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Personal Appearance (by Lawrence Riley: Brock Pemberton, producer). The fun which Broadway can get out of Hollywood is well illustrated by the fun which Actress Gladys George gets out of the role of a hard-bitten waitress who has become a famed cinemactress. Shapely Miss George has no trouble pretending to be the blonde and luscious Carole Arden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: New Plays in Manhattan: Oct. 29, 1934 | 10/29/1934 | See Source »

...clubfoot. Director Cromwell and Lester Cohen, who adapted the story, took the intelligent course of deviating as little as possible from Somerset Maugham's narrative. Therefore the most memorable and important part of Of Human Bondage remains Philip's attachment for Mildred Rogers (Bette Davis), the waitress who turns prostitute before her death from tuberculosis. The first time Philip and Mildred go out together, he gayly buys a bottle of champagne. When she leaves him for Emil Miller (Alan Hale) he follows them to a theatre, watches them drive off together in a taxi. When she comes back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Jul. 9, 1934 | 7/9/1934 | See Source »

...When he left Reno for New York, he had with him a chauffeur, a valet, a dietitian and a present from Dorothy Dunbar, Emily Post's Book of Etiquette, which he read when he was supposed to be doing roadwork. Like Carnera, Baer has been sued by a waitress, one Olive Beck, whose claim of $250,000 for breach of promise he settled for $5,500. Last year he was divorced from Dorothy Dunbar. After defeating Max Schmeling, Max Baer played in vaudeville, was master of ceremonies in a nightclub, performed on the radio, acted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Clown into Champion | 6/25/1934 | See Source »

...Clough, Leverett House's head waitress, has her troubles. During the recent heat wave she discovered to her horror that one of the House members had slipped into the dining room without a neektie and without a coat. After about fifteen minutes' consideration, she edged up to the table where he was sitting and left this note beside his plate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIME | 6/8/1934 | See Source »

...former waitress, whose daily articles in the Record have caused a stir in dining hall circles, denied that she had any real grievances against the Freshmen. She said, "All that stuff about the Harvard boys was written in fun. They aren't any different from any other people. There were a lot that were nice, and some that weren't. I haven't got any complaint with the boys...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WAITRESS WANTS FAIR PLAY FOR UNION HELP | 3/2/1934 | See Source »

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