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...South Carolina's Ned Jarrett: the accident-plagued Southern 500 stockcar race, averaging 115.8 m.p.h. in his 1965 Ford despite an overheated engine; at Darlington, S.C. Breakdowns eliminated all the other big-name competitors, and Jarrett coasted home eleven laps ahead of his closest pursuer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scoreboard: Who Won Sep. 17, 1965 | 9/17/1965 | See Source »

Broadway Melody of 1938 (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer). Mrs. Caroline Whipple (Binnie Barnes), wife of a confection tycoon, owns a horse named Star Gazer, beloved by Sally Lee (Eleanor Powell) whose father bred him. With the horse, Manhattan-bound in a stockcar, Horsetrainers Sonny (George Murphy) and Peter (Buddy Ebsen) find Sally tucked up in the feed. A Manhattan playwright, Steve Raleigh (Robert Taylor), whose show Caroline is backing, finances Sally's auction bid for Star Gazer, tries to cast her as his leading lady. Jealous, Caroline withdraws her backing. At this point only juvenile or feeble-minded members...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Aug. 30, 1937 | 8/30/1937 | See Source »

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