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Perhaps it would have been better if Topper had stayed away, resting on the reputation accrued by the ectoplasmic antics of his first appearance. The charm of trick photography has worn off somewhat, and the stock supply of revolving walls and secret passages fails to bring the picture up to the Studio's previous high mark...
...loss for a top hat to wear to the Junior Ball. Then he read in the paper that Governor Harold E. Stassen wore size 7¾. He wrote the Governor. The Governor wrote back, saying come to the Capitol and pick up his. Haberdashing in his gubernatorial topper, Donald went to the dance...
Second feature, "The Invisible Woman," brings Virginia Bruce as we have always wanted to not see her-invisible. The trick photography is all in the best of Topper tradition; kicks in the pants emanate from the thin air, liquor glasses are drained and cigarettes smoked in their magical suspension. Light but laughy...
...second feature, "Earthbound," is a passable likeness of "Topper." Stoutish, ectoplasmic Warner Baxter plays Jiminy Cricket to pretty Andrea Leeds. She, shapely and substantial, makes the show and catches the crook...
Next to her " 'Tain't funny, McGee," the most reliable line in the weekly Johnson Wax act is the "deef" Old Timer's topper for Fibber's gags: "That's pretty good, Johnny, but that ain't the way I heerd it. . . ." The Old Timer...