Word: middlemass
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Aids to the general clack of reminiscence were three passengers who had crossed on the Mauretania's, maiden voyage in 1907: Mr. & Mrs. Robert Middlemass, of Glasgow, Little Businessman Cyrus Morfey, of Herefordshire. All three said they liked the new ship fine...
...were also several well-known U. S. Jewish classmates, including Lee Simonson, famed scenic artist, and Edwin Isaak Marks, vice president of Manhattan's R. H. Macy & Co. Other "Putzy" classmates: Boston Post Publisher Richard Grozier; Francis B. Biddle and Arthur E. Newbold, both of Philadelphia; Playwright Robert Middlemass Middlemass and Theodore Roosevelt...
...Budget was written by Robert Middlemass (The Valiant), who should have known better. It dealt topically with hard times in a small town, smiled bravely at Depression. In the cast were Lynne Overman (comedian of Hot Cha!) and pretty Mary Lawlor (Good News), now the wife of Shortstop Lyn Lary of the champion New York Yankees...
...drunk. Thereafter the hero is dogged until the final curtain by newspaper reporters, the girl's large father from the Texas badlands and alcoholic amnesia. Included in the proceedings is an inebriated Justice of the Peace (Hugh Cameron) whose lampoon of a toper is as amusing as Robert Middlemass' broad portrayal of the sturdy Western parent. At one point, when Mr. Middlemass has particularly good cause to suspect his daughter of impure conduct, he pulls a revolver, threatens to "let this hell stick start spitting all over the place." Unexpected Husband is inoffensively rough-&-tumble diversion...