Word: magic
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...chemistry professor who turns to pitching when he discovers a solution that repels wood, Ray Milland wins 38 ball games in the regular season for St. Louis, then goes on to win four more in the World Series. Every time a bat gets near one of the magic pitches, the ball hops up and over, into the catcher's mitt. The whole picture is just as ridiculous as the ball's behavior and, as such, makes delightful summer entertainment...
...Three Wives," is the tobacco-chewing, hardheaded, soft-hearted, Ring Lardner ball player who wisecracks at the umpire during business hours and spends the rest of the day keeping his irascible pitcher in tow. One of the picture's funniest scenes comes when he uses some of the magic lotion for hair tonic and finds that he can't smooth his hair with a wooden hair brush...
Hollywood beauty experts lavished their magic last week on what many a mellowing movie fan would regard as a dedicated mission. They were preparing 43-year-old Greta Garbo for her first picture since Two-Faced Woman, eight years ago. Meanwhile her producer, Independent Walter Wanger, flew to Paris, where, if all went well, filming would start in August...
...there. Though Deerfield children could still come free, the academy became one of the top ten private prep schools in the U.S. (total charge: $1,600), with a waiting list as long as any. Exeter's Principal Lewis Perry described the rise of Deerfield under Frank Boyden as "magic." Yale gave Boyden an honorary degree "for his researches into the minds and hearts of boys...
...there seemed to be a considerable difference between Herberger's chain of seven small-town stores and Butler Bros., largest U.S. wholesaler of general merchandise and also operator of 170 retail stores. Neither the Herberger hustle nor the magic of the Du Pont name could get the oldtime profits out of the 62-year-old company. Instead, Butler Bros, lost $4.3 million before tax carrybacks in 1947, squeezed out a small profit last year, but dropped $287,632 in 1949's first quarter. Its stock fell fcom 15 to 7 in two years...