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...this time is a famous Broadway lyricist-composer who just won't settle down to work on Producer Charles Coburn's new show. Coburn hires prim Secretary Nancy Olson to discipline Bing. Love blooms, misunderstandings loom, Crosby croons, and the show goes on (with guest stars including Groucho Marx, Dorothy Kirsten and Peggy Lee). The general effect, devoid of zest or originality, is more like a radio variety show than a movie. Hardened Crosby fans will probably like it, but others might do well to season their popcorn with benzedrine...
...shimmy Walworth, and though he also owns a bookshop now, still hawks books from a barrow "in the gutter." Like every famed "character," he is permanently hoist with his own reputation: he can no more afford to become rich, or grammatical, or stop collecting autographs or saying "blimey!" than Groucho Marx can afford to adopt an upright, manly stance and a look of sincerity...
Quiz Show: Groucho Marx's You Bet Your Life...
...British radio, it bears the closest resemblance to U.S. network radio. The Light's Mrs. Dale's Diary has some of the flavor and all the popularity of The Aldrich Family; Have a Go! features a quiz master named Wilfred Pickles who resembles a more genial Groucho Marx; on such comedy shows as Educating Archie, Ray's a Laugh and Take It from Here, the labored pun flourishes even more richly than in the U.S. (sample: "What are we hunting for?" "Herd of deer, my lord." " 'Course I've heard of deer-big things like...
...Your Life (Thurs. 8 p.m., NBC-TV). Quiz Master: Groucho Marx...