Word: hood
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...McFadden discovered Tsar Saltan on a trip to Russia, translated it herself, had it streamlined and arranged for piano accompaniment. The other Junior opera in the repertory is Louis Gruenberg's Jack and the Beanstalk. Newest of Junior ballets is Robin Hood, written by Junior Programs Producer Saul Lancourt, danced to old English tunes.* Last week, on the heels of the ballet troupe, the Junior Programs opera company went on a 30-week tour, its ten members in automobiles, its scenery and costumes in a truck...
Diego found the best procedure was to lead a double life. To the public he became a fine-mannered fop, but in the still of the night he was Zorro, the marauding Robin Hood of the New World, threatening the wicked regime of Quintero and undoing the dirt it did. After numerous narrow escapes, he succeeded in his personal crusade, winning at the same time the Alcante's innocent niece. Tyrone Power is the gay young caballero and he gives the part all he has. But much more convincing is the corpulent Padre, Eugene Pallette, who feels righteous in clouting...
...Mark of Zorro (20th Century-Fox). With an arthritic imitation of Douglas Fairbanks' sword-and-horseplay, Tyrone Power undertakes the leading role in a remake of Fairbanks' 1920 classic about a California Robin Hood who made things too hot for a dastard Spanish colonial governor. To pacify the Hays office, the Z-mark is carved only once on real flesh- on a man's chest instead of his forehead. (The Fairbanks version precipitated a nationwide rage for Z-cutting among small fry.) Basil Rathbone furnishes the dueling opposition for Power, Linda Darnell the fond glances...
Dartmouth tied it up late in the half when George Slusser bucked over from the two and Hood kicked the point. The third period was tinged a deep green. The Indians outgained and outkicked the Crimson, and went ahead when a Douglas-Kulawick pass carried 37 yards for a touchdown. Bob McLaughry bucked over for the third Indian score in the middle of the last quarter, giving the visiting eleven a substantial 19 to 7 lead...
Averaging over 190, the Indian line has proven itself a strong defensive unit all fall, and the backing-up of center Bill McCloskey and quarterback Harry Hood is notable for its ability to eradicate embryonic scoring threats...