Word: sounding
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Somebody dubbed the little group "The Flying Squadrons." They move throughout the city on a sound truck and alight upon precinct after precinct, ringing individual doorbells and selling their candidate to whoever answers. They are all well-trained and courtcous; as students, they figure it is their business to know the questions that people might ask, and to be prepared to answer them...
...prime example of their handiwork. "The Jolson Story," to which the present effort is a lame sequel, made very good business for the box offices when it came out two years ago; a movie about the "mammy" singer of the twenties, with Al Jolson's voice on the sound track, was almost a sure thing from the start. But there were a few of Jolson's top numbers that couldn't be fitted in. When the film turned out to be a hit, the moviemakers couldn't resist the temptation to have Jolson sing again...
After rallying and setting off on an entertainment tour of veterans hospitals--an opportunity to dub in "Sonny Boy" and "Toot-Toot-Tootsie" (among others) on the sound track--Jolson collapses again. Miss Hale, of course, appears at his bedside. Her lines are poor--she too has to spend her time telling Jolson to relax--but her performance is enough to make her a leading candidate for the worst actress of the year. Unfortunately she stays around to marry Jolson and manage his life...
Aneurin Bevan may whisper like "muted flutes" [TIME, Oct. 10], but, as usual, his words are more noteworthy for sound than sense...
...kept out of action, and John Coan, not yet fully recovered from his Cornell bruises. Wilson, a converted end, replaced Chief bender, who ran with the second offensive line and maybe used mainly on defense Saturday. Stretch mazzone alternated with Fred Harvey at right end and will probably be sound enough to face the Indians...