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...Twenties, an era when, to judge from this picture, flappers in short skirts and college men in raccoon coats did little else but pour down bathtub gin, read Elinor Glyn's It, dance the Charleston, and indulge in such bon mots as "hot diggity," "the cat's meow" and "skiddoo." The result is a thoroughly lightweight but agreeably lighthearted little taffy pull in Technicolor. Surrounding Multimillionaire Coburn are a number of pleasant young people, including Piper Laurie, Rock Hudson, Gigi Perreau and an enthusiastic assort ment of sheiks and shebas...
...climbed in The tuba of Serafim And the result Of this merger Was that the tuba went Pum pum pum-meow...
Hanging three deep on the sides of streetcars, celebrators sang "Pum pum pum" and the motorman punctuated the "meow" with a clang of his bell. Meanwhile, "There's a cat in the tuba" had become a solid part of Brazilian slang-a rough equivalent of "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark...
...known to her fans as Little Meow, spends five hours a day on her makeup. In other respects, she is as unlike a Hollywood actress as could be. A recent interview illustrates some of the differences. "What do you think of the love letters written you by admirers?" the reporter asked. "They are funny," said...
Recently an old woman turned up at Li's studio claiming to be her real mother. Li's other mother, she said, had only adopted her. "In my circle," said Little Meow, "there are many people who know all about me. You can ask them how big my mother's stomach...