Word: landlordism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...purely academic. In part it is due to the incredible elegance of the production and photography, which makes the whole film more memorable as a museum piece than as a hair-raiser. As a result, several excellent performances, notably those of Laird Cregar, Sir Cedric Hardwicke (as the landlord), Sara Allgood and Merle Oberon, are not as exciting as they should be. Exciting enough is Miss Oberon's cancan (see cut). Notable exception to the general thrillessness is Doris Lloyd as she backs up, shaking and gasping, while the camera, personifying the Ripper, saunters jaggedly toward her into...
While Marshall has played the Doctor for numerous companies, nearly every now company that forms finds a new Prince and a new partner for him. This ime Kathie, niece of the landlord of the inn where the Prince abides during his stay at Heidelberg, is exceptionally attractive, besides having the other necessary qualities of a good soprano voice and acting ability. Laurol Hurley is a believable "heroine" and surely headlines the female element in the cast...
However, for jazz with the stops out, this crowd gets my vote every time, except maybe when you spin a 1923 King Oliver or a 1925 Armstrong plater on your turntable. Which is as good a way as any to alienate your landlord, unless he, too, longs for the days when the New Orleans-in-Chicago Soicety of Upper State Street held regular meetings with the Cook County Choral Conclave and Jubilee Singers, better known as the Chicago Rhythm Kings...
...teeth as alimony. In Kansas City, Walter Solt, who had had trouble with the maid service at his hotel, was fined $1 for taking his jampacked wastebasket down to the lobby and dumping it out on the clerk's desk. In San Diego, OPA investigators found a landlord charging roomers $2.50 a week for the privilege of using the front door. In Manhattan, department stores offered a new preparation for sale-a liquid to take the shine off the seat of the pants...
OPAmattox. In Denver, Landlord Robert E. Lee told the OPA he wished to evict Tenant Ulysses S. Grant...