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...show. It is also his biggest sellout, since seats are on sale almost five months in advance, a Broadway record. Last week, however, in Supreme Court Justice Ferdinand Pecora's courtroom, an inside story of show business was unfolded, revealing that even Playwright Kaufman occasionally turns out a flop. For laymen the suit of Polisuk v. Kaufman shed new light on how some plays are written, doctored and produced...
...Dallas. For his 3? lb., he had an 18-in. body circumference, wing spread of three feet. ¶ Unhappiest breed were Parlor Tumblers. Equipped with the determination of homing pigeons but utterly unable to fly, their efforts to get off the ground cause them to somersault backward. Single Tumblers flop over once, Double Tumblers twice. Parlor Rollers will roll 75 ft. backward without stopping. ¶ Most numerous were 600 Kings-large, white birds with big, bright red feet. Handsomest were varicolored, round-breasted Modenas. Rarest were white Frill-backs, a breed recently restored to standards of show excellence, with small...
...modification of the ski-tow, which requires the effort of hanging on, the ski lift will reduce the physical exertion of skiing to almost nil. At regular intervals on a continuous cable moving 400 ft. per minute (a fast walk) are suspended chairs into which the skier may flop without removing his skis...
...circulation: 121,000), published by that ardent lover of Roosevelt and hater of Hearst, Julius David Stern. On a typical day last week the Post included a front-page editorial shouting that "The bosses of Landon . . . know Landon's whole attempt to fool the American masses is a flop"; a headline, PRO-HITLER STAFF AT HEADQUARTERS OF REPUBLICANS; a column by the New Deal's best syndicated friend, Jay Franklin, predicting a Roosevelt landslide; a cartoon depicting Alf Landon being blindfolded by Samuel Insull...
...when John Barbirolli, an obscure young Englishman so far as the U. S. is concerned, will take over the first ten weeks. Barbirolli's appointment has been frowned upon by many a Philharmonic subscriber who may soon be convinced that he is either the season's dead flop or its dark horse...