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...Hays office and the family trade. Soon Producer Zanuck paid more than $200,000 for Tobacco Road, put his Grapes of Wrath crew on the job (Screenwriter Nunnally Johnson, Director John Ford), got Charley Grapewin, who played Grandpa Joad in The Grapes, to play the slovenly, bearded farmer jeeter Lester in Tobacco Road...
Added to the second ballot, which will be up for election March 18 and 19 are Seniors Sheldon Dietz and Richard T. Hartwell for Class Day Committee and Lester G. Hawkins for the Permanent Class Committee...
...board of experts from the Guardian consists of jack E. Brontson '42, Lester G. Hawkins '41, and Kenneth Trueblood '41, while those representing the Progressive are Rufus W. Mathewson '41, George R. Stange '41, and Joseph P. Lyford...
...clowning side, Jerry Lester has the stage to himself for fifteen minutes in the First Act and fills it with a combination of imitations, somersaults and gags that should go on for hours. His side-kick, Phil Baker, whether by his own choice or not, is unfortunately relegated to a back seat and the audience gets little chance to enjoy his tongue. Of the skits, "Morning After a Faun" with Imogene Coca and William Archibald, and Red Marshall's gymnastics in "Red Rails In the Sunset" keep the aisles well filled...
...there is not real singer in the show, no one who dominates the proceedings like an Ethel Merman. May be you must take that for granted in a review. But a certain amount of coordination and unity is essential, and it seems to me that Bill Robinson or Jerry Lester should take the show in hand and keep it more on one track. With such a store-house of material, "All In Fun" should be able to hold its own with any musical of the year...