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What I like about Hollywood is that one can get along by knowing two words of English -- SWELL and LOUSY.
Vicki Baum
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Vicki Baum
Age: 72 †
Born: 1888
Born: January 24
Died: 1960
Died: August 29
Harpist
Journalist
Screenwriter
Writer
Vienna
Austria
Hedwig Baum
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Swell
Lousy
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Hollywood
Along
Knowing
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