Word: dogs
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...best thing in If I Were King is Basil Rathbone's acidulous portrayal of Louis XI as an unstable, peevish, medieval neurotic. The picture generally omits the few known facts of Villon's desperate, dog-eared life in favor of an elaborate fiction wherein he wins a war against the Duke of Burgundy, acquiring Frances Dee as his reward. Typical shot: Ronald Colman (Villon) and Basil Rathbone bowing to each other...
Died. Charles Cruft, 86, "greatest of dog showmen," organizer of Great Britain's famed Cruft's Dog Shows; of heart disease; in London. In 1891 Queen Victoria gave Cruft's the cachet which has made it Europe's greatest dog show by entering her collie and three Pomeranians. At its Golden Jubilee Show two years ago, 10,650 dogs were entered...
...literature of the circus has seemed as subdued as mourning. With Big Show, the first novel of a circus-loving staff member of The New Yorker, the circus goes to town in bigger & better literary spangles than ever. A three-ring romance presenting a tender love story, an engaging dog story and authentic circus life, Big Show shares with Dexter Fellows' ballyhoo the distinction of being frequently livelier than the circus itself...
...story contains many a hero, but its main hero is Bob Boulton, a lazy, circus-struck, upState New York kid who teaches his collie, Skipper, a repertory of backyard tricks, rises from a frowsy dog-&-pony show to headline billing in Madison Square Garden in The Greatest Show on Earth. With him goes pretty Ann, a blonde snake charmer whom he won when she was abandoned by an athletic, womanizing clown...
True, Struck was a fixture at his position. But a good dog-fight like that which is raging between Mike Cohen, last year's J. V. bucking back, and Ben Smith, converted end, is good and healthy at this stage. Cohen is better defensively, but Smith rates the offensive edge due to his speed; he is reputed the second fastest on the squad. Both Cohen and Smith negotiating long, spinning runs for touchdowns in Saturday's romp over the scrubs...