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Born. To John O'Hara, 40, writer of idiomatic, bitter-patter stories of U.S. life (Appointment in Samarra, Pal Joey), and his second wife, Belle Wylie O'Hara, 32: their first child, a daughter; in Manhattan. Name: Wylie. Weight...
...pitter-patter of their small army shoes
...Patter & Protests. Ever since 1934, when the Securities & Exchange Commission clamped down on razzle-dazzle bucket-shop operations in the U.S., more & more high-pressure share-pushers have hung out their shingles in Ontario, where securities legislation is liberal. Well aware that war wages have burned new holes in many pockets, these "wheedle whackers" have lately stepped up their blitz...
Every part of the U.S. and Canada is now being teased-by mail, telephone and telegraph-with their slick promotion patter: "unusual opportunity" . . . "quick profits" . . . "get in on the ground floor." Discharged servicemen, who get lump-sum mustering-out pay, are given top priority; a Buffalo, N.Y. ex-serviceman began receiving tip sheets from Toronto within a few days after a Buffalo paper printed his picture...
...long as matters remain witty, "Foolish Notion" is a remarkably edifying Play Javishly spiced with fast patter and an air of fantasy. Tallulsh's Sophie slinks along through three acts, charging each gag line with the solid note of Bankhead innuendo; Joan Shopard, recently of "Tomorrow the World," nearly steals several scenes as Happy, Sophic's quipping adopted daughter. During the rare moments when wit is forgotten and Barry's heady continuity fumbles, Miss Shepard comes to the rescue with extremely competent timing and humor sense for a performer of her years. Once or twice in the opening...