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...first blast of criticism was set off by Liberal Leader Sir Archibald Sinclair, big Scottish landowner, Legion of Honor hero in World War I and among Winston Churchill's closest advisers. Mentioned among the ginger groups as a possible Prime Minister because he did a good job as Secretary of State for Scotland in Ramsay Macdonald's Cabinet and yet stands well with the Tories, Sir Archibald demanded a "grand inquest." "I hope," he thundered to an Edinburgh audience, "that it is not too late for craven and irresolute counsels to be suppressed. ... I am amazed...
...eight-goaler Aidan Roark, Zanuck's assistant at polo and pictures. The Actors would be spirited novice Paul Kelly, Charles Farrell, Tim Holt (son of he-man Jack) and comic Guinn ("Big Boy") Williams. Over their hearts the Actors would wear the initials G. R.-for Ginger Rogers, their sponsor...
...lost money. For Europeans club life without chotapegs (half-sized whiskey-sodas) was as dull as billiards without cues. At Government House parties and receptions, guests beefed because His Excellency, Governor Sir Lawrence Roger Lumley, said he sympathized with prohibition, and would not serve even shandygaff (half beer, half ginger ale) to the Viceroy, Lord Linlithgow himself...
Fred Astaire has proved conclusively by this time that he can make a high grade picture without the aid of Ginger Rogers. His friendly face, his dancing agility, and above all, his capacity for natural acting are bound to put across any production, no matter how fantastic its plot or how mediocre its songs. Not that the plot of "Broadway Melody of 1940" is fantastic as musical comedy plots go. Fred Astaire and George Murphy appear first as the tap-dancing team at a small and not too swanky cafe. There they are seen by agent Frank Morgan, who spots...
...sure that the Finn was unbeatable. In five previous appearances in a nationwide tour for the benefit of the Finnish Relief Fund, he had looked like an average U. S. trackman. Twice (in two-mile races) he had been defeated: once at Kansas City by Wisconsin's ginger-haired Walter Mehl, once at Ann Arbor by Michigan's Ralph Schwarzkopf...