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...Oaxaca, Mexico. A footloose insurance agent (Glenn Ford) comes into possession of several old sheets of parchment which are a clue to a priceless treasure buried among the ruins. In practically no time, he finds himself mixed up with such shady characters as a fat invalid (Francis Sullivan), a raven-haired Latin beauty (Patricia Medina), an alcoholic blonde (Diana Lynn), a mysterious fellow with a crew cut and smoked glasses (Sean McGlory). The feverish chasing is punctuated with slugging and shooting. This sort of thing has been done better a number of times, but the scenery, shot on the spot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Also Showing | 8/31/1953 | See Source »

...water, boats with such family names as Comet, Lightning, Star, Thistle, Raven, Rebel, Weasel and Wood Pussy were chasing each other, waiting for vagrant puffs of breeze, or just lazing along. Sometimes, in a strong puff, one or more blew over; but after thrashing about in the water for a while their crews climbed in again, bailed, and sailed on or waited for a tow. In short, as the saucer man would have been fully justified in reporting to his interstellar G2, the Americans have found a big new way of getting sunburned, soaked to the skin and happily exhausted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Design for Living | 7/27/1953 | See Source »

Three victories and two second place performances in seven races gave the Crimson sailing team a 51 to 49 upset win over the University of Rhode Island in the "Raven Octagonal," held Sunday at New London, Conn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Sailing Team Wins Octagonal Meet | 4/21/1953 | See Source »

...sang for her father-in-law, Nightclub Baritone Carl Bnsson, he held his temples and cried: "Are you going to bring that voice to Broadway?" Her gravelly, one-note vocalizing has been compared to the Ambrose Lightship calling to its mate. One critic thought that she sounded like "a raven with a throat condition," Ros (pronounced Roz) concedes that "I don't sing, I gargle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: The Comic Spirit | 3/30/1953 | See Source »

...allow the Booths to give John's body Christian burial. He wrote to Secretary of War Stanton, who did not deign to reply. He wrote to General Grant, who ignored him too. It was President Andrew Johnson who at last handed over John's remains, the raven-black hair grown long, the body mutilated by official autopsies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Hamlet in a Greatcoat | 3/2/1953 | See Source »

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