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Word: inns (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Just the usual hoke," says an actor in "Holiday Inn" playing a Hollywood director. His comment, applied to the entire motion picture, in almost, but not quite, in order. The "hoke" in "Holiday Inn" is the old-fashioned, pollyannish product that Hollywood continues to turn out year after year. The only qualification that must be made is that "Holiday Inn" has a lot more to offer...

Author: By Stephen O. Saxe, | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

...instance, the tap dancing of Fred Astaire, who clicks his heels and tocs through several excellent routines. In the best of these he dances better while playing a drunk than most of the hoofers could cold sober. Throughout "Holiday Inn" Astaire plays a foil for Bing Crosby. In this film, a Paramount re-release, Crosby's voice and hairline are still intact. He sings an excellent selection of Irving Berlin tunes--"Easter Parade," "Be Careful, It's My Heart," and, of course "White Christmas." The result is like a greeting card: it has no art and no subtlety...

Author: By Stephen O. Saxe, | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

Weakness in the lower positions proved the undoing of the B team, as the Blues swept both the fourth and fifth matches in straight sets. This was the third consecutive defeat for the B team, which had previously lost to the Union Boat Club and Lincoln's Inn by scores...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UC Blues Defeat Varsity B Squad In Squash Match | 12/15/1949 | See Source »

...Varsity B team yesterday lost a Metropolitan B league match to the Lincolns Inn Society of the Law School by a four to one score. The squad was hampered by injuries which have forced members of the B team to play with the A team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Squash Unit Loses | 12/8/1949 | See Source »

...Lincoln's Inn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Minor Winter Sports Schedules | 11/28/1949 | See Source »

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