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Word: cummins (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Gettum Cummin and Cohen" rivaled by "Jurgen" and "Flaming Youth" were next in the pile, playing for the affections of "Sally, Polly, and Gladys...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ONE HUNDRED JUNIORS WILL BE DISAPPOINTED | 1/18/1924 | See Source »

Musing wearily on the futility of funny men, the Scholar drags himself to Broadway to inspect the latest models in professional hilarity. He takes his post in the Winter Garden where the current Passing Show unrolls its gorgeous length. The screaming point is reached when one Roy Cummin gs, in the manner of a concert tenor, walks slowly from the wings, heaving with the impending agony of solemn singing. He opens his mouth for the first rush of song?and falls on his face. The audience dissolves in tears of frantic delight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Return of Slapstick | 7/23/1923 | See Source »

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