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...Dick and Harry (RKO Radio) is homespun Ginger Rogers' first picture since her Oscarization. That Hollywood halo has not noticeably affected good old Ginger. She is still the epitome of the U.S. working girl-nonchalant, wise-eyed, self-sufficient, heaven-protected. Her performance as Janie The Beautiful Phone Girl, whose moonstruck propensity for accepting honorable proposals lands her in three simultaneous engagements, is adroitly comic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Jul. 28, 1941 | 7/28/1941 | See Source »

...Labor Leader Bevin used to drive a ginger-beer dray...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Production Blowoff | 7/21/1941 | See Source »

...Ministry announced that Sir Philip Bennet Joubert de la Ferte had been given charge of the Coastal Command, succeeding Sir Frederick ("Ginger") Bowhill, assigned to organize the flying of U.S. planes to Britain. Appointment of genial Sir Philip pleased the British who knew him for his peppy BBC talks which told them more about the R.A.F. than they ever read in the newspapers. Credited with being largely responsible for the development of effective night-fighting equipment, Sir Philip was expected to step up Coastal Command attacks on enemy shipping, and he immediately launched an intensified campaign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: BATTLE OF BRITAIN: A Better Month | 6/23/1941 | See Source »

...observant cinematic will remember K.T., in "Kitty Foyle," as one of Ginger Rogers' roommates who were forced to camp in the bathroom of their one-room apartment while Ginger played double solitaire with James Craig in the living room. K.T. was the girl ensconced in the bathtub with a book. She enjoyed being directed by her father in the picture and wishes she could do so again. "We understand one another perfectly," she says. She will also appear in "Great Man's Lady" soon to be released...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: K.T. STEVENS HAD "SWELL TIME" WITH HARVARDMAN | 6/19/1941 | See Source »

...bill included Comedian Milton Berle, Tap Dancer Bill ("Bojangles") Robinson, Singers Jane Froman, Ginger Harmon and Fifi D'Orsay - who favored soldier assistants with lipsticky kisses. Proof of Billy Rose's success was the raucous approval of the previously hot, bored soldiers. Greatly pleased was the Citizens Committee for the Army & Navy, Inc., now in charge of all professional Army & Navy entertainment. Last week routes were being charted for seven show-mobiles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Rose Takes Dix | 6/9/1941 | See Source »

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