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...bustle and flourish are any criterion of success, they've hit the tin can squarely with the bottle. Twenty-two Sensational Displays Where Daredeviltry Beggars Description, a Mammoth Menagerie and a Block-Busting Convention of 115 Cavorting Clowns assure enough show time for any calliope fan to consume peanuts, popcorn, and pink cotton candy to his heart's content. If by the end of four hours he hasn't forgotten his finals altogether, he deserves a well-lighted seat in the Side-Show...
From Vienna, John Walker reported proudly that he had managed to secure a "fine little electric train" for his young son, Michael. The Walkers had a Christmas tree and hoped to festoon it with popcorn strings-if they could find some popcorn...
...Laffmovie is one of those Washington Street theatres where small children climb all over you in the afternoon, and sailors and their girl-friends distract you in the evening. There is a soda-dispenser in the lobby and there is the sickening smell of popcorn pervading the establishment at all times. But despite it all, it manages to resurrect the Marx Brothers about every other week, and with plugs in your nose and blinkers on your eyes, they are well worth an hour of your Reading Period time...
Rolling Eyes. After every show, Danny found his dressing room full of gifts from his admirers (a homemade cake, two pounds of butter, a diamond wedding ring, jars of canned fruit, popcorn, etc.). At his last show-scheduled for the usual 30 minutes-the audience held Danny for 91, while he went through his whole repertory of pantomime, mimicry and musical burlesques. He called up kids from the audience. Once, midway through a song, he doubled up with a great belly laugh. "You won't believe this," he howled, "but a little girl in the third row is looking...
Snorted Condon: "D.A.R. must mean Don't Allow Roughnecks. Un-American? Well, we don't strum Viennese waltzes; our stuff is as American as popcorn. Haven't those women ever heard of 'life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?' We don't chase happiness, we create...