Word: coatings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...costumes. Xone of this inter feres with the elegant genuflections or swift bright patter of Fred Astaire who, next to Bill Robinson the most nimble-footed hoofer on the U. S. stage, is rapidly developing into a first-class cinema come dian. Good shot: Astaire putting on his tie, coat and hat thrown to him by his valet as he sings, tap-dances about the room...
Elegant in double-breasted blue coat and dove-grey trousers, a gentleman renowned for candor descended on Washington last week to sing anew an old song. Since 1918, when he was Commander of the A. E. F. Air Force, General William ("Billy") Mitchell has been U. S. military aviation's arch-critic. Now, as a witness in the Federal Aviation Commission's investigation, which last week turned mostly to War, Billy Mitchell looked once more upon Army aviation and found it bad. Chief target for his scorn was the Army's performance in carrying airmail. This...
Wellesley last week welcomed its largest entering class since 1925-446 freshmen. They will not, as in times past, learn that coat-hangers must be placed with hooks all pointing the same way, ready for a single swoop of removal. But Wellesley has not forgotten its Great Fire of 1914. When she hears a fire bell, a Wellesley girl automatically slips on shoes and heavy coat, grabs her most valuable possession and runs against time for her fire station...
...autograph of Negro Bandmaster Cab Galloway ("ho-de-ho"'), 100 white girls and their tipsy escorts crowded about the platform of Memphis' Casino Ballroom. While they pawed his trousers, grabbed at his coat, Galloway, whose skin is much lighter than his players', referred to his "boys" as "Mr. Payne. Mr. Maxey. . . ." At the first "Mister" the crowd grumbled. At the second chairs began to fly. Off the stage scuttled resplendent Bandmaster Galloway and his frightened blacks. Up over the platform swarmed resentful whites, brawling, falling over each other until police cleared the Casino...
University: "Dames"--the latest and most extravagant of the musical films. Pleasant if Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, and Joan Blondell are your idea of entertainment. Also "Hat, Coat and Glove"--which is all about love and murder with Ricardo Cortez in the leading role...