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When he leaves railways, he often discovers other strange features of the English landscape. A farmyard contains a tall tower leaning well to the right (". . . and my Italian prisoners put up the silo"). An enormous bomber roars low over a tiny cottage which, luckily, just fits between the bomber's mighty wheels ("I'm afraid we shall have to leave building the new wing until after the war"). Emett's capacity to embroider a theme with variations applies not only to railways but also to such other redoubtable English features as ear trumpets, bath chairs, lantern-slide...
...means trustworthy, his ex-valet Roldan is in open revolt. Columbus himself is arrogantly, piteously aware that there is not a man on earth he can trust. It is Don Narciso's business to report to his King that "the Admiral was not fit to govern a farmyard, let alone an empire." He dislikes his task, but takes comfort in the thought of sailing, on the morrow, for Spain and the quiet life. Kidnapping, hurricane, shipwreck, a Crusoe sequence delay his return. When he finally sails, a more distinguished passenger is Columbus, in chains, with a ham actor...
...Beauty for the Asking" is notable chiefly for the presence of a tidy little morsel named Lucille Ball. The young lady, it may be said, is very badly dressed and very good looking. "Farmyard Symphony," the Walt Disney aperitif on the bill, is not so tasty as usual, but adds its share of seasoning to the film menu...
Near Sanford, N. C., Mrs. Alton Jourdon, 26, who expected to have a baby in another month, last week went to the well in her farmyard to draw water. "When I bent over the well," she said after an accident which drew newspaper attention throughout the nation, "everything went black. The next thing I remember was being in the cold water, trying to keep afloat. Soon there were two of us, and I had to keep...
...unhappy because Jack & Jean, the farmer's children, dislike milk. Orgets Bee & Baw retire to a dell to ponder Cow's plight, come upon two starving baby foxes. Back to the farmyard they flit, persuade Cow to lumber off to the dell with milk for the foxes. On the way clumsy Cow catches a hoof in a railroad track, is nearly killed by a train. Jack & Jean, overcome by Cow's bravery, agree to love her, drink milk...