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Hello Allen-
If I might venture a guess as to the mystery ink spiller would be, how about Ben Batsford?
I know Mack and Moran well, or as well as I want to. Cole had a huge collection of prewar 78s, which included the works of the duo, who recorded their best known patter routines over the course of several sets of 10" Columbias, of about 1926 vintage.
Nobody now living saw their act as Broadway headliners, but most of their films still exist, many of which I have been witness to. The stage routine in their first feature film, "Why Bring That Up?"(1929) was well done and one can see why they were stars. The rest of that film and subsequent outings are really bad to worse. If you go to horror movies to make you skin crawl, take out "Hypnotized" or their "Hot Hoofs" instead.
Jan 4, 2016, 9:40:25 AM
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