Word: grands
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...talk, dealing with the proposed National Plan for completing the topographic map of the United States, will include an account of a boat trip through the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River. The public will be admitted free...
...grand return to the screen for Spencer Tracy, who makes Manuel a far greater figure than he was in the book, while Freddy Bartholomew as Harvey is far above his "Lloyds of London' performance. Between them they have created the most deeply emotional characters of the year. There is almost no one in the theatre who isn't moved by the death of Manuel, or by the service in Gloucester for those lost...
...either seaman or landlubber, can fail to get a thrill out of those shots of the schooner plowing through the seas, scuppers awash; or fail to get a sense of peace from seeing the vessel ghosting through a Grand Banks fog. At last Hollywood has realized the possibilities of filming the sea accurately and dramatically, and it will now stand besides the photography of "Man of Aran." Do not fail to see this picture...
...wanted to have Man o' War's old saddle on War Admiral. Said he: "That saddle must be nearly 20* years old and I don't want any leather breaking in the Derby. Beside, I've got my own lucky saddle that brought Twenty Grand home." Jockey Kurtsinger's first Derby victory on Twenty Grand in 1931 set a track record of 2:01 4/5. Last week's running, in 2 :03 1/5, was, except for that one, the Derby's fastest, the more remarkable because the new starting line gave War Admiral...
Killers of the Sea (Grand National). Hero of this five-reel sport feature is one Wallace Caswell, captain of the fishing schooner Princess and constable of Panama City, Fla. Caswell. according to Lowell Thomas, whose commentary is dubbed into the silent film shot on board the Princess, conceived as a boy so trenchant a disdain for sharks, turtles, sawfish and other sea killers that upon reaching manhood he dedicated himself to slaughtering them singlehanded, using no other weapon than a fish knife...