Word: ruction
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...other. His ushers also spread "a little propaganda" through the neighborhood "regarding how 'tough' the boss is, etc." Result: "the kids have learned who is boss"; "the better patrons" come now because they hear the Mission "is properly operated"; for a year there has been no serious ruction. "Admittedly," writes Manager Watson, "it is a rare way to run a theater, but we have reduced our vandalism and rowdyism...
Friends of the Benny-Allen feud will undoubtedly relish the opportunity of watching as well as hearing the pair's celebrated ruction". Others must be satisfied with occasional appearances by Negro Comic Rochester (Eddie Anderson), who plays Benny's insolent valet, and the Merry Macs, a quartet of swingsters. As an added attraction, Miss Martin revives Cole Porter's My Heart Belongs to Daddy...