Word: nones
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...producers have shifted the emphasis of Ring Lardner's famous short story so that it is not Midge Kelly, but the "boxing game," that comes out the villain. In the original, Kelly knocks down his crippled brother and his mother, and throws a fight in the first two pages. None of this lovable character delineation appears in the movie; instead Midge becomes a man who just can't lose--an animal who refuses to fall down, either by agreement or because of terrific punishment. He wins his last fight after being beaten silly because he gets sore in the fifteenth...
...Crimson participants taken as a whole are a motley crew. Experience among the oarsmen ranges from none in the two week old Weld Boatclub crew, comprised primarily of bolters from the varsity football squad, to a great deal for the Crimson's third varsity eight, which will enter the Steward's Cup race. There are three different ight racs, first, second and third closs, and Coach Tom Bolles at Newell and Coach Blake Denison at Weld have entered their boats to correspond with the quality of the competition expected in each class...
...symptoms of the strange malady which has been afflicting the varsity ever since its long two-week layoff in the early spring were still apparent yesterday. The team, bar Estin, had none of the spark of good play, the coordination, the inspiration to do the right thing at the right time, that is necessary for success...
...None of these clubs ever failed financially according to Wilson, but rather merged by mutual consent; hence they are all legally still in existence...
Donald Thompson, playing the difficult role of a scared and frustrated youth, is competent as are few actors on the screen today. His shuffling walk, his painful stare, convey a sense of frustration and misery that lacks nothing. The supporting players, none of whom are "name" actors, bring out to the fullest the psychological implications of every scene. Clarence Cooper, a counsellor at Wiltwyck, plays himself in an especially sympathetic and understanding...