Word: wizards
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...stunned by the impact of a Jones-trained horse winning at such odds. Ben himself, more excited than after Citation's victory last year, forgot his limp as he hotfooted it down the track to meet Ponder jogging back to the presentation stand. The 66-year-old training wizard from Parnell, Mo., a genius at getting a horse ready for one big race, had the look of a man who had fooled even himself. Said little Conn McCreary, who finished fifth aboard Halt: "When the day comes around, he makes you look like a sucker...
...Wizard of Oz (M-G-M), dusted off and reissued, proves that true wizardry, whether in books or on the screen, is ageless. In the magical land of Oz, nothing changes. As wide-eyed Dorothy, Judy Garland still wanders through an enchanted Technicolored landscape with the Tin Woodsman (Jack Haley), the Scarecrow (Ray Bolger) and the Cowardly Lion (Bert Lahr). The whimsical gaiety, the lighthearted song & dance, the lavish Hollywood sets and costumes are as fresh and beguiling today as they were ten years ago when the picture was first released. Oldsters over ten who have seen it once will...
...peculiar conditions of existence or death," the factories in which "men and women toiled at the lathes . . . till they fell exhausted on the floor and had to be dragged away," the "vast intricate systems of fortifications . . . antitank obstacles, blockhouses," the secret rooms in which hidden scientists fought the "wizard war" of radar...
...Herbert Stothart, 64, top-ranking composer of M-G-M cinemusical scores (Rose Marie, May time); of a heart ailment; in Los Angeles. A onetime collaborator with Franz Lehar, Rudolph Friml and George Gershwin, Stothart won the 1939 Academy Award for his sprightly, hard-to-forget score for The Wizard...
Boston in 1920 was money-mad, and Ponzi had created the madness. Six months before, the 5 ft. 2 "Wizard of Finance" had been a $16-a-week clerk; now he was a millionaire. Ponzi promised to make everybody rich by paying 50% interest on investments in 90 days, or "double your money" in six months. His offer was incredible; but there were satisfied customers who seemed to prove his good faith. Thousands more pushed, scratched and fought their way into Ponzi's Securities Exchange Co., crying: "Take my money...