AMUSING STORIES
LOT OF TROUBLE For the film of that name, we are told over thirty actors were tested for the part of Livingstone. Even Stanley didn’t have so much trouble finding him. ANGLO-SAXOPHONE ALLIANCE Music Lover: Don’t you think music draws the English-speaking races together? Another: Yes, a sort of AngloSaxophone alliance. EXPLAINS MUCH A film producer says that the children he employs often suggest ideas to him. That explains a good deal. IT WAS LOVELY The maid had been to the “pictures,” and on her return her employer asked: “Did you enjoy it?” “Oh, yes,” said she. “It was lovely, mum.” “What was the picture?” The maid thought for a minute, then said: “I don't know, mum ... I went with my young man!” AMAZING SUGGESTION
The film people had made the picture from the book. That is, they had almost made it. They were on the last scene. And they were stuck. They couldn’t figure out how to end it. Suggestion after suggestion as to how to end it was made, but none seemed to be the right ending. And then somebody got a wonderful idea. A novel suggestion—something no one had thought of. “Why not have the same ending the book has?” was the amazing suggestion..
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21206, 31 August 1940, Page 13 (Supplement)
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209AMUSING STORIES Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21206, 31 August 1940, Page 13 (Supplement)
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