Word: wind
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Ichabod and Mr. Toad (Disney; RKO Radio) is an uneven doubleheader by Walt Disney, who has combined into one film two dissimilar literary classics: Washington Irving's Legend of Sleepy Hollow, and Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. The contrast in the handling of the two unrelated stories neatly illustrates some of Disney's outstanding vices & virtues...
However the Crimson's showing over this period is deceptive. As is the case in many of Harvard's traditional rivalries, the Crimson holds the edge now because it piled up a large number of victories way back when--long before the other team got wind of the finer points of football...
...first, and more engaging episode is the saga of Mr. J. Thaddeus Toad, hero of British author Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. Disney has brought him to life on the screen with a spontaneous, satirical humor that does well by Mr. Grahame...
Harvard was at its best in the first period, keeping the ball in the Amherst zone most of the way despite a strong wind which was helping the Jeffs. But twice Amherst broke through: at 13:25 on a indirect penalty kick by Joe Griffiths and 21:05 on a left-side corner kick by Phil Eisner...
...achieves a haunting character portrait. Acting the role with an un-greasepainted face, Jeanne Grain seems like a morbid, almost marbleized Sleeping Beauty, bewitched by her conflict. Director Elia (Gentleman's Agreement) Kazan underlines the impression by having her walk with a dreamy gait, usually against the wind. As Pinky's washerwoman grandmother, Ethel Waters gives a powerful performance...