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“How Red’s First Wife Arranged His Second Marriage.” TV Picture Life, March 1969.
I Dood It review. Time, November 29, 1943.
“It Hasn’t All Been Laughs.” TV Guide, February 20, 1960.
Jefferson, Sally. “The Skelton in Hollywood’s Closet.” Photoplay (July 1942).
“Johnny Carson.” In Current Biography 1964. Charles Moritz, ed. New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1965.
Keaton, Eleanor Norris. Letter to the author, late 1980s.
“Laugh Clown.” Newsweek, July 9, 1951.
Lovece, Frank. “Red Skelton: Old Jokes Never Die.” Newsday, September 12, 1990.
Loventz, Pare. Free and Easy review. Judge magazine, May 17, 1930.
McCullough, David. “The Unexpected Harry Truman.” In Extraordinary Lives: The Art and Craft of American Biography. William Zinsser, ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1986.
“Money Can’t Buy a Daughter’s Happiness.” Modern Screen (September 1970).
Pachter, Marc. “The Biographer Himself: An Introduction.” In Telling Lives: The Biographer’s Art. Marc Pachter, ed. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1985.
Panama Hattie review. Newsweek, October 5, 1942.
Panama Hattie review. The New Yorker, October 3, 1942.
Peterson, Marva. “The Two Mrs. Skeltons.” Movieland (April 1948).
“Radio Notes.” Newsweek, September 24, 1945.
“Radio Warm-Ups #3.” Radio Life, August 29, 1948.
“Red Skelton.” In Current Biography 1947, Anna Rothe, ed. New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1948.
“Red Skelton: Master of Ad-Lib.” Hollywood Lean Sheet, May 1948.
Red Skelton photo showcase with text, Look magazine, May 14, 1946.
“Red Skelton.” Time, July 9, 1951.
Rhine, Larry. Letter to the author, November 16, 1998.
“Right Up There: Red Skelton’s Back on Top and Here Are [the] Reasons Why.” TV Guide, April 28, 1956.
Roos, Robert de. “Television’s Greatest Clown” (two parts). TV Guide, October 14 and 21, 1961.
Ross, Sid. “Red Skelton … His Plane Was in Trouble.” Parade magazine, September 23, 1951.
Rosten, Leo. “How to See Red—Skelton That Is (Part 2). Look, November 6, 1951.
Rottenbery, Josh. “The Piracy Debate.” Entertainment Weekly, July 14, 2006.
“Rubber Face on TV.” Life, October 28, 1951.
Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr. “The World in Flames.” In The National Experience: A History of the United States. John M. Blum, ed. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1968.
Shearer, Lloyd. “Red Skelton: He Never Stops Clowning.” Parade magazine, May 8, 1955.
Ship Ahoy review. Showman Trade Review, April 18, 1942.
Skelton, Edna Stillwell (as told to James Reid). “I Married a Screwball.” Silver Screen. (June 1942).
Skelton, Georgia Davis. “Do Comics Make Good Husbands?” Screenland (June 1952).
Skelton, Red. “The Role I Liked Best …” Saturday Evening Post, February 28, 1948.
A Southern Yankee review. Cue, November 27, 1948.
“Success Story.” Cue, September 20, 1941.
“The Unflappable Miss Morrison.” TV Guide, July 11, 1964.
Vincennes Public Schools Records (RHC #370), Enumeration – District 2 (1923 and 1924). Courtesy of a Red Skelton private collector.
Watch the Birdie review, Film Daily, November 28, 1950.
“We Point with Pride to Red Skelton.” Silver Screen (October 1947).
Whitehead, John. “Red Skelton as the ‘Little Brat.’” Radio Life, April 12, 1942.
Whitney, Dwight. “‘A Clown Is a Warrior Who Fights Gloom’ … and Red Skelton Fights Harder Than Anyone.” TV Guide, August 20, 1966.
Whitney, Dwight. “The Weekly Ordeal of Red Skelton” (Part One). TV Guide, April 20, 1963.
Wild, David. “Steve Martin: The ‘Rolling Stone’ Interview.” Rolling Stone, September 2, 1990.
Williams, John A., and Dennis A. Williams. If I Stop I’ll Die: The Comedy and Tragedy of Richard Pryor. 1991. Reprint, New York: Thunder’s Mouth Press, 2006.
Wissing, Douglas. “Red Skelton: The Last Vaudevillian.” Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History (Winter 1998).
Yagoda, Ben. Will Rogers: A Biography. 1993. Reprint, New York: HarperCollins, 1994.
