Word: gaggingly
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...show had not yet opened, the Government promptly closed the Folies Bergere Theatre where Cantinflas holds forth. Protesting the ban as a violation of his civil liberties, Cantinflas spoke softly but sternly to a couple of officials, soon persuaded them that his followers would not permit the Government to gag him. The Folies Bergere reopened, with Cantinflas joyously needling the Government more sharply than ever. Last week, playing two shows daily, Cantinflas included in his revue a satire on the new Federal deputies, due to open their legislature session on Sept. 1. Final instructions he receives as a phony deputy...
...picture's last gag was costly...
Cagney: As the capstone to Warners' build-up of Ann Sheridan, the fade-out required Cagney to observe: "You and your 14-carat oomph!" When Cinemactor Cagney protested the line, Producer Mark Hellinger bet him $100 that audiences would give the gag the loudest laugh of the film. A few days after the preview, Producer Hellinger found Cagney's check for $100 in the mail...
Around midnight. Bones men disperse quietly to their rooms, may not utter a word, even to their roommates, until next morning. Best-known tradition is that a Bones man must leave the room when an outsider mentions his society's name. Favorite gag in Harvard Hasty Pudding shows: someone says "Skull & Bones" and a tramp jumps up, stalks...
...story is simply the story of Jack Benny out West (you know: like the Rover Boys). The result is that a fairly good Hollywood cross-section of New York cafe society turns up on the prairie. The theme is simple: anything for a gag and three or four gals...