Word: save
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Juliet, the late Irving Thalberg's masterpiece, had at least one thing in common: neither one has broken records for receipts. The critical acclaim which As You Like It received in London last summer and will receive in the U. S. this winter is not likely to save it from the same fate. Box-office appeal is one of the few virtues the film lacks. A skillful, energetic and scrupulously authentic production, into which Actress Bergner's director-husband, Paul Czinner, put all his brains and $1,000,000 of his money, it is aimed at Shakespeare...
...Guardsmen who think War is declared and, in their haste, upset a milkman and break his bottles, spilling milk which attracts hundreds of cats, whose howling wakes up the neighbors, whose own angry yells and howls the candidate mistakes for the voices of his constituents calling on him to save the country. The candidate thereupon jumps out of bed, throws up his window and launches into a speech of acceptance...
...Paso, Tex. a physician boarded the train, ordered Nominee Landon to bed to save his throat for important speeches. Thereafter members of his party pinch hit before disappointed station crowds along the way, explaining that the Nominee was busy and "very tired." After a day of that. Alf Landon allowed them to reveal the real reason for his nonappearance...
...Saving the Country. Last July the Tribune headlined the birth of an organization with BE A VOLUNTEER IN GREAT FIGHT TO SAVE NATION! and first announced its slogan: "Only 97 days are left to save your country!" Aim was to enroll citizens who would carry the Landon message by ringing doorbells and telephones, singing songs, making street- corner addresses ("Walk up to a crowd and boldly recite your speech!"). Volunteers were urged to end telephone conversations not with "Goodby" but with "Join the Volunteers." Recruiting offices were established on the 17th floor of the Tribune Tower, ballyhoo appeared daily...
...Fiftysix days left to save the American way of life...