Word: pat
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Aside from "Lady in the Lake's" intrinsic worth, Robert Montgomery deserves a pat on the back for breaking away from Hollywood formula method. It is a pity he chose the most conventional of movie plots, and so could not make the novelty and the frequent nice touches rise above the sluggishness of the whole. The camera eye technique clearly has possibilities in movies that are naturally suited to subjectivity, but in the old missing-woman and private cop hash, it is at best incongruous...
...hobbling around on crutches since the eve of the Yale meet, will be ready for action by April first and his return will case the responsibility of Harvey Thayer. Read will also help out Captain Wes Flint in the 110-yard high and 220-yard low hurdles, as will Pat McCormick, Interscholastic champion from Cleveland. Flint, third in the IC4A Indoor 60-yard highs, and considered unbeatable in the 220 lows outdoors, will continue his rivalry with Yale's Cook and Finlay on the cinders...
Assisting him will be dance director Charles Conkling, who was formerly in charge of all soldier shows in the ETO. Scenery and costuming will be done by Donald Finlayson and Miss Pat Haveus respectively...
...problem play in the Scribe tradition, Arthur Laurents' "Heartsong" has neither a biting social problem nor a pat formula to rescue it from a morass of meaningless talk and contrived situations. Susan Douglas, as Ivy, the eternal sex force, is Mr. Laurent's champion of illegitimacy. Although she was the only character who seemed to have something relevant to say, Miss Douglas was as uncomfortable in her part as everyone else last night...
...Pat Bowditch won a decisive 11 to 5 bout from Tom Daniels of Springfield in the 128-pound class while Bob Claftin got a decision for Harvard in the 175-pound class by a 4 to 2 margin. Dave Cole pinned Bill Binemel of the Crimson with four seconds left in the match with an armlock...