Word: cheever
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Girl (Universal). Year ago when Universal Pictures Corp. was on bankruptcy's brink, "Uncle Carl" Laemmle sold it to a group of Manhattan bankers headed by John Cheever Cowdin, who knew as much about the cinema as "Uncle Carl" knew about banking. But their first production, Three Smart Girls (TIME, Dec. 21), was a box-ofifice hit, introducing Deanna Durbin, most promising cinema songstress in years. Last week in her second picture, her first starring role, Songstress Durbin underlined the fact that in her Universal had found its most valuable property and an A-1 box-office attraction...
Three Smart Girls (Universal). Under Carl Laemmle Sr., Universal Pictures Corp. made a specialty of horror pictures. Last spring when benign old "Uncle Carl," who had generously padded his staff with relatives, sold the company he had founded, Banker John Cheever Cowdin and his associates, who bought it, promised profound changes. As an example of what to expect from an alert group of hard-boiled banker-showmen, Three Smart Girls should interest exhibitors. Universal's most ballyhooed 1936 release is the daintiest, quaintest, most hygienic little musicomedy of the season, written, directed and performed with such evident sincerity that...
...Green, Daughters, Jameson, Smith and Colwell. Tackles: Kevorkian, Nee and Booth from the Varsity and Barkin, Schmidt, and Dillingham of the Jayvees. Guards: Allen, Downs, Klein, and Glueck of the Varsity, and Zinman, Gardiner, and Mellon of the Jayvees. Centers: Russel, Rick Hedblom, and Fearon of the Varsity and Cheever of the Jayvees...
Harvard starters: H. Smith, r.e.; Schmidt, r.t.; Zimman, r.g.; Cheever, c.; Mellen, l.g.; Barkin, l.t.; Knapp, l.e.; Jerome, q.b.; Burnett, r.h.; Houghton, l.h.; Prouty...
Charlie Houghton, Bob Burnett and Prouty starred in the backfield, while Captain Knapp and Schmidt turned in excellent line performances. Dan Cheever started at center for Ric Hedblom, who was suffering from an injury, but Hedblom was able to play for a few minutes. During the last half, the Varsity gridmen watched the game...