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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...moviegoer above the age of twelve should fail to spot the victor from the first reel, but both suitors are written and played ingratiatingly enough to make it seem a contest worth watching. Miss Leigh also performs sympathetically in a variety of improbable situations. With the notable exceptions of the heroine's upholstered sweater and the calculated cuteness of a seven-year-old child actor (Gordon Gebert), Scripter Isobel Lennart and Producer-Director Don Hartman have managed to hide most of the comedy's implausibilities in a mellow blur of unpretentious good humor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema, Also Showing Dec. 19, 1949 | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

...those in France and Italy, where the State Department is concerned primarily with selling America and American good works in competition with Communists. The problem is far more complex in the occupied countries, where the U.S. is more involved with influencing a whole way of life toward democracy. The first element in this change must be respect. America has acheived this for its material accomplishments, but our propaganda has not demonstrated the worth and vitality of democratic--and more specifically, American--culture...

Author: By Herbert P. Gleason, | Title: BRASS TACKS | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

...Hartford Golf Club match, strength in the top three positions made the difference as the Crimson's Hugh Foster won the first match in straight sets and Hugh Nawn and Jim Bacon were extended only one set each...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hartford, Trinity Beaten in Squash | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

Thirty eight hundred fans at Washington's National Guard Armory watched the varsity basketball team drop its second game Saturday night, 58 to 53. In its first road match this year, the quintet had traveled south to meet Georgetown, and the undefeated Hoyas produced their fifth straight...

Author: By Paul W. Mandel, | Title: Hoyas Hand Quintet Second Defeat | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

...first time this year, Rockwell failed to come through with more than 15 points, while Smith was similarly handcuffed. Smith led the team's scoring with four goals and a pair of free throws...

Author: By Paul W. Mandel, | Title: Hoyas Hand Quintet Second Defeat | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

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