Word: dan
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...spring of 1853, just as the Big Ditch is freed of ice, Dan Harrow (Henry Fonda), a big, quiet farm boy, signs on as a mule driver for the summer. In Hennessy's strictly moral canal hotel at Rome (immoral canal hotels could be identified by their white chimneys), Dan meets Molly Larkins (June Walker). She is a pretty minx born to the Erie water. The conflict between "notional" Molly and simple Dan is the traditional one between water folk and land folk...
...people seem to have married on the "Grand Canawl," the usual relationship being that of captain & cook. Molly is cooking for Jotham Klore, a profane, hard-drinking bully boy who seldom passes a lock without a fight. A quarrel with Jotham and a sudden turn of good luck for Dan sends Molly into the kitchen of Dan's Sarsey Sal. A tranquil panorama by Currier & Ives, The Farmer Takes a Wife becomes emotionally articulate only when Molly is trying to infect her bumpkin beau with her passion for The Big Ditch...
...Senator Long led the university's 125-piece band, made a speech expressing his thanks for the reception. During the game, he functioned as cheerleader. Just before it ended, he rushed across the field, while Vanderbilt's Dixon was punting, began yelping at Vanderbilt's Coach Dan McGugin...
...Crimson scored first in the initial period, when Dan Greeley broke through and blocked a Hanover punt on the 25-yard marker. Pierce Fuller rushed the ball over for the lone Crimson score...
Yale has been slightly dubious over joining the issue since the episode of Handsome Dan II has not been forgotten. Assurances that their copy will be printed exactly as it is written, however, have won their consent to supply the center spread...