Word: players
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...days, divots and fur flew the length & breadth of the 6,643-yd. Rancho course. The rules allow a player to assume a fair stance, but when Jack Gargan, a Hollywood bit-player, trampled a young sapling to get more elbow room for an approach shot on the 18th hole, his opponent asked for a ruling. Sputtered Gargan, when an official disqualified him: "I wouldn't call a thing like that on my grandmother...
...more than 40 marriages. Finally caught up, Confidence Man Engel was willing to reveal a few professional secrets of the widow racket. Among them: always be a gentleman-subordinate sex; send red roses, not orchids; always give the impression you have lots of money. "I'm a parlay player," said Engel. "I always made it a practice to spend on Mabel what I got from Jane . . . Don't forget that all these women were trying to take...
...wrist." The Browns, perennially willing to peddle stars for a price, say he is worth a cool $250,000. The Cleveland Indians, who have pennant hopes, naturally have no price tag on Ray (alias Ike) Boone, 25, a former bluejacket who looked good enough last week to take over Player-Manager Lou Boudreau's old spot at shortstop...
...regained in a powerful climax and several excellent performances. As Dr. Carter, Mel Ferrer gives a sensitive interpretation of a decent man caught in an indecent dilemma. Richard Hylton, in his first screen appearance, plays the difficult role of Carter's son with ease and assurance. Outstanding bit-player is the Rev. Robert Dunn, real-life rector of Portsmouth's St. John's Episcopal Church. His screenplay sermon on tolerance is a little masterpiece of low-keyed natural eloquence...
Especially pointless is the sluggish little romance between Esther, a former swimming champion who has become a manufacturer of beach wear, and Ricardo Montalban, a South American polo player. Their love story produces only one good piece of entertainment: a lively little song called Baby, It's Cold Outside, which is already well established as a jukebox hit. Between the long, arid stretches of talk, Betty Garrett and Red Skelton supply some shorter sketches of acceptable slapstick. The rest of the show, including a razzle-dazzle water ballet at the end, lumbers along like an overdressed float...