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...signs of a feverish preparation, involving emergency construction of wards in the halls and rapid expansion of the sent to inquire of conditions from the staff could be confirmed by a reporter Head Nurse, Miss "Killer" Kane, "Get out," she stated...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Stillman Crammed By Grippe, Cold Epidemic | 1/10/1941 | See Source »

...original screen play is attributed to Mahatma Kane Jeeves, an obvious pseudonym to those who know that Fields writes his own lines. His own character-a small-town tosspot accidentally given the job of cop at the local bank-is labeled Egbert Sousé (pronounced Soo-zay). His small town is called Lompoc-a coincidence which may cause some embarrassment to citizens of Lompoc, Calif. When Mr. Sousé drinks a pony of straight whiskey, he always demands a water chaser, which he uses as a finger bowl; with each drink he requires a fresh chaser, because "I never like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Dec. 30, 1940 | 12/30/1940 | See Source »

...Fields under the pseudonym Mahatma Kane Jeeves wrote "Bank Dick," he played the lead, and he directed the director. That should be warning enough for anyone not a slapstick fanatic; and even Fields' staunchest fans will long for a goat-in-the-boudoir-of-Mac-West scene like that which marked the peak of "My Little Chickadee." Closest to a really uproarious sequence is the capture of bank bandits Repulsive Grogan and Filthy McSnatch by the paunchy recluse of the Black Pussy Cafe. Thereby W.C. becomes local constable and straight Grade B Mack Sennett horseplay drags on and on. Saloon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 12/17/1940 | See Source »

Ervine wrote his play three years ago and has been waiting ever since to find the moment for Whitford Kane to take the lead. The wait has been worth while. As Donaghreagh's leading grocer, philosopher, and friend, Mr. Kane is little short of ideal. Then there is Hiram Sherman, portly and bouncing, who raises his pleasant voice all through the evening as the town's new minister. It would almost seem that Ervine wrote the part for him also. The rest of the cast, Helen Trenholme as Agnes Boyd, William Post, Jr. as John Haslett, Eda Heinemann and Grace...

Author: By L. L., | Title: THE PLAYGOER | 9/30/1940 | See Source »

...Rooney received a new contract from his studio allowing him $100 a week for pin money, $900 for living expenses, $1,000 for his old age. Pint-sized Carl Laemmle Jr. found his stretching exercises had added an inch to his height. Orson Welles continued directing his film Citizen Kane from a wheel chair after falling down stairs and cracking his ankle. George Washington Peter, a ring-tailed monkey, had to take out an A. F. R. A. union card so he could chatter monkey gibberish over a radio show called Little Old Hollywood. Chatter-chirping Louella Parsons discov ered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Busy Bodies | 9/9/1940 | See Source »

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