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Donald C. Watson '40 was the winner in the Freshmen competition, earning his number also as Freshman manager. Edward D. Rowley '40 finished second in this and David Shand 3rd '40 was third man in the competition...
These men will undergo further testing for the post on Tuesday at 9 o'clock in Sanders Theatre: Jan LaRue '39, John S. Morgan '39, Jonathan Schiller 2G., David Shand 1G., Chester W. Williams...
...race at 3 p. m. with the departure of the Queen Mary (see p. 17) at 3:15, the field got away smoothly. On a track baked rocky hard, following the Aga Khan's instructions, Jockey Smirke rode a waiting race. First Carioca, then Mrs. James Shand's Thankerton took the lead. Coming into the straightaway, big. grey Mahmoud, whom over-skeptical bookmakers, considering him a mere sprinter, had rated at 100-to-8, began to run. He crossed the finish three lengths ahead of Taj Akbar, most highly favored of the Aga Khan's three entries...
Brian Aherne gives the type of self-confidence to John Shand which demands a supplementary foundation, such as Maggie. In addition, neither of them rely solely on action; good dialogue accompanies the action and gives them both a chance to demonstrate all of their talent...
Reduced to plot, there is little that is new to the cinema in the story of John and Maggie Shand. Nor can the picture's charm be ascribed to Scottish atmosphere, scrupulously maintained, from the unavoidable scene in which Maggie and John sing "Loch Lomond'' in the parlor to the MGM gesture of reproducing in every detail a real Scottish railway train for one brief sequence. Behind such externals lies the warm, human sympathy of an author whose works should eventually prove as popular in Hollywood as those of Charles Dickens are at present. Good shot: Dudley...