Gossip Friday: Acrobat Over Queen
From February 1939:
Norma Shearer has found an acrobat is more popular than a queen, taking the grosses of “Marie Antoinette” and “Idiot’s Delight” into consideration.
Of course, in the latter, the ladies in the audience do nip-ups, too, because Clark Gable is in the cast.
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I am not sure what “nip-up” is supposed to mean…
One Comment
Morris Galloway
‘nip up’ is defined by the REAL Webster’s (Merriam-Webster) dictionary means “from a reclining position to leap up so that you are standing at attention. First used about 1938. Used first in 1939 — proving that Norma Shearer is hip and with-it.