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Word: sneakers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1940
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Though timid cinemaddicts who dislike having boys in the house may be dismayed by a Rugby whose youthful masculinity is as unembellished as an old sneaker, even they will find homely, button-nosed Jimmy Lydon an improvement over the standard Hollywood juvenile. A veteran of WPA drama and radio serials, he was ousted in the finals of Producer David Selznick's hunt for a Tom Sawyer. He and Freddie Bartholomew raced to work in their cars every morning until Lydon bowled over an R. K. O. watchman and Producer Towne threatened to put them both...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Jul. 8, 1940 | 7/8/1940 | See Source »

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