Word: bronx
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...when he left his home in Italy and set out for America. He was a sensible boy, but crossing the Atlantic was a great adventure, and, in the back of his mind, he looked for wonders in America. "That was 40 years ago," he said last week in his Bronx barber shop. "So long it seems like a dream...
Jake LaMotta, middleweight champion of the world up to last week, is a stolid, truculent fighter with a good punch and a Gibraltar jaw. In 95 fights, deep-chested Jake has never been knocked off his feet. For this combination of qualities, Jake is nicknamed "The Bronx Bull." It was Jake's misfortune last week to defend his title for 13 rounds against Sugar Ray Robinson, the welterweight* champion, a man for whom no completely adequate nickname has yet been invented. Pound for pound, Sugar Ray is the best fighter now wearing gloves. Meeting him in Chicago Stadium, Jake...
...Somerset Maugham short stories, is keeping the Sutton in business, at 57th and Second. Another English feature is the witty Last Holiday, starring Alec Guinness, "the best actor of 1950." The Interborough Rapid Transit stops a stone's throw from the Ascot at 183rd and Grand Concourse in the Bronx...
Molly (Paramount) brings The Goldbergs to the screen after a 21-year career in radio, vaudeville, comic strip, legitimate theater and television. As always, The Goldbergs spices its doughy lumps of linguistic comedy and tearful drama with an authentic flavor of Jewish family life in The Bronx, binds them with the hopes, frailties and loyalties common to all families...
...present spot: service by two subway lines, three bus lines. Even though glossy limousines are still lined up on subscription nights, Board Chairman George A. Sloan says, "We're not really a carriage-trade house any more. Much of our audience today comes from Brooklyn and The Bronx. And that means the subways...