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Word: fetchit (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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After the first round, however, the greater part of the gallery of 300 trudged around after lanky, woolly-topped Howard Wheeler of Atlanta-watched him tee up on the edge of a match folder, shuffle along the fairways in a Stepin Fetchit gait, plop down on the greens while waiting his turn to putt. A onetime professional whose occupation has been "just walkin' round" since he lost his job at Atlanta's Lincoln (Negro) Country Club in 1933. 29-year-old Howard Wheeler proved last week that he could still teach folks a few golfing tricks. With...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Negro Open | 9/12/1938 | See Source »

Speeding through Harlem, drawling Negro Comic Stepin Fetchit (Lincoln Theodore Perry) had a blowout, smashed his Lincoln sedan into an Elevated pillar, cracked his skull, demolished...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, May 3, 1937 | 5/3/1937 | See Source »

Additional rumors that Steppin Fetchit was planning to enter a New Haven institution were quickly quashed with announcement that he has no raccoon coat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "NO SPINACH" BALKS TEMPLE DESIRE TO BE NEAR FREDDY | 1/25/1937 | See Source »

With the exception of Frank Morgan and Stepin Fetchit, the supporting cast is mediocre. Given a difficult role as Shirley's light-fingered grandfather, Morgan plays with excellent restraint...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crimson Moviegoer | 10/17/1936 | See Source »

Typical Chanese maxim: "Theory, like mist on eyeglasses, obscures fact." Good shot: the Negro retainer (Stepin Fetchit) losing his flashlight in a tomb which he considers to be a convention hall for "hants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Jul. 1, 1935 | 7/1/1935 | See Source »

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