Word: tone
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...laugh-provoking devices employed in "Sons 'o Fun" would be pointless; suffice it to say that they are all patterned after the successful, senseless, "all the theatre's the stage and every customer an actor" technique of "Helzapoppin." The only major deviation from the master plan in tone and substance is the addition of Carmen Miranda to the capitalized names of Olsen and Johnson. Perhaps this will be remedied to some extent if Carmen is given a little more time and another number or two like "Thanks North America"; but whether this is done or not, "Sons...
...finished, much to his and the congregation's astonishment, Miss Abbott arose in the audience, made a spirited defense of herself and the theater, then walked out. Dr. Candler, in a dignified tone said: "I will not reply to the lady, as she is a lady. Let us sing Rock of Ages...
...Government. And he meant it. Alienists examined him. Draft boards harangued him. Finally he was indicted and sent to jail to await trial for draft-dodging. Nothing could budge him. Said he, still wrathy at the memory of the draft questionnaire that had started the whole fuss: "The tone was overbearing and impertinent. It asked questions I thought the Government had no right...
Married. Cinemactor Franchot Tone, 36, ex-husband of Joan Crawford; and Cinemactress Jean Wallace (Walasek), 18, Hollywood newcomer...
...passionate love-me-or-I-die flicker you might expect. It isn't even a new version of Hollywood's favorite pastime, the wacky bedroom farce. Instead, it's a long, drawn-out version (without technicolor, too) of an eighteenth century Fitzpatrick Travel Talk. Franchot Tone, Carol Bruce, Walter Brennan, and a bunch of others wade wearily through an hour or so of an even wearier script. Waves, shipwrecks, Indians, and cold-blooded villains don't help much, except perhaps to convince you that the picture's point is about as obscure as its title...