WE ALL GO TO THE PICTURES by T A Lowe - 1937

London: William Hodge & Company Ltd.. Very Good. 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [good solid copy, spine slightly turned, spine cloth moderately faded]. (caricature drawings) A charming little book in which the Tallow family -- George and Phoebe, their children Jane and Edward James, and Phoebe's mother "Grannie" -- and their various friends and acquaintances chatter on endlessly about the movies they see and the movie stars they adore. As Anthony Armstrong ("A.A.") puts it in his introduction, "if ever a family takes the flicks seriously, it's the Tallows." The text is enlivened by about 65 drawings, divided about evenly between cartoons of the family's antics and caricatures of movie stars, including Fred Astaire, Laurel and Hardy, Carole Lombard, Gary Cooper, Bette Davis, Charlie Chaplin, Clark Gable and many others. ("Tallow" appears to be a play on the author's name; was he writing about his own family?) .

London Wm. Hodge & Co. Ltd. 1937.. vg/no dj. some light soil. to extremities & a bit of wear & chip. A coll. of cozy film reviews & fictional family anecdotes by a British film critic highlighted by 32 terrific caricatures. . 1st ed. Binding is cl. no dj.