Word: sleepers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...sleeper, Hitler's Children, made by an unknown producer, Edward A. Golden, with a starless cast, on a small budget ($170,000), has already grossed $1,000,000 and broken attendance records almost everywhere it has been shown...
...points, but Tufts Rocco Antonelli tied it up two minutes later. Then Hyde's foul with a minute to play looked good enough to win, and the Crimson waived two fouls to keep possession of the ball. But these tactics proved fruitless when Andy Gibbons sneaked away on a sleeper play and converted a pass from Antonelli to win the battle with twenty seconds remaining...
...telephone call to the movie artist in New York yesterday revealed that he was planning to spend the night at the Copley Plaza, but the hotel stated last evening that his reservation was for early today, following a trip up from New York on the sleeper...
Except for the loquacious Durwood, who protested at this "sleeper pray," Saturday's stalwarts had little to say, and even Forte who withstood the attentions of screen star Constance Moore last spring at a House dance, was at a loss for words. Miss Edgerton-Bird's questions, most of which dealt with the player's thoughts during vital plays, drew shy responses, and Russ Stannard, toughest of the Crimson linemen, lost his voice entirely...
...Sleeper. In Goldsboro, N.C., John Cotton slept while a thief brought in a floor lamp to make his work easier, stole the spread from the bed, also made off with Cotton's trousers...