Word: stewart
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh (1769-1822) was an unstable Ulster aristocrat whose favorite costume (pink hunting coat and riding boots) made him a figure in Parliament. Foreign Secretary from 1812 to 1822, he stiffened the Grand Alliance that defeated Napoleon. At the Congress of Vienna, which laid the foundations for a hundred years of Pax Britannica, he put on a classic display of balance-of-power diplomacy: to counter the threat of Russo-Prussian hegemony in Europe, Castlereagh threw Britain's weight on the side of the former enemy, France. Britons blamed Castlereagh for the economic distress following...
William Holden is largely responsible for the accuracy of this portrayal. He plays the title role honestly, turning in his best friend when he needs money and blowing town when things get hot. Johnny Stewart, the youngster he instructs in the jockeying trade, has made an impressive debut in this film...
...Long Goodby" will be directed by Michael Mabry '53, and "Moony's Kid Don't Cry," by Donald Stewart, Jr. '53, Irving Yoskowitz '53 will be the producer for the performance...
Boots Malone (Columbia) is a horse-racing movie, sired by any of a dozen others and damned by the resemblance. It tells of a jockey agent (William Holden), tarnished and down on his luck, and a runaway rich boy (Johnny Stewart) who wants desperately to be a winning jockey; of the race track's poverty-row "characters" who chip in to buy a potential champion; of the crooked gamblers whose attempt to fix the big race through Holden conflicts at the last moment with his fatherly affection...
...given it some seemingly authentic paddock lore and lingo. Though somewhat young for his role, Actor Holden plays it with his usual skill, and Boots Malone also benefits from an earnest performance-his first in movies-by Broadway's 15-year-old Johnny (The King and I) Stewart...