Word: wilsons
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...nation's sporting-goods stores were beginning to spruce up. Big manufacturers like A. G. Spalding & Bros. and Wilson Sporting Goods Co. were reconverting at top speed...
After Pearl Harbor, both Spalding and Wilson turned their precision machinery to the manufacture of small arms and tank helmets. They had gone on making some sports equipment, but the military had snapped up almost 80% of it. Last week, with all arms contracts canceled, the first dribble of postwar sporting goods was on its way to the nation...
Victim's Explanation. Watching her play minor roles in major films like Wilson, major roles in minor films like Shining Victory, discerning cinemaddicts have long been puzzled by Geraldine Fitzgerald's fourth-magnitude stardom...
...Ingersoll and the virtually unduplicable wit of Dorothy Parker. Miss Gordon was well qualified to reverberate the Parker echoes. Miss Dunne, despite her own kinds of charm and humor, is not. Mr. Knox, whose youthful appearance will surprise those who have seen him only in the title role of Wilson* is superb as the editor, whether chattering at the edge of mental exhaustion, or putting all possible gusto into a reading of a post-Wilsonian editorial. Good shot: the commanding officer's patronizing offer to help his hosts extract a frozen ice tray, and the cataclysmic result...
...Wilson, which grossed less than half its cost on its carriage-trade run ($1.00-1.50), has recently been re-released at popular prices (65-85?). 2Oth Century-Fox at best will break even...