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...dragon's breath: a bizarre scene that crosscuts an act of adultery with the gruesome death of the betrayed husband: Perceval, hanging, nearly dead, as his Other Self reaches for the Holy Grail. Alex Thompson's garish cinematography gives every scene a fantastical fiery glow and Anthony Praff's production design is, by inappropriate turns, marvelous and ridiculous. For instance, most of his medieval castles have a finely detailed primordial look, but his contrast to these palaces, the new and civilized Camelot, is a high-tech Xanadu full of glass and chrome and parapets that look like they're made...

Author: By Jacob V. Lamar, | Title: Blood and Sex and Chivalry | 4/17/1981 | See Source »

...SECOND TREASURY OF EARLY AMERICAN HOMES, by Richard Praff (144 pp.; Hawthorn; $12.50), shows, entirely in color, 57 of the nation's most beautiful homes, interiors and exteriors. Most of them are masterpieces of gracious architecture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Good to Look At | 12/6/1954 | See Source »

ELEVEN GENERALS (355 pp.)-Flefcher Praff-Sloane...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Well-Tempered Amateurs | 5/2/1949 | See Source »

...doubles will be played and probably on Monday the finals of the singles. But one match is scheduled for today, that between the Upjohn and Roots combination and Carpenter and Hamington. Upjohn and Roots got into this match, the semi-finals, as a result of their victory yesterday over Praff and Collier, the score of which...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNION DOUBLES TOURNAMENT REACHES SEMI-FINAL ROUND | 11/1/1923 | See Source »

...Freshmen team was beaten on Divinity Field by nine matches to none. Williams (Y.), defeated Holmes (H.), 6-3, 6-0; Moss (Y.) defeated Hill (H.), 9-7, 6-2; McCord (Y.) defeated Wakefield (H.), 6-0 6-3; Benediet (Y.) defeated Praff (H.), 6-3, 7-5; wheeler (Y.), defeated Kleberg (H.), 7-5, 2-6, 6-4; McLaughlin (Y.) defeated Chase (H.), 1-6, 7-5, 6-2. Williams and McCord (Y.), Wakefield and Homes (H.), 6-0, 6-1; Moss and Benedict (Y.), defeated Hill and Kleberg (H.), 6-4, 6-3; Marshall and McLaughlin (Y.), defeated...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TENNIS TEAM NOSED OUT PENN | 5/26/1919 | See Source »

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