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...Willing. "To a people that passes successfully through these trials ordained by Providence, the Almighty will give in the end the laurel wreath of victory and, thus, the prize of life. Come what may, this people must and will be Germany...
After one of the best double bills in history ("Saludos Amigos" and "Air Force"), the U.T. balances out the week with one of the worst. The second feature isn't so bad, but the Abbott-Costello opus would take the sting out of 20 other "A" pictures. Like Laurel and Hardy, Wheeler and Woolsey, A. and C. don't know when to stop. Right now they're riding the original wave of popularity which started two years ago, and their motto seems to be "Nothing new has been added...
...been training horses on her own. Washingtonian T. T. Mott, whose string she now handles, refuses to buy a racer without her O.K. Last summer Horse Owner James V. Stewart urged Mr. Mott to buy a hand some young jumper. Judy demanded a trial run around the local Laurel course. She mounted, skimmed around the course until the last fence, where the horse crashed to the turf, head first. When an ambulance reached her, Judy was uncon scious. Coming to, she muttered: "Mr. Stewart, we don't want to buy your horse...
...weekly laurel Wreath goes to the little salad dispenser at Cowie, so vote Morgan and Nec. The citation comes as a result of here consistent, methodical, and relentless application of Chef's Salad Bowl...
...five-star, on-the-nose, A-1 priority laff fest. Give me Groucho Marx for slapstick and Charlie Chaplin for pantomine. No, Hope is best when he is talking. He has a microphone personality and a master-of-ceremonies approach. Unlike your fat-and-thin combos (Abbot & Costello, Laurel & Hardy, Maxwell & Winchell), with Hope the ceremonies themselves don't seem to matter. Nobody cares what this quipping correspondent is doing; they just want to hear what he has to say about the situation. And from this point of view, "They Got Me Covered" has two advantages over previous Hope vehicles...