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Meantime, in far-off Vienna, a flesh & blood pachyderm met a sensational end. For years the principal attraction of the Charlie Rebernigg Circus on the square behind Vienna's baroque Ehrlskirche had been a tough, smart, amiable elephant named Bubi. His broad, hospitable back was a favorite riding place for scores of Viennese tots. His sauntering shuffle was a familiar sight on the city's streets. Last fortnight, Bubi became suddenly irritable and turned on his trainer. All Vienna said that that was what came of keeping a male elephant virginal for 28 years. When Bubi was shot...
...asked: "Would you like to eat a piece of Bubi?" Viennese, who combine sentimentality and practicality, dried their tears and flocked in. "Half of Bubi," reported one Vienna paper at week's end, "has disappeared into the stomachs of the Viennese." A frequent diner at The Elephant was Circus Owner Rebernigg himself. A Viennese child had sent him five schillings (about 25?) to start a collection for another elephant-not to be eaten...
...rivalled as the screen's biggest pain only by Margaret O'Brien, equal billing and yards of film. But all this merely sharpens the edge of the master's humor. Surrounded by his perennial stooges, Fields shuffles and mumbles in the role of Larsen E. Whipsnade, bankrupt circus owner, following the fast buck and followed by the sheriff...
Died. Robert E. Ringling, 52, last surviving child of the five original Ringling Bros.; of a heart ailment; in Sarasota, Fla. In 1934 Baritone Ringling gave up a mildly successful career with the Chicago Civic Opera to help head the money-losing family circus; with cousin John Ringling North, he put the big top back on a paying basis, lost out as president after an extended family quarrel and legal battle, ended as chairman of the board...
Samson and Delilah. A circus-lover's romp through the Book of Judges under the gaudy guidance of Cecil B. DeMille; with Victor Mature and Hedy Lamarr (TIME...