Word: wood
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...affects to explain how a nice little girl from Seattle grew up to be the genius of grind. The explanation is Momma. As Roz portrays her, Momma Hovick is the matriarchetype of the stage mother, an all-too-human dynamo who sees in her daughters, big clumsy Louise (Natalie Wood) and talented little June (Ann Jilliann), a second chance at fame...
Though Actress Wood is everything anybody could ask (5 ft. 2 in., 98 Ibs.) of a cute little trick, she can hardly fill the billing (5 ft. 9½ in., 130 Ibs.) of the lusty, busty broad who was known as "the Gene Tunney of burlesque." But thanks to Director Mervyn LeRoy, the show itself is remarkably well-built-big and brassy, loud and fast. As for Actress Russell, she defies description...
After losing five yards on first down Eliot quarterback Pete Wood rolled out on an play and made 20 yards to his own 41. At this point Wood found a soft spot in the left side of the Leverett line and played it for all it was worth. With Bill Risser and Al Friend blocking ferociously, Wood sent his powerful fullback, Keith Striggow, barreling into the line five straight times before the drive was halted by a fumble on the Leverett...
...Roberts, but I suspect that by next year, when he is a senior, the whole truth will come out. Perhaps the isolation of Ithaca has prevented biographers from bringing his success story into the open. One thing seems plausible: Archie may talk a lot to homely girls, but Wood is a much better quarterback. After all, anyone who can defeat Princeton all by himself must have a lot going...
Mike Bassett, while he is no Wood or King, is a pretty fair quarterback. He did lead the team to the Ivy Co-Championship last year as a sophomore, and this season he seems to be directing the Crimson to another late surge. Bassett, however, does things like hand-off to other players, and he is not a great passer. This automatically removes him from the glamor-boy race...