Word: joans
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...they were turning up new and startling additional information about Kittredge's Sir Thomas. It appeared that Sir Thomas had been a prodigious troublemaker in his day, had tried to ambush the Duke of Buckingham, had broken into the home of one Hugh Smyth and raped his wife Joan, had extorted 100s, from a Margaret Kyng and a William Hales and 20s. from a John Mylner, had broken into Hugh Smyth's place and raped Joan again, had gone to Leicestershire and there stolen "seven cows, two calves, a cart worth ?4, and 335 sheep." Sir Thomas...
...Director George (Miracle on 34th Street) Seaton, who bolted it together out of a deservedly unproduced play by Harry (Here Comes Mr. Jordan) Segall. It concerns two angels (Clifton Webb and Edmund Gwenn) who are sent on an earthly mission to inspire procreation by a selfishly childless theatrical couple (Joan Bennett and Robert Cummings...
...thus languishes to be conceived, she gives tips to the angels on how to further the project. Angel Webb, a vain, sarcastic know-it-all, then materializes into the couple's life, hatches aphrodisiacal schemes and almost loses his angelic franchise when confronted with temptations of the flesh (Joan Blondell...
...head of the Publicity Office, Joan Projansky '49 is in charge of telling editors who their correspondents will be. She explains the process this way; "When the last girl got married, I called up the Globe and said that Mary Stokes would be their new correspondent. Mr. Merrill (the Globe's city editor) was a little angry, but in a few days he called back and said she was okay...
...Joan Projansky herself is a friendly, good-natured woman. But her function was clear as soon as she took office this fall. The Radcliffe News reported factually: "Miss Joan Projansky, Radcliffe '49, has been appointed Director of the Publicity Office, succeeding Miss Barbara Norton. In her new position, Miss Projansky will direct all releases and information that go to the public and students must check with her office before giving their name or picture to be used in a newspaper or magazine...