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Then came the Inaugural and so far as the public was concerned John Nance Garner was just one more Alexander Throttlebottom.† He made no public speeches, seldom said anything to the Press, refused to go out socially. Once a year he clapped on his silk hat like a sombrero and dined formally with the President at the White House. Once a year he returned the President's invitation at his hotel. Outside the Senate he was seen three or four afternoons a week in his reserved box at the ball park or occasionally riding through the streets...
Leading lady is witty, torch-singing Ethel Merman, whose face is as plump as her voice is sharp. Anything Goes further boasts the services of debonair William Gaxton and wistful Victor Moore, respectively President Wintergreen and Vice President Throttlebottom of Of Thee I Sing. Funny as Victor Moore was as Throttlebottom, he is funnier still as "Moonface" Mooney, Public Enemy No. 13. Disguised as a parson, he is forced to flee the country on an ocean liner, soon attaches himself to Billy Crocker (Gaxton), a playboy following a long-lost sweetheart, and Reno Sweeney (Merman), an evangelist turned night club...
Died. Mrs. Emma Littlefield Moore, 53, retired actress, wife of Actor Victor Moore who played "Vice President Throttlebottom" in Of Thee I Sing and Let 'Em Eat Cake; of pneumonia; in Farmingdale...
...would be very nice to be Vice President of Yale; I am willing to accept the Vice Presidency of any place," said Victor Moore, "Alexander Throttlebottom," of "Of Thee I Sing," and "Let 'Em Eat Cake," when interviewed by the CRIMSON. "I'd like any job in that line, it's easy work, and you have...
William Gaxton, "President Wintergreen" of both the stage successes, however, declined when it was suggested to him that he might make a good President for the home of the Elis. "I'll leave all such jobs to Throttlebottom," said Mr. Gaxton. "However, if I were President, I think I could help them out in athletics. I would have the Yale faculty play the Harvard faculty--that would be a real game, and by the way Lois Moran might give them some inspiration, she did well by Harvard...