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...Tony Wine Com-pany which has been playing Catalonia, got out of Barcelona after all members of the company had been "conscripted" by the radical militia and put to work giving five shows a day for militiamen with the threat that anyone who refused to dance, sing or wisecrack would be considered a "Fascist" and shot. Said Miss Miller: "Everyone, ham actors and $500-a-week stars, were paid exactly $1 each per day, plus a meal ticket. We could eat on our tickets at the Ritz Hotel. Barcelona is one of the gayest spots today, because the Reds have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: Long Live Dynamite! | 8/31/1936 | See Source »

...oldtime burlesque queen. When Oscar Wilde landed in Manhattan he arrived in a U. S. that was already smiling behind its hand. The rumors of his long-haired, dandiacal appearance, his likeness to Gilbert & Sullivan's flower-devour-ing Bunthorne, had preceded him. Newshawks delightedly reported his first wisecrack, when he said to the customs inspector: "I have nothing to declare but my genius." Ace Photographer Sarony posed him in his lank locks, fur-trimmed coat and velvet knee-breeches. Society's biggest fish held aloof, but smaller fry came flocking. Skeptical Broadwayites made the first of several...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Esthete in Philistia | 6/1/1936 | See Source »

...were familiar with Mr. Hoover's style in public statements doubted that Mr. Allen, recently reported to have resumed his post as Hoover literary mentor, had been responsible for the insertion of the last sarcastic sentence. Never before had Herbert Hoover fathered the best wisecrack of the week on any topic of public interest. Last week's achievement sent him on to his Palo Alto home grinning from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE TARIFF: More Abundant Grumbling | 12/2/1935 | See Source »

Pranks. From the start, the St. Louis gathering distinguished itself for japery. The Chicago convention of 1933 took for its slogan, watchword, wisecrack and talisman the cry: "Where's Elmer?" after Elmer Taylor, organization officer of the Illinois Department, got lost during the "40-&-8" parade. At this year's meeting so established was the phrase, everyone simply addressed everyone else as Elmer. Thousands of Elmers gave St. Louis a four-day spectacle which could not have been equaled by a combination of Veiled Prophet Night, Repeal Night, Armistice Night and New Year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEROES: Elmers in St. Louis | 10/7/1935 | See Source »

...manners are much more stimulating than the mystery which he solves in Star of Midnight, and it will be no surprise to the thirsty audience to learn that a barfly is responsible for the crime. Cinemaddicts who enjoyed The Thin Man, recognized master print for all cocktail and wisecrack crime cinemas, should find Star of Midnight an entertaining and not too sedulous copy. Good shot: Clay Dalzell getting gaily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Apr. 22, 1935 | 4/22/1935 | See Source »

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