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...plot is generally quite simple. A lean, hardfighting ex-officer and eternal gentleman returns to Old Home Town, Texas. Finding that some dam Yankee carpetbagger has cut him out of his job, girl, homestead, and even his favorite place in the saloon, the Forgotten Hero clenches his teeth and waits. He is still waiting and quietly suffering when the girl-snatching Nawthorn rascal injures either his mother (in pictures apologizing for the James boys) or anyone's honor (in all other films of this genre). Then all hell breaks loose with proud victors vanquished, widows revenged, and Yankee misrule giving...
Looking like the gambler he claims to be-lean, tanned, well-tailored, and sporting a trim mustache-Mangrum has long played in the shadow of the Hogans, Sneads and Nelsons. Seldom winning the big ones, but plugging along at his trade with the gambler's instinct for the law of averages, Mangrum manages to play in more tournaments and win more money than any other touring pro. With winnings, exhibitions and bonuses, he figures that in the past five years he has earned some $300,000 from his golfing talents...
...touchdown pass. Then, outlasting a Rose Bowl jinx that twice saw California lose to the Big Ten in the final minutes, the hopped-up Trojan defense stopped two more Wisconsin drives inside the 30. Final score, for the West Coast's first victory in seven lean years against the Midwest...
Double-Threat Man.Unquestionably, the fizz in Miller High Life is Fred Miller. A tall (6 ft.), lean, handsome man who was once an All-America tackle and football captain at Notre Dame, Miller keeps his muscles trim at handball and tennis, hunts and fishes with the oldest of his eight children, pilots his own Grumman Widgeon amphibian around the U.S. Besides running the brewery, Miller has energy left to run scores of outside activities. He is president of the Milwaukee Brewers Association, runs public relations for the U.S. Brewers Foundation, is a director of the Milwaukee County Society for Mental...
Breaking the Sound Barrier (London Films; United Artists). The stresses & strains, mechanical as well as human, of supersonic flight in Director David Lean's British-made film; with Ralph Richardson, Ann Todd (TIME...