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...name? That which we call a rose be any other name would small as sweet. So Romeo would, were he not Romeo called, retain that dear perfection which he owes without that title. Romeo, doff thy name, and for thy name, which is no part of thee, take all myself...
...cinemaddicts to whom the release of any Rogers-Astaire vehicle does not automatically constitute the major news of the week, this one may do so on the ground that in it Comedian Victor Moore, whose impersonation of Vice President Throttlebottom in Of Thee I Sing gained him more fame than has ever fallen to any actual, holder of that office, makes his screen debut...
Judge Knight's only further interest in the case proved to be Playwright George S. Kaufman (Dinner at Eight, Of Thee I Sing). Depicted as the "Perfect Lover" in Actress Astor's memoirs, Kaufman had ignored a subpoena to testify. Before a warrant for his arrest could be served on him, he had secretly fled from Hollywood to Manhattan. "There won't be any settlement for Kaufman," fumed Judge Knight. "I'll put him away for a while to cool off if he ever comes back into the jurisdiction of this court! He could write quite...
Sirs: Jeanette MacDonald has decidedly beautiful and not at all unduly prominent teeth. . . . Her voice is remarkably true and pure. . . . In Saw Francisco she sings Nearer, My God, To Thee most feelingly and reverentially. Is it possible that you would permit your reviewer to use your columns to vent personal animus and spite...
...read your review of the motion picture, San Francisco. ... I think TIME sounds a bit ignorant and not at all funny when it refers to Miss MacDonald's very fine performance as "acting with her teeth" and to her exceedingly lovely rendition of Nearer, My God, To Thee as "yodeling." The earthquake scene is a very creditable piece of cinematic engineering, but without the beautiful voice of Jeanette MacDonald ... it would never achieve the audience response which it does...