Word: cigar
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...comedian is W. C. Fields, hitherto chiefly known as a smasher of cigar boxes. He existed for several seasons on weekly allowances, from Florenz Ziegfeld in return for certain comic contributions to the Follies. His pool game, his golf game, his juggling were classic. He seldom spoke. Now he too has opened his mouth. He is promptly promoted to our first families of funny...
...tobacconist brought out a "Firpo cigar...
...divided between baby talk and the rasping argot of the underworld. Most of the interest is divided between a pair of pajamas and a package of stolen bonds. What comedy there is rests with a "dern it" constable and the illness of the hero on smoking his first cigar. Of the group, the pajamas are the most satisfactory...
...breaking into the movies. Venturing westward to this cinema Constantinople comes a young and beautiful maiden (shot of a young and beautiful maiden wandering past "Pickfair," the Pickford-Fairbanks residence, with Doug and Mary chatting on the porch). She drifts into Hollywood hotels (shot of Charlie Chaplin buying a cigar). She tries to get a job (shots of William S. Hart, Pola Negri, Thomas Meighan, Bryant Washburn...
...expected, together with the Tobacco Products Company, to form the nucleus of the new combine. In connection with the deal, the names of Philip Morris Co., Melachrino & Co., the Falk Tobacco Co., Schinasi Brothers, Stephano Brothers and others have been mentioned. These concerns, as well as the United Cigar Stores, are now controlled by Tobacco Productts...