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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Ross Alexander is a prize smart-alec, and his role in "Here Comes Carter" suits him perfectly. A Holywood publicity agent, he wise-crack himself out of his job and into digging dirt for a radio gossip hour. Ross takes over the broadcast when his boss gets drunk, and by fancy mudslinging becomes the darling of the ether. His girl resents this sordid occupation, and, together with some gangsters whom he is exposing in his broadcasts, brings adventures to the here. In the fade-out, however, true love triumphs...

Author: By M. O. P., | Title: The Moviegoer | 11/7/1936 | See Source »

...down. The eighty-five year old man in Lawrence who has voted Republican since the Civil War has come out for Landon. For the past twenty years the rotogravures have had cheery pictures of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred E. Smith out in front of the polling booth at crack of dawn, Al saying, "Here's one straight Democratic ticket!" Well, he won't have that line this year, but the photographers can not fail to come through. At his side will be Mrs. Smith, wearing a corsage of orchids. She's had those same orchids every election day since...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE FREE COUNTRY | 11/4/1936 | See Source »

...efficient chapters, with a minimum of glowing reminiscence, a maximum of good hunting sense. Bob Vale has shot wild guinea fowl in the Blue Ridge Mountains, and told a bear to go scat on a Pennsylvania trout stream, but he also rephrases homely old rules like "At partridge, always crack fast"; "At rabbits, shoot low-and watch out for tularemia"; "At quail, wait, then shoot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Autumn Flight | 11/2/1936 | See Source »

Iron Men's inconsequential and unconvincing story concerns a crack squad of "connectors," the men who bolt structural beams in place to be followed by the "gunners'' who rivet them. Andy, the arrogant and prideful leader of the gang, becomes angry when one of his men, Nils, announces that he is going to quit because his wife is afraid he will fall. Another man does fall, whereupon his co-workers traditionally knock off for the day, start drinking in their favorite barroom. When Nils refuses to change his mind. Andy drunkenly concocts a ruse by which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Nov. 2, 1936 | 11/2/1936 | See Source »

...these here buildings before they come along and cover up the steel with a lot of crap." The role of Andy is capably played by William Haade, 33, who before his appearance in Iron Men never set foot on a stage in his life. Mr. Kaade is a crack steelworker. Boss of his gang, he put up steel on Manhattan's Barbizon-Plaza and Pierre Hotels, Farmer's Loan & Trust Co., and Bank of Manhattan buildings. River side Church, Lincoln Hospital. He is a member of the International Association of Bridge, Structural & Ornamental Iron Workers, Local...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Nov. 2, 1936 | 11/2/1936 | See Source »

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