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...crowd got its biggest thrill in the early rounds when Botvinnik, playing indifferently, lost to a 20-year-old flash named David Bronstein, a Stalingrad railroad worker playing in his first national contest. But blondish, bespectacled Botvinnik was too self-assured to be ruffled. He went on to retain his title with 12½ points out of a possible...
Cowboys, Indians, soldiers and lots of noisy gunpowder--a throw-back to the days when Tom Mix, Ken Maynard and Buck Jones used to hold the Saturday matinee spellbound. Remember the thrill when troops of soldiers thundered across the screen leaving their loved ones and a trail of dust behind them. And the Indians--how vicious they looked in their war paint, and how quiet they were in sneaking up on an encampment of sleeping men. But what a grand lot of noise there was when battle took place! Those were the days...
Perhaps some of the thrill was due to the screechy sound track and the glaring pictures--it was easy to fall into the character of "Cactus" when the whole thing lacked realism. But Hollywood, not to be caught napping, has brought all of this to its public in typical fashion, adding new thrills with marvelous color photography. Big names, horses, Indians--what else--, and lots of extras have been thoroughly mixed, seasoned well with technicolor, and served hot in the newest Wild West thriller...
...encyclopedia of stage lore. Another consuming interest was transportation. He could tell any Thamesside character who would listen the tonnage, type and country of every craft on the Thames. He loves to ride on trains, and two of his best pictures (The 39 Steps, The Lady Vanishes} have thrill ing train sequences...
Steelheads are the hardest of all trout to catch. Some fishermen spend a good part of three winters wading hip-deep in streams, shivering in day-long chilling rain, before landing their first one. But of all the joys of fishing, few compare with the thrill of hooking one of the fighting, silvery fish. Last week thousands of Oregon and Washington fishermen braved gasoline, tackle and whiskey shortages to try their cold-reddened hands at steel-heading...