St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-09-21


The film pulls punches a closeup
story commercazatOn practced in many
today rugged grades
Jobs players prtng athletes Columbia Pictures has
hit theatres right at the of the 1851
grid
story poor Polish
parenage graduation
he swamped with bids from colleges Determined to be success
scholar gentleman Steve chooses Jackson Col
southern school long tradition but short successful
football squads.
steve living up high reputation
Then the dusion
process although he has become
football he isn't asked into the colleges best gentle
fraternity McCabe wealthy alumnus takes Steve
protege build the football
the varsity
publicity tours to accomplish his end Steve
with McCabe His marks begin to slide downward
having spend football
injury Dopd he returns the The
aggravated that he warned he sustain
GRIPPING Equipped with special shoulder brace he
play nothing His
injury football all the glory that with
Jackson College and its gentlemen but he
a stronger, wiser person
of Saturdays actor
Alexander Knox superb professor English who looks
pampered football evil
ceps cynical boredom.
Jackson sound Characterization The veteran
Blackmer heavily T.
! McCabe Donna Reed is sincere the niece
proves conclusivey
Roadway handicap the
beautiful before the Hollywood The picture
his first serious bid for stardom If the opinion of most of
the critics here anything the boy is on his
the hassel the alley Derek Miss Reed made
sona appearances with the film on opening day only Tuesday
They anything the after
through the usual unnred routine such
They Tun jockey
exponent the school Tuns asked them
obvious They replied with several obvious
Donna Reed is a much prete ofscreen than
She's blonde quite petite package Dere
ordinarily handsome Although the makes him
very-wen.
eyehes the kid isan right He didn't
his mind the business at hand but can't blame
him utterly stupid o
with the weeks little
squeang high school hles although he made speech
All he had gals
front and the resulting squeas made the theatre sound like
the three little and their cousins down Cousin
Wheh lls ulere "ouu Dc al autograph session
ayway behind the theatre half
headed the aeyway went along determined get
closeup of how Mr. Dek would act when he didn't have stage
between him the the female banashees.
When the there Of breathless
young women ugg around Some had autograph pads others had
glossy pictures Johnny" clutchd
Derek the with another
break OF pggyhke noises and rush forward that slammed me
wall and through That
started little juIu myself Several gentlemen with
faces arrived on the scene and started sembnce OF an
orderly line the Thanks efficiency
able where could autographng
Derek obdenty autographs didn't
bother look displayed the enthusiasm
ped to the hot seat two second before the current When he
did his what doing, Of
halfway dazed look his face that I've other nrvd
Hollywood stars who haven't become quite accustomed to the sna
egans their public
appears be "A retiring type young
can't that him Maybe it's because don't like squeaI
ing young ladies who their
they have manners and home Maybe it's also because
cutie-pie questions.
because wouldn't like to have life planned little
who call everybody alike baby
two words in their neutrality-suspicious. and terrific
Ugh
years from insomnia I've resored to every
type Of seepmalng device the market including the
mick standing The suddenly
to me that after years of certainty I'd fall to pieces nervous
collapse if didn't get every night I'd stopped
about whether slept or not AS soon as stopped WORRYING about
I'm passing this to other insomnia victims pillow