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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Joan Dexter is far too pretty and slim to play the role of decaying middle-aged Buttercup. To make up for this faulty casting she gives the part an interpretation that is spirited and novel, if incorrect. Robert Peters as Captain Corcoran, Roger Murphy as Dick Deadeye, and David Shapiro as Sir Joseph Porter, and all far better than average amateur performers. Nancy Ryan's Cousin Hebe is one of the finest that I have ever seen...
According to Madden, he was reassured at this time that if the University should ever decide definitely to put the land up for sale he would be asked to make an offer. "I was never given this chance," he said last night...
...other so frequently and often devote too much space to points which are obvious to most people; these two structural flaws may alienate a few readers early in the report. But these writers and readers who stick with the Niemans will discover the surprisingly fresh observations and illustrations that make it hard to dispute the authors' two main points...
...what the cute little remarks are going to be when mother has her twelfth baby. You can easily sense each time the "cheaper by the dozen" gag is coming up. Only Gilbreth's time studies redeem the movie from being completely hackneyed, and they aren't enough to make it really amusing. "Cheaper by the Dozen" is just a quantitative variation on the "Life with Father" theme...
Harvey Thayer has been shining in the quarter-mile. Ed Grutzner has to make up for the sacrifice of a week of practice to a Glee Club trip and Lou Tsavaris is fighting a cold. Tom McGrath was one of the stalwarts of the strong winter mile-relay squads. Newcomers Bert Brown and Joe Walsh may help...