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Before the 200-meter race, its most remarkable feature was Florence Griffith's Howard Hughes-length fingernails gaily lacquered in red, white and blue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: What It Was About | 8/20/1984 | See Source »

...into a fight with the son of a judge in his Mexican village and, after the man drew a knife on him, shot him. Upon arriving in the U.S. he worked for the Union Pacific railroad; was shanghaied to Alaska and was a stunt man for D.W. Griffith...

Author: By Victoria G.T. Bassetti, | Title: Exploring Peru, Bluegrass and Vogue | 6/7/1984 | See Source »

...Griffith Winthrop Sr. Cornell '32, lives in Connecticut and ventured to Red Top yesterday to cheer for Harvard, his daughter's son's and son-in-law's alma-mater. He predicted victory for the Crimson. "It's Harvard's year they've got the depth, they should win," Winthrop said. But when the varsity race got pushed back seven hours, the ex-oarsman abandoned ship...

Author: By Marie B. Morris, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Reminiscing | 6/4/1984 | See Source »

...Griffith could have written this: always begin your movies with a bang. Or, as in Temple of Doom, a Chinese gong. This one is rung to signal the beginning of tonight's floor show at the Obi Wan Club in Shanghai, 1935. Presenting Miss Willie Scott (Kate Capshaw) and her pan-Asian chorus line in a delicious rendition of Cole Porter's Anything Goes-in Mandarin Chinese! At a nearby table, Professor Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) is haggling for his life with a trio of Chinese gangsters: the diamond in his possession in return for a vial containing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Keeping the Customer Satisfied | 5/21/1984 | See Source »

NONFICTION: D.W. Griffith, Richard Schickel ∙ The Knight, the Lady and the Priest, Georges Duby ∙ Knock Wood, Candice Bergen ∙ The March of Folly, Barbara W. Tuchman "Son," Jack Olsen ∙ Tales from the Secret Annex, Anne Frank

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Editors' Choice: Apr. 30, 1984 | 4/30/1984 | See Source »

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