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    Theatre Arts Monthly (Sept. 1938). TAM is legendary for its thorough and insightful coverage of the stage, both in American and England. Less well-known is the fact that TAM also provided some outstanding coverage of motion pictures. This issue has thematic content centered around 'In the Service of Comedy' and features Morton Eustis' 'Custard Pie to Cartoon' (history of movie comedy, including Disney cartoons, stills from Charlie Chaplin's work, the Marx Brothers, Eddie Cantor, and others, good article, 'Kindling the Divine Spark' by Otis Skinner, Ivor Brown's article on 'The English Drolls' (about and picturing such British celebrities as George Robey, Nelson Keys and Nervo and Knox, opening article by Rosamond Gilder ('In the Sevice of Comedy') w/pics of Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, George M. Cohan and Jimmy Durante and much more. 8.5-in. x 11-in., printed on a nice heavy stock. Cover price $0.35.

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