Word: pommer
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...reporters who cover San Francisco's City Hall consider Philadelphia's Councilman Charles Pommer a piker [TIME...
Philadelphia newsmen who cover the City Hall get many a laugh out of their work. Most innocent source of merriment is Councilman Charlie Pommer, known in the City Hall pressroom as "The Human Domino...
...Charlie Pommer's 68 years, high brow, jutting nose, pince-nez and white-piped vests make him the picture of statesmanship, but not the mouthpiece. Last week some newsmen feared a Democratic victory in Philadelphia might remove Mr. Pommer from his post and their ken. Against that untoward hap, they set about collecting his legendary sayings...
When the returns were in last week, Mr. Pommer was back for his 42nd year, now as senior councilman. Keystone of his winning campaign was his philosophy: "I have always been man enough to stand on my own two shoulders...
...Beachcomber was made in France and England to launch Laughton's new producing partnership with Producer-Director Erich Pommer. Laughton's performance ranks with his Captain Bligh and his Henry VIII. The script, by Bartlett Cormack, is suave enough to make the implications of its story acceptable to U. S. censors. Good shot: the beginning of a profound change in the relationship of Ginger Ted and the lady missionary- when she removes a splinter from...