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Grandpa Storr is the central figure of The Stranger's Return. A hard-fibred, eloquent curmudgeon of nearly 90, he entertains himself by abusing the pasty-faced riff-raff of his family-a nephew's widow, a stepdaughter, her husband-who are his pensioners at Storrhaven while they wait for him to die. When Louise (Miriam Hopkins), the daughter of Grandpa Storr's oldest son, arrives at Storrhaven, the old man gets a new interest in life-showing her that she belongs, not in New York where she has been married and divorced, but on the ancestral...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Jul. 31, 1933 | 7/31/1933 | See Source »

Jamestown, first Virginia settlement, was like a mosquito bite that is scratched and scratched until it becomes a permanent feature. First & foremost a gambling venture, it naturally attracted gamblers rather than serious colonists. In the medley of ex-pirates, Spanish spies, gold-seekers and riff-raff that came to Virginia hoping to find it a way-station to Eldorado, Soldier of Fortune John Smith was one of the biggest troublemakers. A farmer's son who had won his spurs fighting against the Turks, he was hot-tempered, stocky, boastful and brave. When Chief Powhatan's warriors captured...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Pre-Cigar-Store | 2/13/1933 | See Source »

Bartol, Werner, l.e.; Barrows, Healey, l.t.; Crane, Healey, Raff, l.g.; Casey, Casale, Lockwood, c.; Rogers, Dow, Scott, Raff, r.g.; Cullen, Francisco, Kidder, r.t.; Lowe, Wolcott, r.c.; Whitney, Peter, q.b.; Waters, Ferry, f.b.; Barrett, Hurlbut, Whipple, r.h.b.; Locke, Grady, Sherman, Bennett, l.h.b...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: JAYVEE ELEVEN HOLDS TEAM B TO SCORELESS TIE | 10/6/1932 | See Source »

...signal calling, and dummy scrimmages. Crickard only appeared for a few moments, as he is busy studying for a makeup exam, while Leonard watched the drill in street clothes. F. Gleason, Cassedy, and Bennett were kept out of the scrimmaging because of minor injuries, and Whitney, Casale Littlefield, and Raff were all present in white shirts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COACHES TO STRESS DEFENSE AGAINST PASSES THIS WEEK | 10/4/1932 | See Source »

Team C--Walcott, l.e.; Kidder, l.t.; Healey, l.g.; Casale, c.; Raff, r.g.; Cullen, r.t.; Werner, r.e.; Peter, q.; Sherman, l.h.b.; Hurlbut, r.h.b.; Ferry...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COACHES TO STRESS DEFENSE AGAINST PASSES THIS WEEK | 10/4/1932 | See Source »

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