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Movie Fan’s Crossword Puzzle
By Alma Talley
ACROSS
1 Flat boats propelled by poles.
6 Frequently (poetic).
9 Tear in a dress.
12 To wash lightly.
17 To dispense with.
18 Evelyn Brent’s native state.
20 What you do to bread
dough.
21 What a Northwest Moun
tie does to his man.
23 The film that made Chester
Morris famous.
24 What the hero and heroine
sing to each other.
25 An open space.
27 A barkie star wags this. 29 What the boy friend buys Her at the candy store. 31 God of Love, who’s kept busy in Hollywood.
34 Screen actor from way back — • first known in “Birth of a Nation.”
36 Automobilist.
38 Part of to be.
39 That three-toed sloth
again.
40 Uncle Tom’s “l’il missy.”
43 Part of to be.
44 A business firm (abbrev.).
45 The base of a plant.
48 Famous dog star.
53 Mark left from wound.
55 To come into.
57 My, in Italian version.
58 You do this at a dull pic¬
ture.
59 To frighten.
60 Something you feed a
horse.
61 A cutting tool.
62 New England (abbrev.).
63 You use this to row a
boat.
64 French unit of measure. 66 You’ll find him in a
marine film.
68 What a black sheep — or
even a white one — says.
69 Humorous.
72 America’s Sweetheart.
73 Usually.
76 What makes a barkie
player scratch.
77 Either.
78 Chevalier’s word for he.
79 To pester.
80 Preposition.
82 Like.
83 Mrs. Doug, Jr.
88 Hero of “Paid” and “Waterloo Bridge.”
92 Writer of “Never the
Twain Shall Meet.”
93 What you do at a sad
film.
95 “Bad Girl’s” husband.
96 Preposition.
97 Troubles.
99 The sheik in a desert film rides on this.
101 No underworld film is without this.
103 Sally Eiler’s ex-fiance, formerly with Mack Sennett.
105 The actor “Seventh Heaven” made famous. 107 His latest picture is “The Champ.”
110 To rub out.
111 Yes.
112 What makes a Holly• wood blonde.
113 Made a mistake.
DOWN
1 Footnote to a letter.
2 Heavenward.
3 The husband in “East
Lynne.”
4 To deal with.
5 Firm.
6 Preposition.
7 Threshing implement.
8 Tax.
9 A set of bones.
10 Peculiarity of language.
11 Ma’s husband.
12 A film company.
13 Interior.
14 Polish film star who just
divorced her prince.
15 What a girl needs most in
Hollywood.
16 Lil Tashman’s nickname
for her husband.
19 Japanese measure.
22 A step.
24 Material of which a star’s
dress is often made.
25 Conscious of.
26 M-G-M’s Mexican star.
28 “Mammy’s” boy.
30 To accomplish.
32 Leading lady of the bar
kies.
33 A shop.
35 Exclamation.
37 Bone.
40 Greek letter.
41 Roman numeral for six.
42 Mrs. Harry Bannister.
46 Different.
47 The way you feel at a
sad film.
49 Likeness.
50 Leading lady in “Sweep
stakes.”
51 Pertaining to tone.
On page 126 you’ll find the
52 The heroine is this to the
hero.
53 A neckpiece.
54 Mrs. Nick Stuart.
56 Stars often drink this.
59 Turf.
64 What an artist wears
when working.
65 To linger.
67 The proud father of
Bebe’s baby.
68 A sack.
70 Smallest.
71 Our cowboy heroes use
this in roping steers.
73 Gleams.
74 That old sun god again.
75 Ex Mrs. Grant Withers. 78 Preposition.
81 No good (slang).
84 A Page from M-G-M’s
roster.
85 Marks caused by a beat¬
ing.
86 A prefix.
87 Rot.
88 Stupidly.
89 On top of.
90 A steamship.
91 Wrath.
94 To peel.
95 Act.
98 A corrosive.
100 The husband of Mrs.
102 Walter Huston played
this role of President of the U. S.
103 An actor’s favorite pro¬
noun.
104 French unit of area.
105 Note of the scale.
106 French article.
108 Concerning.
109 Unit of length (abbrev.).
answer to last month’s.
The answer to this puzzle will appear next month.
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