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...Lady Vanishes (Gaumont British) exhibits Director Alfred Hitchcock, Eng land's portly master of melodrama, at the top of his form. The ingredients of Hitch cock pictures rarely vary much. They include a beautiful English girl, a some what bewildered hero, several international spies, a code and a journey, preferably by train...
Last week, when the U. S. Polo Association announced 284 changes in its 1938 handicap list, most noteworthy news was the upping of 27-year-old Michael Phipps of Old Westbury, Long Island, from nine goals to ten (top notch). With Tommy Hitchcock, Stewart Iglehart and Cecil Smith already ranked at ten goals, the U. S. can (and probably will-barring accidents) name a 40-goal team, theoretically the best in the world, to defend the Westchester Cup in the international matches with England next summer. Not since 1925 has the U. S. had such a top-notch four...
...took one good look at himself on the screen he decided he was an even worse actor than salesman, became a messenger boy for Samuel Goldwyn. When General Pershing was being shown around the lot one day he spied Wellman, whom he had known when Wellman and Poloist Tommy Hitchcock were famed for their trick of flying low over German towns and firing their machine guns at church bells. Said Pershing: "Why, Bill, you old son of a gun, how are you?" Next day Wellman was made an assistant director...
...IMPORTANCE OF LIVING-Lin Yu-tang-Reynal & Hitchcock...
...half century of U. S. polo, only 15 players have ever attained handicap ratings of ten goals, the game's highest rank. One of the first ten-goalers was Thomas Hitchcock Sr. (1894, 1900, 1901), who captained the first U. S. team that challenged England for the Westchester Cup. Tommy Jr. has been ranked at ten goals for 16 years-greatest feat in polo history...