Word: mule
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Patsy" awards (the annual animal "Oscar") for outstanding performances. The first-prize winner: Rhubarb, a stealthy, orange-colored cat which starred in the picture of the same name. The other winners: Diamond and Smoky (horses), Corky and Chinook (dogs), Cheta (a chimpanzee playmate of Tarzan), and Francis (the "talking" mule). There were minor disturbances-Smoky was frightened and frisky; Diamond was nervous enough to misbehave onstage-but, all in all, the evening was a success. Moreover, it was a true sign of a new Hollywood trend: movies starring animals are really making money, hoof over...
...grey, mild-mannered first-prize winner of last year's Patsy, are the proteges of Independent Director Arthur Lubin. Lubin produced Francis in 1949 for $624,000, grossed $4,000,000, and thus .helped put Universal-International Studios comfortably in the black. He followed with three more mule films. Francis Goes to the Races is already popular. Francis Goes to West Point and Francis Covers the Big Town are still to be released...
Woods tells of being as signed to a story which seemed to have neither long ears nor a mule's kick. It was the Second International Gerontological Congress, a group which is concerned with the troubles of the aging. He found his story, however, by attending a session when the venerable baseball pitcher, Satchel Paige, turned up. Correspondent Woods's report: "For two solid hours, Ole Satch held the scientists spellbound with inside tips on how he maintained his terrifying 'nuthin' ball' despite his advanced years. Samples of his anti-old age prescriptions...
...nose for news" has always been considered a major part of a good reporter's equipment. To that, TIME'S correspondents seem inclined to add: an eye on the mule and a feel for the coral reef...
...motion picture are, in fact, quite frightening. All of them are brought together by a common desire; they want to get married. Since no one on the Eastern seaboard is interested in marrying them, they head out West to take what they can get. Westward the Women is their mule and waggon safari to California. They start off with Robert Taylor and a bunch of cowboys for protection. As things turn out, the cowboys need more protection than the women. Taylor warns his boys to "stay away from the wimin," and he shoots a few offenders to prove he means...