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...contemporary theatre's most prolific source of material for successful comedy, behold "Junior Miss," starring Sally Benson's Graves family, and most particularly their thirteen-year-old Judy. Uncle Max Gordon has picked another winner this time, for here is the most continually rollicking play of the Boston season--"laff-riot" being the term which springs to mind...
...wagering in the letter I refer to above makes me laff, as if the accomplishments of the President of this country were widely known and thoroughly realized, the betting in his favor would probably exceed a million...
...large part of the music heard in recent Hasty Pudding shows was held yesterday in Femberton Court, Boston. Craig is suing Charles Homeyher Inc. for $25,000 because of their negligence in failing to copyright the song "The Moment I Laid Eyes on You" a hit from "Laff it Off", the Hasty Pudding Show...
...placed the whole matter in the hands of a New York attorney who handles the legal transactions of the Actors Equity Association. Many complications in regard to the case have arisen, since the music in question has recently been copyrighted by Irving Berlin. It was supposed that the book "Laff It Off" was copyrighted in 1925. However there is no record of it in Washington...
Upon investigation he discovered that "It's Up To You" was published in sheet music form with the name of Louis Silvers as composer. It further appears that Silvers is the musical director for the Vitaphone productions and was coach of "Laff It Off", the 1925 Hasty Pudding show, when this song under its original name first appeared...