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Lampy for once stopped into some unpremeditated national publicity yesterday when Ann Sheridan, "Oomph Girl" whom the Poon recently dubbed "least likely to succeed" in the movies blasted Harvard men in general and Lampoon editors in particular...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ann Sheridan Sharpshoots at Lampy; Calls Harvard Humor Sheet Sad Rag | 3/6/1940 | See Source »

...recordings expressed to stations using them. Superman has a sound effect about every four lines. For many of his righteous crushers, jumping on various sized berry baskets suffices. For the disintegration of a steel ball bearing in an episode recorded last week, the sound men finally got the oomph they wanted by tossing a dinner plate in the air, busting it with a hammer on the way down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: H-O Superman | 2/26/1940 | See Source »

...management because it doesn't fly. But it's Greta Garbo's show all the way through, and she deserves it. Her lightning change from a surly Marxist to a glamorous Parisienne ought to convince the fans at last that she is no mystery woman, but the original it, oomph, and glamor girl all rolled into one, and above all a superbly talented actress...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 2/26/1940 | See Source »

...Biggest factor in getting and keeping a job is oomph: at least half of the men & women who lose jobs (except in Depression layoffs) are fired for maladjusted personalities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Job Hunters | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

...ready for a gasp for the satin gown Oomph Sheridan wears in "It All Came True" so tight she can't sit between scenes." Jimmy Fidler, Hollywood...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRESS | 12/19/1939 | See Source »

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