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Bill Sikes is more an outright blackguard than Fagin, and this exactly how Robert Newton portrays him. The top-hatted, unshaven bully terrifies Fagin's crew of pickpurses; he terrifies his lover, Nancy; and the chances are that he will terrify you in the climatic scene. Kay Walsh, an extremely lovely and disheveled creature in this film, plays Nancy with lustiness and compassion. Miss Walsh, with her face streaked, her hair flying, and her dress torn, retains a beauty that might even surprise and delight Charles Dickens...
Minor Sport H--Forrest L. Carter, Indianapolis, Ind.; Jan E. Jertson, Fairhaven, Mass.; Robert T. McConaughy, Sharonville, Ohio; George N. McNair, Jr., Farmington, Wash.; Christopher Martin, Saxtons River, Vt.; Byron B. Morton Jr., Elizabeth, N.J.; Winfred Overholser, Jr., Washington, D.C.; John W. Smith, Omaha, Neb.; Eric T. Sollee, West Newton, Mass.; Harry K. Ziel, McKees Rocks, Pa.; Richard D. Kahn, Manager, New York...
Minor Sport H--John H. Hart, New York, N.Y.; Henry C. Horner, Worcester, Mass.; John G. Houser, Cleveland, Ohio; Donald Kennedy, Dearborn, Mich.; James A. Lawson, Foxboro, Mass.; Skiddy M. Lund, Chestnut Hills, Mass.; Edward R. Ritvo, Newton, Mass.; James K. Weaver, Glenwood Springs, Colo.; Timothy J. Wise, New York, N.Y.; James W. Downs, Manager, Cleveland, Ohio...
...entered World War I, MacArthur, then a major on staff duty, conceived the idea of a "Rainbow Division of National Guard troops from different states; though his superiors were hesitant to send National Guardsmen to France, he went over their heads, sold the idea to War Secretary Newton D. Baker and went with the division to France...
...embroiled with his superiors. In 1917, he went to France as an observer; on his return home, he was invited to appear before the Senate Military Affairs Committee. He used the occasion to denounce the Army's ordnance bureau and supply system and to charge Secretary of War Newton D. Baker and the Army Chief of Staff with inefficiency and incompetency. As a result, he was barred from overseas combat command in World War I by Secretary Baker and the A.E.F. commander, John J. Pershing. Wood's views had won him wide popularity, however...