited was Dorothy Thompson. Lead-off debater was H. G. Wells, with an article in the London Daily Herald, whose owl-faced, idealistic Reporter Ritchie Calder started the whole thing. Subject: A New Declaration of the Rights...