Word: funnyman
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Charles Spencer Chaplin, funnyman, picked up a garden hose, squirted it. He was serious. He was helping to fight a fire at the American-Russian Eagle Club in Hollywood, Calif. His efforts were stopped when an explosion of leaking gas wrecked the building and injured eight people. Among those present and unhurt were Jack Dempsey & wife (Estelle Taylor), Richard Dix, Renee Adoree, John McCormick & wife (Colleen Moore), Marquis de la Falaise (husband of Gloria Swanson). The owner of the nightclub, Theodore Lodiginsky, 56, onetime Russian general, was seriously injured...
Charles Michael Schwab, steelman, funnyman, was chief speaker at a luncheon of the Pennsylvania Society in Manhattan. He talked about the comparative beauty of man and woman, drew his conclusion from the animal kingdom: "The rooster, the male, is more beautiful than the female of fowls. The rooster has more plumage, a more stately carriage. The same is true of other animals and it should be true of men. It's time we men were admired for our manly beauty, but I'm not going to advocate it now and and here. There are too many ladies present...
Down a sunbaked Florida golf-fairway, John Davison Rockefeller, aged 88, last week propelled a golf-ball 175 yards. Up stepped Will Rogers, funnyman, with a discolored dime, and said: "Here, Mr. Rockefeller, take this as a little token of your wonderful drive. Be sure and don't spend it too fast...
Senator Walsh, grim Montana Democrat, at last reminded the chamber what its business had been before his colleague began to roar. Funnyman Moses made a quip about "those speeches that have been made today in behalf of the Republican party." And eventually the Senate went out to recess...
...Fortune Hunter. Funnyman Syd Chaplin is never nearly so funny as his famed brother. What with his wide grin and his rapid trotting motion, he seldom cuts a solemn figure on the screen. Herein, first trying to marry a rich beautiful girl for money he is aided by the grace, charm and beauty of Helene Costello (sister to the famed Dolores). Later, trying to marry a poor, blonde girl for love, he is obstructed by Clara Horton, a horrible ingenue...