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...when, to judge from this picture, flappers in short skirts and college men in raccoon coats did little else but pour down bathtub gin, read Elinor Glyn's It, dance the Charleston, and indulge in such bon mots as "hot diggity," "the cat's meow" and "skiddoo." The result is a thoroughly lightweight but agreeably lighthearted little taffy pull in Technicolor. Surrounding Multimillionaire Coburn are a number of pleasant young people, including Piper Laurie, Rock Hudson, Gigi Perreau and an enthusiastic assort ment of sheiks and shebas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Jul. 28, 1952 | 7/28/1952 | See Source »

When this war is over, We will skiddoo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BASES: Kehoe of the Head-hunters | 5/31/1943 | See Source »

...prancing to the political club picnic on the Fourth of July; the bombardment of firecrackers which on that date turned the streets of every U. S. city into miniature battlefields. But even those who do not know what a Stanley Steamer was and never said ''Twenty-three Skiddoo" will still take pleasure in Ah Wilderness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Dec. 9, 1935 | 12/9/1935 | See Source »

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