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...Hardy's wife. Stupid Charley Chase does not know that he has nearly precipitated a domestic crisis. He plants a fat wallet on the floor, continues to paddle arriving Sons of the Desert when they stoop to pick it up. This trick he considers a "darb." In Sons of the Desert, Charley Chase makes his first appearance in a full length picture. His rôle shows him to less advantage than the series of two-reel Hal Roach comedies which, since 1930, have made him one of Hollywood's most famed funnymen. Charley Chase's value...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Jan. 15, 1934 | 1/15/1934 | See Source »

...decided to use the program as a sustaining feature speaks for itself. The stations must have listen ers - this is their stock in trade - and to have listeners they must give worthwhile sustaining programs. We eagerly wait for Friday night, Sept. 9, at 8:30 o'clock. MIRIAM DARB...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 18, 1932 | 7/18/1932 | See Source »

President Calvin Coolidge figured in the laughs. His name was signed to a letter saying The Nation was a "darb"; his picture was substituted for Benjamin Franklin's in the masthead of the Saturday Evening Post, which was published "in association with the United States mint and N. W. Ayer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Life Laughs | 5/7/1928 | See Source »

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