Word: wye
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...purely artistic point of view, "Trade Winds" is in a class with its predecessor, for it is not; but on the other hand this latest attempt will doubtless be even more popular because of the delightful humor that has been skillfully interwoven with the story. Fredric March, as Sam Wye, expert detective, is put on the trail of Joan Bennett, murderess, because of his peculiar fascination for beautiful women. Constantly harassed by Ann Sothern who, as "Dr. Livingston," easily walks away with the acting honors, and Ralph Bellamy, as an incredibly stupid detective, he traces her half way around...
...brunette, looks like Hedy Lamarr. To work his material into the body of the picture, which was made in the United Artists studio, Director Tay Garnett fell back on the reliable motif of the chase: assigned to find a girl wanted by the San Francisco police, Detective Sam Wye follows her to Hawaii, catches up with her in Singapore, falls in love with her in Ceylon, marries her on a boat leaving Bombay, settles down to live with her on the Laccadive Islands...
...travel contributions is that, sprinkled through the narrative along with the antics of a highly entertaining set of minor characters, they serve to punctuate Miss Parker's jokes. Best minor part: Ralph Bellamy-who impersonated Christ in Destination Unknown, also directed by Tay Garnett-as Sam Wye's over-diligent assistant...
...Frederick Hobday of the Wye Agricultural College, Ashford, Kent, found that the spread of foot-rot among British sheep was checked by shoeing the sheep with tight-fitting rubber boots...
...summary: Wilkinson (H) defeated Holden (BU), 6-4, 6-4; Richmond (H) defeated Wight (BU), 4-6, 10-8, 6-8; Ingalls (H) defeated Smith (BU), 6-1, 6-4; Bentley (H) defeated Robart (BU), 8-6, 8-6; palmer (H) defeated Whitman (BU), 11-9, 6-4; Wye defeated and Wight (BU) defeated Wilkinson and Ingalls (H), 1-6, 6-4, 6-3; Palmer and Wye (H) defeated Ford and Whitman (BU), 6-3, 6-2; Franklin and Shapiro defeated Summer and Scannel...