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...Florenz Ziegfeld did some first-rate glorifying in his long and spectacular career as producer of musical extravaganzas but never did he attain the dizzy height of opulent glorification which Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer have reached in their three-hour film biography of "The Great Ziegfeld," which is now running at the Colonial Theatre. In comparison with this musical of musicals previous super-productions fade to the class of colossal on a small scale...
...championship week began with a fast heat by Yankee Doodle Jack, and a hot favorite, the orange-spotted pointer, Doctor Blue Willing. The latter stayed in hand better than on two other championship occasions and, as a local sports writer put it, "he handled his birds like a Ziegfeld beauty handles a millionaire." Tips Manitoba Jake, the big, white-&-black pointer owned by Golfer Glenna Collett Vare (see p. 27), ran the next heat worthy of notice. He, too, had the morning course where birds were more plentiful, scoring six finds to four by his brace mate, Air Circus. There...
...Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 (Brothers Shubert, Producers) falls comfortably into the mold of its 24 predecessors. None of its comedy is funny enough to make anyone wear himself out laughing. On the other hand, Vincente Minnelli's diverting surrealist decor, the arts of a half-dozen stars and the blandishments of 48 show girls are likely to keep most spectators from going to sleep. Only if he expects Josephine Baker to be something out of the ordinary will a ticket holder be actually disappointed by this year's Follies...
Strike Me Pink (Samuel Goldwyn). In the process of establishing himself as a Hollywood reincarnation of Florenz Ziegfeld, Producer Sam Goldwyn, who says he does not care how much a picture costs so long as it pleases Mrs. Goldwyn, expended more than usual pains on Strike Me Pink. He had the script, made from a Saturday Evening Post story by Clarence Budington Kelland, worked over by 14 writers in teams of two. He cut out a $100,000 dance sequence because it made the picture too long. He added a $75,000 episode to the plot because it made...
...There's a robber in the House-or maybe in the Senate." Publisher Will Rogers Jr. gave Patricia Ziegfeld, whose late father started the late cowboy humorist to fame in the Follies, a job as cub reporter on his Beverly Hills (Calif.) Citizen. Miami Beach lifeguards spied a porpoise-like swimmer going down for the second time, hauled safely ashore Massachusetts' Senator David Ignatius Walsh, 63. Chirped a radio announcer at the Democratic National Committee meeting in Washington: "I also see among other distinguished guests Mr. Jesse James of the RFC." Said RFChairman Jesse Holman Jones: "I have...