Word: foxe
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Fox Indian Reservation at Tama, Iowa, Charlie Davenport took a close look at the squaw corn,† noted that its husks were loose and thin, predicted that the U.S. would have a long Indian summer and that real winter would probably not set in until after Christmas...
...second time around than it did in the original release. M-G-M followed up by reissuing Boomtown (1940), The Great Waltz (1938) and The Philadelphia Story (1940). Warner Bros, dusted off King's Row (1941), The Sea Hawk (1940) and The Sea Wolf (1941), and 20th Century-Fox tried another round of Alexander's Ragtime Band...
...first of these scenes shows collegiate fox-trotters as they really look, then as they think they do--floating hazily in each other's arms--and then returns to the comically ugly reality. The second parodies a cocktail party: 30 overdressed men and women wiggle about inside an invisible (and nonexistent) wall in the center of the stage, waving long-stemmed glasses, nodding their heads furiously, and shouting in fearful chorus, "Yatata, yatata, boloney, mismosh, rubbish, yatata." The third impressionist scene is "Allegro" itself: the title song, a freudian ballet, and the gyrations of the projected backdrop displaying the tempo...
...Acres and Pains" tries hard to laugh its way into the honor spot conceded "Crazy Like a Fox" and "Dawn Ginsberg's Revenge," but falls somewhat short of red-hot. Perelman subjects must be taken in short doses to remain fresh, but, "Acres and Pains" lacks the necessary shift of topic, becoming a well-executed, if occasionally heavy rehash of life on the farm. Composed of a series of magazine articles filled in with new material, the book does not show a continuous level of quality throughout. The older, more familiar chapters emphasize the bawdy wit of Perelman...
...Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (20th Century-Fox...