Word: champion
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Champion. The life & death story of a prizefighting heel who becomes a public hero; brilliantly played by Kirk Douglas (TIME, April...
Home of the Brave (Screen Plays; United Artists), as a Broadway play by Arthur Laurents, described the crack-up of a Jewish G.I. who was a victim of race prejudice. The movie version, produced by the same small studio that made Champion (TIME, April 11), daringly substitutes a Negro in the central role. Home of the Brave is thus the first of Hollywood's new series of Negro problem films to cross the finish line...
Playboy-Golfer Frank Stranahan, heir to Champion Spark Plug millions, who plays aggressive championship golf for the fun of it (British, Canadian, and Mexican amateur champion), and lifts weights on the side for his figure, bulged a few of his better muscles for the camera (see cut) in Pinehurst, N.C. Then he whacked out a few of his better shots to add the North-South Amateur crown to his collection, for the second time...
...Champion. The life-&-death story of a prizefighting heel who becomes a public hero; brilliantly played by Kirk Douglas (TIME, April...
Considering their limited resources, Barnaby's men have shown extremely well since the start of the season, albeit against mediocre competition. But this afternoon the opposition is the defending Ivy League champion. Cornell was one of two eastern teams able to beat the Crimson last season...