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...Died. Sim T. Webb, 83, fireman for Engineer Casey Jones on his fabled (Around the curve and down the dump/ Two locomotives was a bound to jump) last run on the Illinois Central (April 30, 1900), who leaped clear on Casey's orders just before they rammed a stalled freight near Vaughn, Miss.; in Memphis...
...enters only occasionally, but nicely. The scene in which, as a demonstration of technique, the eccentric old Laird and a sledge hammer wind each other up and hurl themselves into space is exquisite. The Laird becomes a most amusing exaggeration of a country squire with the overplaying of Alastair Sim, who can squint, fidget, grimace, say nothing at great length, and provoke laughter as well as any British character alive. The large Wee Geordie is played by Bill Travers, who in such a "natural man" role, does not have much positive acting to do, yet does it well...
...Geordie. A stiff comic punch delivered by the British-an intoxicating mixture of Scotch and wry; with Bill Travers, Alastair Sim (TIME...
...Geordie. A stiff comic punch delivered by the British; with Bill Travers, Alastair Sim (TIME...
...Geordie. A stiff comic punch delivered by the British-an intoxicating mixture of Scotch and wry; with Bill Travers, Alastair Sim (TIME...