Zaius (Maurice Evans) which the human breed made a desert ages ago.Taylor was still determined to find out why there was "a planet where apes evolved from men - there's gotta be an answer.In the manager's office after the game, Larry and Skip summarized that LaLoosh had walkedandstruck-out 18 players - both new league records.However, 1939 was a banner year for great films, so its sole award went to Lewis R.Foster for his original story - originally a novel titledThe Gentleman from Montana.In 1940, Stewart was awarded the Best Actor Oscar for his lesser role inThe Philadelphia Story (1940), often considered a consolation prize for his loss in this year.Greeted by one of the generals, Shaw feels "like Captain Idiot in Astounding Science comics." His politically-motivated, power-mad mother Mrs.Iselin (37 year old Angela Lansbury, only 3 years older than Laurence Harvey, her son in the film) and step-father Senator John Iselin (James Gregory), an aspiring, right-wing (McCarthy-ish), buffoonish Vice-Presidential candidate make a dramatic entrance - hey are introduced by a shot of an American flag and then a descent o them.