Word: jointedness
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In the competitive human world, a common platitude says that a man needs "backbone" to succeed. In the competitive animal world it is different. Scientists have other criteria than fame, money and power for measuring biological achievement. If they were polled they would probably award the gold medal of greatest...
Outstanding prospects are Bob Benchley in the 136-pound class and Dick Thomas in the 145-pound class. Benchley, who is almost double jointed, had experience last year wrestling for Exeter. Thomas, from Omaha, Nebraska, was state champion in his weight class last year.
Less steady in its aim than most studios is Paramount, which ranges from experimental cinemopera like Rouben Mamoulian's High, Wide and Handsome to loose-jointed sophomoric trifles like College Swing, Turn Off the Moon. Paramount's net income for last year was $6,045,103. This year...
Alcatraz Island (First National-Warner Bros.). Studio magic simulates the stern Federal penitentiary in San Francisco Bay, involves it in a loose-jointed melodrama acted by John Litel, Ann Sheridan, Mary Maguire, Dick Purcell and Gordon Oliver.
Spain Laughs is a series of casually connected scenes occurring in the camp of the Loyalists as they wait for the exchange party to show up. A court-martial condemns to death a captured Rebel and an old man who helped insurgents. A prostitute promises to reform, help the government...