Word: sparked
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Monty Woolley has doffed his smirk and wisecracking manner, but he's retained all his spark and individuality as the gruff title character of the "Pied Piper." The saga of one Englishman's battle to escape the rush of the Nazi armies through France, and of the waifs he picks up on his way, the "Pied Piper" is an original and highly effective film account of one of the dramatic episodes of this...
Defeated Matt Neely still is Governor, will be for two more years. He has plenty of time to put new spark-plugs in his machine, try to get it hitting on all cylinders again...
Best lineman on the Brown eleven is Jay Fidler, a tackle. The center or the Bruin line has been strengthened by Sophomore stars. Lon Regise, center, has been one of the spark plugs of Brown defense, while Phil Teacher and Tile Margarita, guards, block down the field for Brown runners...
...practice yesterday found the Crimson mentor looking for a back to take some of the pressure off O'Donnell. He has Bart Harvey, baseball captain, who is a spark in every practice session, but Harvey has not seen a minute of action all fall. There also is Steve Gifford, Jayvee wingback and, like Lyle, a trackman. Gifford and Harvey will undoubtedly come in for a lot of tutelage this week, and either man or both should see action Saturday...
...half. His cigars give him a convenient yardstick: a one-cigar script is apt to be terrific, a two-or three-cigar script fair, a four-cigar script a stinkaroo. Rehearsals are similarly carefree. A light once-over usually suffices. Anything more than that, Goodman Ace insists, kills the spark of spontaneity...