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...movie are played by two of the most gorgeous, henna hay-burners that ever plodded out of a studio make-up salon. The picture may also appeal to some children; it tells how a horde of anti-mule, glue-factory-minded grownups are foiled by a pro-mule boy (Lon McCallister) and his girl (June Haver). Adult people and horses may resent the film's hee-hawed refrain: that mules are smarter than either of them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Apr. 26, 1948 | 4/26/1948 | See Source »

Everything works out nicely--both dogs win the big contest (in alternate years, of course); both are suspected of sheep slaughter and almost got their heads blown off by an aroused peasantry. Peggy Ann Garner and Lon McAllister are tossed in as a casual and extraneous pair of callow lovers, and take up some of non-doggy footage. But, unless you're one of that strange breed that dotes on animal pictures. "Thunder in the Valley" is hardly worth the trip downtown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 12/16/1947 | See Source »

...more important are the plans being drawn up which deal with the future of the School's methods of legal education. A Committee on Legal Education under Professor Lon L. Fuller has already drawn up "for inside consumption" a preliminary proposal for what Dean Griswold declares will be "evolution, not revolution...

Author: By S. WILLIAM Green, | Title: Law School, After 152 Years of Ups and Downs, Plans for Future, Floods Nation with Noted Lawyers, Public Servants | 12/11/1947 | See Source »

Last week, Oregon State's Coach Lon Stiner confessed that his real field general is a salaried alumnus, who sits high above the playing field in the press box. Ex-Halfback Bob Dethman of O.S.C.'s 1942 Rose Bowl team keeps a close eye on the opponents' weaknesses. When he decides what play to call, he telephones to the bench and a substitute relays it to the Oregon State huddle. Says Stiner, who is a member of the rules committee: "All coaches are doing some signal calling. . . . That substitution rule has to be changed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Quarterbacking by Telephone | 11/17/1947 | See Source »

Particularly outstanding, even in defeat, was the Orange and Black's defensive line which will start today if Harvard receives. Dan Williams and Bill Koch, both 200-pounders, man the tackles with Lon Palin and Jim Granbery at guards. Frank Perantont, Princeton's candidate for All-Eastern honors as center, backs up the forward wall with Charlie Brown, another defensive specialist...

Author: By Graham SHANLEY Daily princetonian, | Title: Tiger Smacks Lips, Crouches For Third Win | 11/8/1947 | See Source »

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