Rob Price
Gutbrain Records
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2010 December 08 • Wednesday

New Tax Bill May Be Needed.

Limited Farm Bill Favored.

Those phrases are like favorite character actors who apear unexpectedly in movies. I look for them in old movies whenever there's a newspaper on the screen.

At first I thought it was just "New Tax Bill May Be Needed".

Desperate (1947)

Slightly Scarlet (1956)

But then I noticed that it was often accompanied by "Limited Farm Bill Favored"

The Garment Jungle (1957)

Split Second (1953)

Guns, Girls and Gangsters (1959)

Sometimes "Limited Farm Bill Favored" appears by itself.

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)

I admire these headlines. A new tax bill may always be needed; a limited farm bill is, I presume, always favored.

One of these days I'd like to research this tiny piece of film history. Were "New Tax Bill May Be Needed" and "Limited Farm Bill Favored" real headlines from real newspapers? Which newspapers? When? What was the first movie to use them? How many movies have they been in?