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Keith's Memorial: "Gay Divorcee."--Fred Astaire dancing and singing with the very attractive Ginger Rogers in a pleasant adaptation of last year's successful musical comedy. Rather well done; the music is good and the dancing up to Mr. Astaire's high standards, if you like the modern way of tripping the rythmic fantastic...
...agile foot of Fred Astaire and the pleasing personality of Ginger Rogers lead the way in Hollywood's excellent adaptation of the New York stage show. In line with their usual incomprehensible actions, the movie moguls decided to add the personal touch to the film's title, and so "Gay Divorce" became "The Gay Divorcee." But since this is the only evident whimsy of those much-berated entrepreneurs, the film turns out to be a gay, fast-moving, and really humorous show, which is far and above the ordinary musical comedy film...
...House of Anheuser-Busch today stands for many things besides beer. Founder Adolphus' son August Busch managed to pay small dividends pretty regularly through the dry years by making near-beer, yeast, malt and corn syrups, truck bodies, cabinets, Bevo, ice-cream, ginger ale, Diesel engines for U. S. submarines. Other interests include a local coal company, the Hotel Adolphus in Dallas, Tex. and the tiny St. Louis & O'Fallon Ry. whose valuation case in the Supreme Court made railroad history. August Busch died by his own hand two months after Repeal (TIME, Feb. 19). Adolphus Busch...
...movie will enjoy "20 Million Sweethearts." "I'll String Along With You," "It's Getting Fair and Warmer" are lilting melodies as jazz songs go but their popularity has detracted lots from their appeal. Bill Powell is fairly good singing "The Man on the Flying Trapeze" with dusted lyrics. Ginger Rogers is, we believe, sufficient excuse for seeing the film...
...cream, soda, ginger...