Word: quests
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Neill's new play, and three of them carry the whole of it. The three: James Dunn as a drunken bachelor landlord; Mary Welch as a big Connecticut hill girl; J. M. Kerrigan as her conniving, Irish tenant farmer father. The play tells of Dunn's blind quest for redemption from a hell of liquor and women; of Miss Welch's efforts to make him happy and to alleviate her own hell as an outsized woman; of her father's willingness to make something out of it, mainly money...
...their fifth meet of the season, the Crimson fencers will attempt to slash Cornell from the ranks of the unbeaten at 2 o'clock today in the Indoor Athletic Buildings, while the Yardlings travel to Andover in quest of their fifth victory in six starts...
Most successful experimenter was Dr. Wallace Carothers of Du Pont. While trying to synthesize a silklike fiber, he stumbled upon a compound with a wonderful musky odor. Under the name of Astro-tone, it is widely used as a musk substitute. (Returning to bis original quest, Du Font's Carothers did women an even greater service by discovering nylon...
...obvious terror. Nath and the farmer's adopted child (Allene Roberts), thus forbidden, cannot resist trying to find out what it's all about. They are variously hindered by Nath's lush sweetheart (Julie London) and her sinister spare-time boy friend (Rory Calhoun). Their quest for the core of the farmer's terror results, first of all, in some effectively staged ghost fear: Nath's exploration of the dark, wind-lashed, screaming woods. As the youngsters keep exploring, they are warned off by bullets. When Farmer Robinson's sister (Judith Anderson) is killed...
Taking to the court in quest of their seventh hoop win. Coach Hal Kopp's Jayvees will meet an unfamiliar junior squad from Tufts at the Indoor Athletic Building at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Miqua the services of captain Gunther Resinus, who suffered a sprained ankle in Saturday's game against the Cambridge "V", the Jayvees will rely on the scoring talents of forwards Frank Bixler and Steva Brademas...