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...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...
...Rogers of Olathe, Kan., who plays indifferently on several musical instruments and was until lately his country's cinematic Boy Friend. The ingénue is a tall blond named June Knight. Bert Lahr, whose large following is convulsed by his funny faces and mispronunciations, is the comedian and Lynne Overman (Dancing Partners) is more or less his foil. The siren is a dark mite with a great big smile, Cinemactress Lupe Velez. Her shapely shoulders are burdened with that part of the show which Mr. Lahr does not carry. Last week she inspired Hearst Colyumist Arthur Brisbane, whose employer owns...
Continually harassed by Prohibition agents in their Manhattan Night Club, the company decides to carry on henceforth on the safe side of the Rio Grande. There Mr. Overman offers to make Mr. Lahr a bull fighter, working him up to a great pitch of excitement by pointing out that all the women will want to make love to him. As to the dangers, Mr. Lahr has to admit that in his anxiety he had been "making a mountain out of a Dunhill." His courage rises even higher when Mr. Overman drags out a small, moony-eyed calf which he says...
Company's Coming! This very unfunny comedy has as engaging a comedienne (Frieda Inescort, late of Napi), as droll a farceur (Lynne Overman of Just Married) and as stupid a script as has been professionally presented for a long time. Ridden to death is the story of a poor young tennis player (Mr. Overman), who must pawn a cup he has not quite won for keeps. Included in the complications are a fake holdup, a real holdup, beer, neighbors, a bull pup, a baby. Also joining in the ruckus is a visitor from Atlanta whose attempt at the dialect...