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...first Methodist bishop ordained in America, who gloriously related his own determined fall from the faith of his fathers in Up from Methodism,* went on with equal verve to chronicle underworld doings and undoings (The Gangs of New York, The Barbary Coast), the U.S. fascination with gambling (Sucker's Progress), and a history of prohibition (The Great Illusion); after a long illness; in Manhattan...
...eagle (22). Since all the matches but one in all three series are already on film, a shrewd gambler might try to get to a cameraman or assistant producer to find out who won. Then all he'd have to do is find a sucker at air time foolish enough...
...with trivia, he says, student government subtly argues that only "omnicompetent officials" have the wisdom to make real policy decisions. Even more subtle is an echo from the McCarthy era-not fear of speaking out. but fear of being taken in. Given the abiding American fear of being a sucker, says Keniston. McCarthy's allusions to "unwitting dupes" still make collegians wary of offbeat ideas...
...glutton and compulsive sucker on caramels, Peredonov is the anti-hero of Fyodor Sologub's classic. The Petty Demon, a glittering fantasy that had enormous success in Russia when it came out in 1907 but has not been widely read elsewhere. (This deft translation is the first time it has been reissued in the U.S. since 1916.) A poor schoolteacher in an ugly 19th century provincial town, Peredonov hopes to be appointed inspector of schools through the intercession of his vulgar mistress Varvara with a powerful princess...
...hero and his girl, with the rest of the screen in darkness. The hero is Professor Harold Hill (Robert Preston), a 1912 conman in the corn-belt town of River City, Iowa. Preston's tactic is to whip up enthusiasm in small towns for starting a brass band, sucker parents into buying the instruments and uniforms, and then skip out without teaching the young Sousaphiles a note. Preston is a musical illiterate but a one-man school of charm. As the music money pours in, he collects romantic interest from the town librarian (Shirley Jones), who is suspicious...