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Another Pamela or, Virtue Still Rewarded, by Upton Sinclair. A California goat-girl resists almost all temptations and marries into the Big Rich; a retread of Richardson's 18th Century novel in which Sinclair gives his old aversion to wealth a fresh spin, mostly good-humored (TIME...
Another Pamela or, Virtue Still Rewarded, by Upton Sinclair. A California goat-girl resists almost all temptations and marries into the Big Rich; a retread of Richardson's 18th Century novel in which Sinclair gives his old aversion to wealth a fresh spin, mostly good-humored (TIME...
...Mercedes McCambridge, playing her first screen part, took the Oscar for the best job by a supporting actress. The Academy voted the best-actress award (her second) to Olivia de Havilland for playing the jilted wallflower in The Heiress, and recognized a bald Dean Jagger's retread adjutant in Twelve O'Clock High as the best male supporting performance...
...Boston, the fans cheer him even when he gets knocked out of the box. His 1948 record: seven wins, three defeats. For a retread, sensitive William Symmes Voiselle was giving serviceable mileage...
...Razzberries. At 29, Big Bill Voiselle was strictly a retread. He blew out three years ago when he was with the New York Giants. One fat pitch (clouted for a home run with the count two balls and no strikes) did it. Giants' Manager Mel Ott bawled him out in front of the whole team and fined him $500. Bill began to brood. "Yuh don't feel like pitching when a fine's hanging over your head," he said. The fans jeered. Deafness and all, says Bill, "When 30,000 razzberries pour down on you, you hear...