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Divorced. Hugh ("Woo-Woo") Herbert, 60, flutter-fingered cinema comic; by Rose Herbert, 56, onetime vaudeville actress; after 28 years of marriage, no children; in Fort Worth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Feb. 28, 1949 | 2/28/1949 | See Source »

...Hempstead, N.Y. judge ordered one Anthony Koskakowski to cease blowing his automobile horn at girls on the street. At the press of a button, the horn cried "Woo-woo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Americana, May 10, 1948 | 5/10/1948 | See Source »

...glamour boys are getting rare and yet they say you'll find them there At Yale, at Yale most any time (and oh, so near to Vassar) The clink of glasses greets you too, and after dark the long halloo And slightly fried woo-woo, woo-woo of wolves that ogle Vassar. --The Yale Dally News

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRESS | 11/8/1941 | See Source »

Nobody gets very upset over the "Perfect Specimen." Trivial to an unsurpassed degree, none of the leading roles in the picture show any appreciable amount of acting ability. Edward Everett Horton, as Miss Robson's secretary, and boxer Hugh (Woo-Woo!) Herbert are amusing enough. Best line:--Miss Robeson, on being awakened by a lustily crowing cock, cries, "Dismiss the rooster...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 11/5/1937 | See Source »

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