Word: geniuses
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Jones-trained horse winning at such odds. Ben himself, more excited than after Citation's victory last year, forgot his limp as he hotfooted it down the track to meet Ponder jogging back to the presentation stand. The 66-year-old training wizard from Parnell, Mo., a genius at getting a horse ready for one big race, had the look of a man who had fooled even himself. Said little Conn McCreary, who finished fifth aboard Halt: "When the day comes around, he makes you look like a sucker...
...Belvedere Goes to College. Clifton Webb resumes his supercilious career as an all-round genius (TIME...
There was a good-sized audience last night. Unfortunately, it appeared to be composed largely of patrons of the classics. You don't have to be a Latin genius to understand and enjoy the play, and a lot of people are going to be missing out on a good time if they don't see it before it closes tonight
...Clifton Webb's new film--for "Mr. Belvedere Goes to College" suffers by comparison. If it had come before "Sitting Pretty," it might have had a better chance. Nevertheless, taken by itself "Mr. Belvedere Goes to College" offers many a chuckle for admirers of that dapper, self-confessed genius Lynn Belvedere...
...Century-Fox) gives Clifton Webb a chance to go on playing the comedy role that turned last year's Sitting Pretty into a smash box-office hit. Mr. Belvedere is no longer a babysitter, but he is still insufferably and hilariously patronizing; he is still a self-confessed genius and he is still broke. His bestselling book, Hummingbird Hill, has won him fame, but lost him a fortune in libel suits. All he has left is a $10,000 prize which he can collect only by taking a college degree. With acidulous hauteur, he enrolls as a freshman...