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...present in the form of a quadrangle, but Joan stays loyal to her George; he shows his appreciation by letting himself be shot. Lloyd Nolan, menacing as every, tries to worm his way into Miss Bennett's heart, but gets only two Raft slugs for his efforts. And Walter Pidgeon, after years of being a tall and rugged forgotten man, gets the Indiana farm-girl on the first bounce. George Raft has been just as tough in many another picture, Joan every bit as voluptuous, but the story is slightly original, with the result that the picture hangs precariously over...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 5/21/1940 | See Source »

...western thrillers by substituting the American Civil War for Indian raids. Last installment was Warner's Virginia City. This one takes place in Lawrence, Kans., circa 1860, spectacularly chronicles the misdeeds of Outlaw Quantrell, Kansas' Civil War guerrilla, here thinly disguised as Outlaw Cantrell (Walter Pidgeon). Thrilling shot: the wagon, in which Claire Trevor, Roy Rogers and John Wayne are escaping the bad man, hurtling at breakneck speed off a high Kansas cliff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Also Showing | 5/6/1940 | See Source »

...Hello," replied Harvard, "my name is P. Pidgeon Parsons, and you can call me Mr. Parsons." And he closed the door with dignity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crime | 11/1/1938 | See Source »

Like old Captain Joshua Slocum almost 40 years before him, like salty Harry Pidgeon, who followed Herman Melville's Typee course, like seagoing Soldier-Tennist Alain Gerbault-cockle-shell Magellans all-Dwight Long had set his sails to go round the world. He had $200 cash, a guarantee of $25 a month for dispatches to the Seattle Star, and a companion who had studied spherical trigonometry and could qualify as a navigator. At Honolulu they parted. There Veteran Harry Pidgeon took Long out on the sea one Sunday afternoon, taught him how to plot his own course. In Hawaii...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Idle Hour | 9/19/1938 | See Source »

...route from the plains of Texas to a battlefield in France, Private Bill Pettigrew (James Stewart) is stationed at Camp Merritt, near New York City. One evening he collides with a limousine containing glamorous Daisy Heath (Margaret Sullavan). Unaware of the nature of her attachment to her manager (Walter Pidgeon), Private Pettigrew falls in love. Aware of the effect of a rude disillusionment, Daisy makes a brave gesture that enables Private Pettigrew to sail for France with his sublimated devotion unimpaired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Jul. 11, 1938 | 7/11/1938 | See Source »

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