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...cinema. He entered and took a seat, unrecognized. Presently, his own limber face flashed on the screen. Everyone present stood up and applauded, except Il Duce. His secret enjoyment of the demonstration was interrupted by a man behind him who leaned over and whispered: "Better stand up and clap, pal. They'll arrest...
Count Ciano made his position unassailably strong when he got a rough-&-tumble pal of Ethiopian days, much-decorated Ettore Muti, appointed to Starace's job. Muti looks like a handsome U. S. gangster, and, not being too quick of brain or tongue, is the subject of merciless punning (muto = dumb). Last week Signor Muti had a gold medal pinned on his chest by Il Duce for having carried out 160 admirable bombing raids during the Spanish campaign...
...going to do that." He was ready to make his debut. He did so by interrupting a serious duet of Sid Gold and Babe Latour. Dressed in his backstage jeans, Mickey brought down the house by ambling out from the wings in the middle of their act and piping Pal of My Cradle Days. After that first performance Sonny...
...Missed) as Steinbeck does about farm hands. This time he adds considerable data not advertised on the recruiting posters-of life below deck, in port, under good captains and bad-but goes on a spree with his plot in which curly-headed Kelly falls for a sweet girl, his pal Mac is court-martialed for theft, another pal is taken off to the asylum, Kelly's wife goes to prison for killing another of the fraternity...
...letters, more than 10,000 over Clara Bow's record) contains all sorts of touches. Some even enclose checks filled in for as much as $1,000 for Autry to sign. Gene replies to all with free photographs of himself and his horse, Champion, autographed "Your pal, Gene Autry." But to his friends he says plaintively: "Most people don't realize this don't represent my real income. They fergit I have my horses and equipment and wardrobe to keep up, insurance to pay, musicians and men to make my arrangements, and songwriters, an office force...