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...Drunken Census Taker. To tiny Spitzen-on-the-Dein, which soon seems a microcosm of all Germany, the year 1945 brings desolation, misery and hunger. The town "was as shriveled in structure and decomposed as an oxen's tongue black with ants." A lonely horse nuzzled the gutters as children hung to its tail; the undertaker had no more embalming fluid for his corpses; "everyone wore grey and over their shoulders were hitched empty cartridge belts." From the old concentration camp near by, the D.P. inmates burst out to freedom to add their misery to that of the gutted...
...stars' "mike mannerisms" that is jam-packed with nuggety information. Samples: Bing Crosby "always rehearses with his pipe clenched between his teeth, even when singing"; Robert Cummings "reads lines from a semi-crouch, like a boxer"; Joan Crawford is a "microphone-clutcher," while Barbara Stanwyck is a "shoe-taker-offer." Don Ameche (with Loretta Young and Fred MacMurray, he is tied for the record with 21 appearances) drinks a pint of milk before each show "as a sedative." Paul Muni once played his violin right up to curtain time "to soothe his nerves...
...moves him, his majesty throws largess in the form of coconuts; Louis has stocked more than 2,000 of them. Waiting for him on a reviewing stand in front of the Gertrude Geddes Willis Funeral Home stands the Zulus' Queen (this year, attractive, brown-skinned Bernice Oxley, ticket taker at the Ace Theater). In a room where the caskets have been pushed back to the wall, she receives her lord's champagne toast. After the parade the long night of jazz-filled, carnival pandemonium begins...
...took us no more than the customary fifteen minutes to argue our way past the same ticket taker we had to argue our way past for the Annual Flower Show, The Annual Shoe Distributor's Exhibit, and the Annual Coin Collector's and Philatelist's Colloquium. The publicity agent however was a stranger-only the uniform looked familiar. His name was John Cotter and he were a double breasted pin striped number with a hand painted tie. His hat brim was turned...
Others following this lead more or less were Richard Edelman, Melvin Brown, Bruce Recker, Gene Edlin (a poll-taker), and David "a shot with every beer" Fine...