Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 January 1947 — Page 6

Is Laughing Itself Fat On Diet of Pure Corn

- Sophisticated Night Clubbers in Stitches Over Olsen and Johnson Clean Jokes

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By ROBERT RICHARDS United Press Staff Correspondent ; : ; NEW YORK, Jan. 28.—Broadway, the street that loves its sin, is ‘| going head-over-heels for the purest corn. In the big town tonight a sawdust mule will lif its fuzzy tail, there'll ‘|be a’ loud bang, and. 8&0 sophisticated customers will roar with delight. A full-sized cow will drop from the ceiling, and ducks will wade barefooted through glamour girls' hair. Olsen and Johnson, the old sons of (fun, are having their first try at|— NE —————————— {ripping a Manhattan night club | “She took another hitch at her apart and things are booming at belt, and eyed me again. Nickey Blair's Carnival. where does she sleep?’ boo. Clean Stuff Does It “I said, ‘She don't.

“It's just because we're clean,” Here's the Payoff {the Indiana-born Ole Olsen ex-! “The old girl got pretty bitter plained today. “That makes it then. ‘You take me to that cow,’ [different. It vows them, Our stuff|she ordered.” ismells as sweet as a $10 shirt] So the partners took her to the in a Chinese laundry. guys can't figure it out."

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| stuffed, all they get is a bop on the head. | on Broadway right now. More than

me and Chic alone, to get us to/are searching the want ads for| come,” Olsen said. “We were a little| work. Jittery about the thing. It didn't] “But we jumped in on the theory | seem like the best time to give it|that nobody's too broke to laugh | a try.” at an old joke,” Olsen sdld, “and,! “Me and Chic have been in this by golly, it's worked.” ‘business for 34 years and we've] 4 {found out that folks never change. (We're, always vocal, and always! clean.” . ! A Debate on Humer

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| “Deception.” starring Bette Davis,

WILLIAM GARGAN « THOMAS GOMEZ « MARY NASH « JOHN LITEL A MARK HELUNGER PRODUCTION + A UNNVERSAL INTERNATIONAL RELEASE

Paul Henreid and Claude Rains, at 11, 1:10, 3:20. 5:35, 7:45 and 10.

INDIANA “Notorious,” with Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman, at 11, 1:15, 3:35, $:35, 7:50 and 10.

KEITH'S “Swell Guy,” with Sonny Tufts and Aan Blyth, at 11:30, 1:40, 3:45, 5:55, 8:05 and 10:18,

LOEW'S “The Secret Heart.” with Claudette Colbert, Walter Pidgeon snd June Allyson, at 11, 1:13 3:27, 5:43, 1:57 and 10:12.

“Jerkz Bezerk,” Olsen debates hus! mor with a gent who steps up on! ‘the stage under the pretense of be-| |ing Frederick Wakeman, author of | {the best-selling “The Hucksters." { “This guy is very good,” 'Olsen {said. “He's poker-faced, and the] {audience thinks he's really Wake- | { man, “‘What d' you think of humor,’ {I ask him. | “Well, says this Wakeman, *to| {me, it's a personal thing. And frankly I don't think you boys are {funny a bit.» { There's a gasp in the audience

LYRIC “The Cat Creeps,” at 12:19, 2:20, 4:30. 6:35, 3.45 and 10:55 “She-Welfl of Londen,” at 11:10, 1:20, 3:25, 5.35, 7:43 and 9:53

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“It took $10,000 a week, just for 3000 performers—large and small—|pndiana

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SECRET AGENT — Cary Grant, who plays the role of a U. S. government agent in ''"No-

cock spy drama now in its sec- | ond week at the Indiana. Op- | posite Mr, Grant is Ingcid Berg-, |

man, with Claude Rains also important in the cast,

Bernie Cummins To Stay at Roof |

The wise cow. it was! x |W. and she discovered that it i Engagement of Bernie Cummins,

They're looking for an angie, and| Business isibad with a big Band his. New Yorkers for another

week was armounced today by the! Roof management,

The Cummins aggregation have been held over in response to popu-| lar demand, according to the man-| agement.

Disraeli’s Last Home Is Placed on Sale

LONDON, Jan. 28 (U. P.).—The! last home of Disraeli, famous Vic-| torian British prime minister—now

torious," current Alfred Hitch. |

lstomin Recital | Scheduled Friday |

- The Indianapolis Matinee Musicale will present Eugene Istomin,| ¢ planist, in recital at 2 p, m, Friday | in IL. 8. Ayres’ auditorium, : ‘Highlights of Mr, Istomin's program will be two preludes and ON fugues from the second book of : i Bach's “Well-Tempered Clavichord,” hi {the Beethoven C minor variations, Schubert's A major sonata, op. 120, and compositions of Brahms, Adolf Busch, Debussy and Chopin,

JEALOUS? — Claude Rains, who plays the part of a great composer whose [ealousy Botts Davis fears in "Deception," now at the Circle. Playing opposite Miss Davis in this film of musical and amorous intrigue is Paul Henreid.

RADIO-PHONE USE WIDENS

WASHINGTON, — Radio -telephone service now permits Americans to talk with Port Moresby, New Guinea and Raboul, New Britain, two strategic cities during the war,

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WASHINGTON-—There - is still more productive crop land in the United States per capita than the average of the world as a whole, although much has been lost by erosion and poor farming prac tices.

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at such rudeness. “Then Chic comes up with a fat seltzer bottle” Olsen said. “And he squirts it all into this Wakeman's puss. “‘Is that funny?’ I ask him. “He looks at me, still minus any| grin. ° ‘Well,’ he says, ‘I admit it did surprise me a little.’ ” One Whe Didn't Laugh 3 Olsen and Johnson used the same gag in Australia back in 1926 but Carnival crowds still eat it up. “There's only one person who hasn't laughed so far,” he said. “The | American Society for Prevention of!

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