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...lyrics range from a fost of polysyllabic rhyme schemes of which "ambidextrous ... supersextrous" is the acme, to less intellectual attempts of the "pirates bold ... days of old ... search of gold" variety...
TIME, Oct. 10, reviewing Vanities, states that the patronym of Milton Berle is pronounced to rhyme with "peril." As manager of a vaudeville theatre in which Berle appeared not long ago, I discovered that while Milton pronounces his last name to rhyme with "pearl," Mr. Berle Sr. pronounces it "Boyle...
Thus far the. tournament's heroine, Charlotte Glutting soon saw her fun ended. Smiling, pert-nosed Virginia ("Gino") Van Wie (to rhyme with "tee") was too much for her (4 & 3) and the final gallery gathered around to watch a match often played before. Miss Van Wie v. cool, collected Glenna Collett Vare. five times the champion, twice Miss Van Wie's mistress in national finals...
...voiced Helen Broderick. who variously impersonates a streetwalker, an inmate of a maternity ward, a deceiving wife. Harriet Hoctor. wanly unreal as a porcelain figure, does her old raven dance and a couple of others. Offsetting this wholesome influence is an abandoned fellow named Milton Berle (to rhyme with "peril") whom Producer Carroll has chosen for his chief male funster...
...money was not returned. When he got it back, he paid his crew and blew out his brains, but Monte Carlo Madness is a less sordid variation of the incident. The Captain (Hans Albers) is in charge of the one-boat Navy of a place called Pontenero (to rhyme with "zero" and "hero"). When he meets the Queen of Pontenero (Sari Maritza) he mistakes her for a demimondaine and they enjoy a romance. When it becomes known that the Captain has gambled away the ship's payroll, he makes a neat dive over the side and gaily dog-paddles...