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...appeared in five movies (Duffy's Tavern, etc.) but is not as well known to cinemaddicts as some of the coon-shouters who got to Hollywood first. But in radio, Cass has found the big money ($2,000 a week) and the big applause...
...niggers and Jews of New York are working hand in hand. . . . This is a damnable, Communist, poisonous piece of legislation." When "The Man" Bilbo finally tired, he was spelled by Mississippi's junior Senator, James Oliver Eastland, who can "coon-shout" with the best of them. He took another tack: "We are dealing with an inferior race...
...quiet, conservatively dressed young eye doctor. Dr. Stein's method was to sign exclusive rights with hotels and ballrooms. When band leaders found that they were unable to get jobs elsewhere, they came to work for him. As his roster of M.C.A. bands grew (Coon-Sanders, Isham Jones, Ted Weems, Zez Confrey), he expanded his interests. Nightclub operators discovered that it was efficient to do business with Dr. Stein. When they signed an M.C.A. band, they found that in the same package they could get floor shows, liquor, table favors. Band leaders also learned that Stein owned the Rolls...
SOME OF THESE DAYS-Sophie Tucker-Doubleday, Doran ($2.50). Sophie's rise from burlesque "coon singing" to Ziegfeld stardom and Hollywood makes a rowdy and sentimental tale of yesterday's show business...
Saturday's game with Medford saw the Crimson score three times in the final period to win 3 to 1. The Harvard lineup for the Milton Academy game: g, Livermore; lb, Dean; rh, Smith; lhb, Coon; chb, Lillee; rhb, Gilbert; or, Guild; ir, Glidden; c, Pearson; il, Jeem; ol, Simitch...