Word: hostessing
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Boston says "she's our weakness now" but Paramount's "friskiest, fastest" comedy fails to hit the high spots promised by it. Clara Bow is a nice little girl out of her element as a hostess in a dance hall, and it seems that she is misunderstood. After the local swains have attempted to discover the talent hidden behind a demure exterior; it finally turns out that the right party happens along, and after the usual expected and unexpected misunderstandings and controversies, the show...
...Night Hostess. It was said of Philip Dunning, playsmith of Night Hostess, that he was a losing principal in one of the numerous fistal engagements which took place last winter during the speakeasy season. Whether or not that is true, Play-smith Dunning knows rackets, racketeers; specifically, he knows Broadway and Broadwayfarers, most of whom are in one racket or another. Not one of their characters has he gone wide of in portrayal...
...purgatory. Buddy Miles is not aware that her best friend, Julia, estranged wife of a detective, was Miller's mistress, so when Julia jealously threatened to blab to Buddy and thereby spoil Miller's impending amour, Miller strangles his ex-mistress. Although the piece is called Night Hostess the principal role is that of Chris Miller, energetically, realistically done by Averell Harris...
...Bishop Jr., son of Henry Alfred Bishop (railroad, bank & telegraph tycoon) of Bridgeport, Conn.; by Mrs. Gloria Gould Bishop, daughter of the late George Jay Gould. She was married in 1923, aged 17, and has at various times since conducted a dance studio in Manhattan, made public appearances as hostess-manageress of the Embassy cinemahouse on Broadway...
According to Agent Tyson, Hostess Morgan told him she had "an arrangement with Campbell whereby he doesn't bother me any more." "Campbell" was Major Maurice Campbell, Prohibition Administrator for the New York area, whose men illegally axed, smashed and evacuated a club where Hostess Morgan "worked" last winter...