Word: stratton
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Died. Frank Morgan (real name: Francis Philip Wuppermannf), 59, veteran cinemactor; of cerebral thrombosis; in Los Angeles. A onetime vaudevillean and Broadway star (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 1926; Topaze, 1930), Morgan was equally adept at straight character roles (the pirate in Tortilla Flat, the coach in The Stratton Story) or at his specialty: the ineffectual, fatuous old party who was alternately a garrulous liar and a gabby lecher...
...Stratton Story (M-G-M), in real life, began back in the 19303 when Monty Stratton, a Texas farm boy, got an irresistible yen for professional baseball. By 1938 Monty had become an ace pitcher for the Chicago White Sox. In the same year, as the result of a hunting accident, he lost his right leg and (so the sport world thought) all chance for a future in professional baseball. But Monty had courage as well as a good right arm. Bolstered by thousands of fan letters and an artificial leg, he fought his way back to the mound...
...With Stratton to keep the facts straight and tough-minded Director Sam Wood (Command Decision, Pride of the Yankees, etc.) behind the cameras, The Stratton Story avoids the obvious temptations to jerk extra tears and belabor its moral. Jimmy Stewart plays Monty and, under Stratton's coaching, does a good deal of plausible (but not very hefty) hurling without calling in a double. Except for a bit of sly mugging in the early scenes, Stewart turns in a solid, heart-warming performance with some attractive short-stopping by June Allyson as Mrs. Monty. He also gets solid support from...
Burton L. Stratton will be the new production manager of the University Press effective August 1. Stratton, formerly secretary and production manager of Henry Holt Company, will replace Alfred V. Jules, who held the post here since...
...putting all the emphasis on partition, the U.S. had evaded certain other moral responsibilities, particularly to refugees in Europe. Congressmen had consistently refused to consider the Stratton bill, which would have admitted 400,000 D.P.s to the U.S. For refugee Jews, Zion had been their only hope. To the Arabs it looked as if the U.S. preferred to see the Jews of Europe dumped into Palestine. The New York Times summed up: "A series of moves which has seldom been matched for ineptness...