Word: quirks
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Oddest quirk in the saga of Jimmy-in-Hollywood is that under another name Mr. Roosevelt might well make more money. When Cinemagnate Goldwyn hired him last year, just as Trust Buster Thurman Arnold had poised his ax over the cinema industry, Hollywood feared that if he were paid too much he would be resented as a last-minute Pocahontas. Jimmy Roosevelt has stayed as far away from the antitrust prosecutions as possible, although he was named as a defendant in the Goldwyn suit. He has served as Goldwyn representative on the board of United Artists and as Mr. Goldwyn...
...another quirk of fate, Franklin Roosevelt's brother-in-law, Gracie Hall Roosevelt, father of last week's White House debutante (see p. 17), was chosen by Mayor Frank Murphy to be his comptroller...
...Little Doctor." Year ago, in a Berlin film, a seductive Czech actress was asked how to get ahead in the world. Her reply was: "Go find a good doctor." The audience, which guessed what doctor was meant, roared with laughter. The Little Doctor hurriedly withdrew the film. An added quirk to the situation was the fact that the Czech leading lady, Lida Baarova, was a particularly admired protegee of Dr. Goebbels. Last week, as Dr. Goebbels lay sick abed with what was officially reported as intestinal influenza, Lida Baarova's friendship with the Little Doctor made a sensational tale...
Thomas F. O'Loughlin Jr., Hartford, Conn., John J. O'Neill, Taunton, Mass., Thomas J. O'Toole, Newton, Mass., Robert L. Post, Haverford, Pa., Robert A. Potash, Roxbury, Mass., Charles A. Poutas, Weston, Mass., Amos L. Proctor, Somerville, Mass., Thomas C. Quirk, Watertown, Mass., Adrian Recinos Jr., Washington, D. C., Donald M. Reynolds, Manette, Wash., William L. Roney Jr., Winter Park, Fla., Sol Schnayerson, New York, N. Y., Frederick J. Sears Jr., North Attleboro, Mass., Gerald Segal, Cambridge, Mass., Irving G. Small, Peabody, Mass., John J. Sopka, Elizabeth, N.J., Roger P. Stokey, Atlanta, Ga., Raymond W. Stone, Meriden...
Thomas Cyril Quirk, Watertown, Massachusetts--Watertown High School...