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...grown out of all knowledge. Modern organs, used in cinema palaces as well as in churches, can reproduce the sound of an entire orchestra, can imitate anything from a train whistle to cathedral chimes. By pulling and pushing little buttons, modern organists can produce tremulous vox humana, whooshing swell-effects, can make their gigantic instruments do everything but prance up & down the aisles. Some organists love to put a modern organ through its tricks; others sigh for the good old days when an organ was just an organ, point nostalgically to the fact that 18th-Century organs had purer tones...
...Mary Boland & Charles Ruggles and the Marx Brothers, last year in Topper Director McLeod tried his hand at making a comedienne out of Glamor Girl Constance Bennett, who came to him with a reputation for temperament. Said Director McLeod: ''We've got a good cast, a swell crew and a good story. If anybody gets out of line, it will be you." Actress Bennett: "What do you do about people who get out of line?" Director McLeod: "I give 'em a good swift kick right where they need it." Topper, which turned...
...fourth personal foul was called. After up-braiding the laughing Struck at great length he was jokingly collared by Ulysses Lupien who rubbed Struck's and Hanna's heads together. The band turned out in full force and one correspondent was heard to remark that their music sounds swell out of doors...
...swell in the army...
Said Skater Robin Lee (1937 novice figure skating champion): "Swell...