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Francis is played by a real Army veteran who underwent a 16-hour-a-day movie course with studio Trainer Jimmy Phillips. Recruited for the film from a Calabasas, Calif, mule dealer, he was dyed a darker hue from head to hoof, wore greasepaint on his mouth, powder on his nose, a "rat" in his tail, half-inch false eyelashes and-until he balked-extra-sized false ears. Like many a new-found star, patient Francis is currently making personal appearances with the picture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Mar. 20, 1950 | 3/20/1950 | See Source »

...second synthetic gait, most comfortable for the rider but tiring for the horse, was the rack (singlefoot), a four-beat gait with each hoof striking the ground separately...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Five Speeds Forward | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

...being asked by their president, Charles W. Cole, to wage a fraternity war on automobile accidents. New rules for registering and operating a car at college state that a student must maintain a scholastic average of 75 or above. A couple of course flunked means he'll have to hoof it--or ride it the hard way. A student also must be a senior or junior and have the written permission of his parents...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Amherst Acts to Cut Car Accidents; Ohio State Police Speculate on Death | 11/15/1949 | See Source »

Strapped to a perch atop the radiator of one of the jeeps was a man with a long wooden lance. As the jeep caught up, he rammed the lance against the bull's flank, knocking him hoof over hide. All eyes in the jeeps were trained on the black bull, intent on his slightest move...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Home of the Brave | 7/11/1949 | See Source »

...Cloven Hoof. In Port Jervis, N.Y., Motorcyclist Clark Ponnell complained that a deer crashed into him, rode the handlebars for 150 feet before Ponnell landed dazed on the highway, "and then the deer walked over and kicked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jul. 4, 1949 | 7/4/1949 | See Source »

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