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...friend" was then invited to strike a spotlighted pose. During one of these, Paul Whiteman overreached himself and his pants fell down...
...Philco's first Radio Hall of Fame had its points. Philco paid the costs, which were about a million and a half a year (for time and talent). Variety picked the talent. The first act, Jimmy Durante, was the best on the program. Growled The Durante, of Paul Whiteman's musicians: "What a band! What a band! I had an uncle once who could play like Whiteman. He played two instruments at the same time. With the left side of his mouth he played Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries. With the right side of his mouth...
...Hollywood standards, the famed Brown Derby's 20th anniversary was a quiet celebration. Rita Hayworth and Paul Whiteman posed for pictures. Charlie Chaplin and his fourth bride arrived. Hollywood adolescents gawked, clutching their autograph books, watching at the door of the onetime hamburger stand which has now become four restaurants doing a gross business of $2 million a year...
...singer in the world. Harry Harris had written a few song hits, but was known very largely to his personal friends. Al Rinker had fattened up and looked like the radio executive he is. But when this trio, once known as the Rhythm Boys, held a reunion with Paul Whiteman's band in NBC's Hollywood studio last week, they sang Mississippi Mud, the song which made them famous in 1927, just as though the years and all the changes had made no real difference...
Rinker sang and played the piano. Crosby sang with him and whacked a small cymbal. Their style could be described as modified vo-do-de-o-do. It was original enough to get them a job with Paul Whiteman, but seemed to burden many audiences. The Manhattan reception of their Red Hot Henry Brown prompted them to rename the song Lukewarm Henry Brown. It was not until Paul Whiteman put Harry Barris into the act that the Rhythm Boys really got to town...