Word: lomond
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Reduced to plot, there is little that is new to the cinema in the story of John and Maggie Shand. Nor can the picture's charm be ascribed to Scottish atmosphere, scrupulously maintained, from the unavoidable scene in which Maggie and John sing "Loch Lomond'' in the parlor to the MGM gesture of reproducing in every detail a real Scottish railway train for one brief sequence. Behind such externals lies the warm, human sympathy of an author whose works should eventually prove as popular in Hollywood as those of Charles Dickens are at present. Good shot: Dudley...
...maximum 2,700. Timers clocked the flying wedge of smoke and spray at an average of 124.91 m. p. h. for two statute miles-a new world's record, 5.16 m. p. h. faster than Kaye Don's time in Miss England III last spring on Loch Lomond. Climbing out of his boat, the old silver fox of U. S.-speed-boating, Gar Wood, defender of the Harmsworth Trophy, smiled contentedly. He had kept a promise to his country and himself...
...Kaye Don: a world's record for speedboats. 119.81 m. p. h.; in Miss England III; at Loch Lomond, Scotland...