Word: labels
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...easy to understand the relief it would give a reviewer to be able to pin some sort of label on the film. The director, Jack Garfein, and the scriptwriter, Calder Willingham--who reworked his own 1947 novel and his 1953 Broadway play, both called End As a Man-- appear infuriatingly unwilling to commit themselves about what they are doing. All that can be said with complete confidence is that, in a style which captures much of the spontaneity of a really first-rate documentary, they present a story which centers on the career of one Jocko De Paris, a cadet...
...starters. Ernie Johnson, Gene Conley, Taylor Phillips, et. al. give the Braves strong second-line pitching as well. With Joe Adcock, Henry Aaron and Eddie Matthews to carry the offensive burden, in addition to about the best defense in the league, the Braves bear a "Can't Miss" label...
Anti-Hollywood. Although an enterprising publicity agent has stuck him with the label the Calypso King, Holder would like to forget commercial calypso as soon as his show closes next month after playing Philadelphia and Washington. Sitting last week in his dressing room, cluttered with the paintings he works on between shows, he tapped his shaven skull with nervous, spatulate fingers and speculated about what he would do next. In the fall he will present a concert show on Broadway starring himself and his wife and including no calypso at all. "Dancing," he says in his soft West Indian voice...
...trouble in far too many cases of accidental poisoning, including those involving children, is that they are caused by proprietary preparations whose ingredients are not listed on the label. So even if a doctor is called at once, he may not know whether to treat the victim for acid or alkali, arsenic or strychnine poisoning. For such dilemmas, the book counsels: "As soon as vomiting occurs, or if it does not occur within a few minutes, give the patient several teaspoonfuls of 'universal antidote' "-a mixture of two parts activated charcoal, one part magnesium oxide and one part...
...stone (133 Ibs.), skiffling Scotsman named Lonnie Donegan arrived with a four-man combo to play side music for basketball's famed Harlem Globetrotters, currently touring the U.S. Donegan, who cannot read music, hit the big time with a recording of Rock Island Line (on the London label in the U.S.), whose spoken introduction, beat and intonation copy almost exactly the style of a Negro ex-con and twelve string guitar player, the late Huddie ("Lead Belly") Ledbetter...