Word: prided
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...yarn about the effect of innocence and helplessness on man's wickedness. Three escaping bank bandits, in Technicolor, stumble across a woman in childbirth, stranded in a covered wagon during a sandstorm. The crooks, all 15-minute eggs, immediately begin quaking with spasms of oldtime religion, secondhand paternal pride and firsthand conscience. One of the godfathers (Harry Carey Jr.) dies from exhaustion and a slight wound he picked up in the robbery. Another (Pedro Armendariz) breaks a leg and has to shoot himself. That leaves John Wayne and Baby; Mother has been decently buried after a mawkish death scene...
...drama ended with a fine rendition of Beethoven's Appassionata, Lenin's favorite piece, and Lenin's own words: "I know nothing more beautiful than the Appassionata and I could listen to it every day. Wonderful, immortal music. I always think, with perhaps a naive, childish pride, how can man create such wonders?" In its most cuddly voice, the Communist radio concluded: "Such a man was Lenin...
...Pride in Their Park. In a glassed-in cupola atop Santa Anita's grandstand sat a man with a different view. Stone-faced Charles H. Strub (rhymes with rube), 64, built Santa Anita, bossed it, drew down $334,000 in salary and bonuses in 1948. Last week, he put on his usual $50,000 weekend race, the Santa Margarita Handicap (won by Lurline B, a 30-to-1 shot). This week, the first of his three $100,000 races, the Maturity Stakes, would...
...advertised), "Doc" Strub works on the theory that nothing should be painful for his patrons. There is not one "Keep Off the Grass" sign at Santa Anita. Says Doc, who fancies himself as public benefactor and administrator: "Our customers appreciate beauty enough not to destroy it. They have pride in their park." For those who like to sunbathe, Doc provides benches...
Television Playhouse (Sun. 9 p.m., NBC-TV). Madge Evans in Pride and Prejudice...