The Yellow Cab Man review, Motion Picture Herald, February 25, 1950.
Young, Jordan R. The Laugh Crafters: Comedy Writing in Radio and TV’s Golden Age. Beverly Hills, CA: Post Times Publishing, 1999.
Zinsser, William. “Introduction.” In Extraordinary Lives: The Art and Craft of American Biography, Zinsser, ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1986.
Newspapers (see individual citations in Notes)
Alameda (CA) Times Star, 1947.
Albany (NY) Knickerbocker News, 1957.
Baltimore Sun, 1941.
Bingham (NY) Press, 1952.
Boston Globe, 1947, 1969.
Boston Independent, 1957.
Boston Traveler, 1947.
Brooklyn Citizen, 1942, 1943.
Brooklyn Eagle, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1948.
Buffalo Currier Express, 1957.
Burlingame (CA) Advance, 1947.
Cedar Rapids (IA) Gazette, 1948, 1957.
Chicago American, 1967.
Chicago Sun, 1941.
Chicago Times, 1945, 1951.
Chicago Tribune, 1951, 1964.
Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1938.
Columbia News, 1948.
Columbus (OH) Citizen, 1957.
Columbus (OH) Dispatch, 1962.
Daily Variety, 1941.
Dallas News, 1948.
Detroit Free Press, 1937.
Evansville Press, 1962.
Hollywood Citizen News, 1944, 1947, 1948.
Hollywood Press Times, 1945.
Hollywood Reporter, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1953, 1956, 1965, 1977.
Indianapolis News, 1937, 1948, 1969.
Indianapolis Star, 1937, 1941, 1958, 1962.
Kansas City Star, 1951.
Las Vegas Sun, 1956.
London Times, 1951.
Long Beach (CA) Press Telegram, 1946, 1947, 1951.
Long Island (NY) Star-Journal, 1948.
Los Angeles Daily News, 1947, 1948, 1951.
Los Angeles Examiner, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1948, 1951, 1953, 1956.
Los Angeles Herald Express, 1942, 1945, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1958.
Los Angeles Mirror, 1951, 1952, 1956, 1961.
Los Angeles Times, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1954, 1957, 1976, 1982, 1997.
Milwaukee Journal, 1937, 1941, 1969.
Montreal Gazette, 1937.
Muncie Star Press, 2006.
Muskogee Times Democrat, 1956.
New York Daily Mirror, 1938, 1941, 1942, 1943.
New York Daily News, 1941, 1942, 1947, 1965, 1977.
New York Herald Tribune, 1944, 1947, 1951, 1952, 1964.
New York Journal American, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1957.
New York Morning Telegraph, 1944.
New York Post, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1952, 1957, 1990, 1997.
New York Sun, 1938.
New York Telegram, 1941.
New York Times, 1934, 1938, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1977, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2007.
New York World, 1952.
New York World Telegram, 1933, 1941, 1944, 1951, 1952.
New York World Telegram and Sun, 1951.
Oregon Journal, 1951, 1957.
Philadelphia Inquirer, 1937.
Phoenix Gazette, 1948, 1957.
PM, 1941.
Portland (OR) Journal, 1945.
Red Wing (MN) Republican Eagle, 1957.
Redwood City (CA) Tribune, 1955.
Rochester (NY) Democrat and Chronicle, 1967.
Denver Rocky Mountain News, 1967.
Sacramento Union, 1946.
San Diego Evening Tribune, 1953, 1954.
San Diego Union, 1945, 1947.
San Francisco Chronicle, 1956.
San Francisco Examiner, 1952.
San Francisco News, 1952, 1953.
San Mateo (CA) Times and Leader, 1948.
Sarasota Journal, 1955.
Seattle Post, 1952.
Seattle Times, 1948, 1952.
Tacoma (WA) News Tribune, 1948.
Texarkana Gazette, 1951.
Toronto Daily Star, 1937.
Tri-City (WA) Herald, 1957.
USA Today, 2005, 2006.
Van Nuys (CA) News, 1954.
Variety, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1958, 1980, 1986.
Village Voice, 1977.
Vincennes Commercial, 1924, 1929.
Vincennes Post, 1937, 1939, 1940.
Vincennes Sun, 1929.
Vincennes Sun-Commercial, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1960, 1962, 1997.
Vincennes Valley Advance, 1967, 1979.
Vincennes Western Sun, 1913.
Washington (DC) News, 1947, 1957.
Washington (DC) Post, 1937, 1940, 1941.
Washington (DC) Star, 1948, 1951, 1954.
Waterbury Independent, 1952.
Wichita Beacon, 1951.