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...delay that followed Harold Lloyd's last picture Movie Crazy (TIME, Sept. 26, 1932) was partly due to the fact that he could find no suitable story. He bought The Cat's Paw when Author Clarence Budington Kelland had finished only the first chapter, offered suggestions to make the part more to his taste. When the story was finished Producer Lloyd was amazed to find that none of the antics which his private staff of "gagmen" usually arrange for him seemed to fit the plot. He finally accepted the advice of his director, Sam Taylor, to make...
Calling his action a blow at merchants who encourage dependent wives to luxurious credit buying, Author Clarence Budington Kelland contested a suit brought against him by a Manhattan gownshop for bills of $3,313 incurred by his wife. Said he: "I allege that my financial condition at no time would justify a characterization of hose at $6.50 a pair, a white Panama hat at $40, cloth coat at $420, dresses at $225 and $250, and perfumery at $25 or $15, as necessaries for my wife." Ill lay: Mrs- John Work Garrett, of bronchial influenza, in Baltimore; Charles Spencer Chaplin...
believe in miracles but you cannot deny their adaptability to the cinema. This one is from Clarence Buddington Kelland's novel Miracle. Under discussion is the restoration of sight at the shrine of Ste. Anne de Beaupré in Quebec. Shortly after, the hero and the girl plot another miracle (to them) : their marriage. He lost his eyes in a fight back in the furry wilds. A generally capable history, somewhat more serious than usual...