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...banded themselves into "Lily Pons Fans," in imitation of the "Gerry-flappers" of Soprano Farrar 20 years ago. A Maryland town, whose chief industry is water lilies and goldfish, eight years ago publicized itself as well as the diva by taking the name Lilypons. The full flowering of this pun occurred when Lily Pons sang to the lily ponds, while politicos, from Maryland's Governor on down, listened in rapture. Last week at the Star-Spangled Ball, a big Manhattan benefit for the William Allen White Committee, Lily Pons it was who sang the Star-Spangled Banner...
Here Miss Hughes is speaking much truth. No one can get much humor from Sir Toby Belch's pun on "points" if he isn't aware that points in Queen Elizabeth's day were of vital importance in connecting one's pants to one's suspenders. In fact, I fail to see how an audience can enjoy Shakespeare at all, especially his comedy, if it hasn't given the play a good once-over ahead of time. Not that Shakespeare is "deep" or needs unravelling. But it only stands to reason that an author who draws on such a wide...
...funny to watch. Published last week was a piccolo-sized book, People of Note (E. P. Dutton & Co.; $1), in which Versifier Laurence McKinney and Artist Gluyas Williams have some fun with musicmakers. The pictures, like "Oboe", are better than the verses. For Mr. McKinney takes his pun where he finds it, and finds it in unlikely places. Samples...
Touring Northern California few weeks ago, Diego Rivera passed through the up right little town of Red Bluff, county seat of Tehema County. "This must be where Communism was founded." he chuckled to friends, who repeated it to San Francisco newshawks. Last week, the pun reached Tehema County. Over an indignant front page story the local Corning Observer screamlined RED BLUFF NOT NAMED FOR COMMUNISTS...
...Aherne. The Ahernes are one of Hollywood's happiest married couples. Eschewing Hollywood hotspots, they prefer at homes with the quieter younger set. With Jane Bryan, Margaret Lindsay, Beverly Roberts, Lew Ayres, John Arledge and others, they play games, eat cheese and crackers, listen to Joan's puns, which come every few minutes. Typical pun was struck off while Katharine Cornell and Guthrie McClintic were discussing what fun Critic George Jean Nathan has tearing them apart. Quipped Joan: "South of the Nathan and Dixon line, eh?" Sometimes admiring Brian Aherne begs Joan to repeat a pun...