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Jessel hits his last sequence like a drummer going into a sock chorus. Lotta is in mid-performance in a big New York theater. A letter arrives, seeming to seal the death of her lover in a Southern hospital. Suddenly her father (Hoofer James Barton) rushes in to announce that the war is over. Tearfully, Lotta goes to the center of stage and sings a mournful chorus of Dixie to the outrage of the audience. Her partner (Dennis Day) steps out of the wings, gives the New Yorkers a lecture that echoes Lincoln's "malice toward none," and soon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Nov. 26, 1951 | 11/26/1951 | See Source »

...kidnappers, according to Ratner, gave him a place to sleep but did not give him anything to eat. Yesterday morning they tied him to a bed, gagged him with an old sock, and then had an International Photo Service man take pictures. Ratner escaped soon afterwards by walking out the rear door while his captors were all in a front room. He hitch-hiked back to Cambridge...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Ed Chairman Foils Four Kidnappers | 11/6/1951 | See Source »

...crowd believed it. When the band played, it sang at the top of its collective voice. And even when the cheerleaders called for "Sock it to 'em," it cheered. Dick Clasby, sidelined tailback and offensive standout, was at the rally last night as a spectator. "Tomorrow it'll be different," he told the crowd around...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Eleven Faces Army on Even Terms At Stadium Today; Band Rally Draws 1,500 | 10/20/1951 | See Source »

...then amid intermixed cries of "Wintergreen" and "Sock it to 'em," the crowd broke...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Less Than 1,000 Attend First Rally | 9/29/1951 | See Source »

...count the stitches on his lifebelt. Then, 300 yards past the barge, Quicksilver began the turn. Suddenly the big hydroplane flipped over, vanished in a geyser of white spray. When the mist settled, only flotsam remained-a few splinters of grey plywood, a seat cushion, one shoe with a sock still inside...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Death at Seattle | 8/13/1951 | See Source »

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