Word: jock
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Selznick read the synopsis. With the sad fate of So Red the Rose in mind, he was in no hurry to pay $50,000 for another Civil War book, and a first novel to boot. But when Selznick International's Board Chairman John Jay ("Jock") Whitney offered to buy the novel on his own, Selznick, saying, "I'll be damned if you do," closed the deal. Then he took the book on an ocean voyage to Honolulu to see what he had bought...
...night sessions, Fleming and Selznick worked with cutters, taking out, putting in, putting in, taking out, until they had a picture that ran just under four hours. They took this to Riverside, in the orange country, surprised fans there with a sneak preview. With them was Jock Whitney, who had not seen the film before. When the picture ended, tears were streaming down his face...
Last Monday Winthrop's powerful line, sparked by Bill LaCroix, Bob Winsor, and Jim Rousmaniere, drove through Eliot to a 5 to 2 victory, while Larry Butt, Jock Elliott, and John Irving led the out-of-House sextet to a 4 to 1 win over Leverett...
Larry Butt, John Irving, and Jock Elliott took the limelight for the Dormitories, while the Leverett cause was boosted on against superior ability and experience by Malcolm Marshall, Jess Willard, and Jim Monkman...
Most famed U. S. jumping Jill is Mrs. John Hay ("Jock") Whitney, a spirited, devil-may-care rider who has been winning blue ribbons on the horseshow circuit for 15 years. Before her marriage to Croesusrich young Whitney in 1930, Mary Elizabeth ("Liz") Altemus was well known in the hunt country around Philadelphia. After acquiring the 2,200-acre, million-dollar "Llangollen" estate near Upperville, Va., Liz Whitney became the most glamorous horsewoman in the U. S. Her drawing-room gum-chewing, social-worker hairdo, haphazard clothes were aped by many lesser socialites. Her riding technique became the very pattern...