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...suffering and misery that have unfolded since 1939, that MGM has placed its latest effort at well-bred laughs, "Once Upon A Honeymoon." The cast is sure-fire, Ginger Rogers as a Minsky Melter gone broad A, Cary Grant in a reporter part tailored to his tongue-in-cheek virility, and a newcomer, Walter Slezak, as the type of Brownshirted bully that gestapoes himself into disfavor handily. But even these stalwarts are helpless in a plot that ambles from fantastic nonsense to the borders of poor taste...
...meaning of God and the meaning of their own souls. . . . The chaplain who talks to his men about God will be respected and listened to. The chaplain who uses his few precious minutes talking about the wickedness of shooting craps will be largely ignored. When men are living cheek by jowl with death they rapidly get down to essentials. Religion at war, if it is to win its battles, must likewise get down to essentials...
Epidemic keratoconjunctivitis was described in last month's War Medicine by Drs. Michael J. Hogan and Joseph W. Crawford of San Francisco. Main characteristics: Small glands of the cheek and neck usually swell, and eyelid swelling may become extreme. When the swelling goes down after about three weeks, white spots may remain in the cornea, especially around the edges of the pupil. These vision disturbers take from one to three months to be absorbed. The disease is thought to be transmissible only by direct contact...
These elaborate tongue-in-cheek explanations showed that Jim Farley, who likes straight talk when circumstances permit, was not yet ready to tip his hand for 1944. But they did not obscure the fundamental fact: the fight against a Fourth Term for Franklin Roosevelt, inside the Democratic Party itself, had begun in earnest...
...amusing period study of manners dashed lightly with romance. The Damask Cheek is an act too long. For two acts it sails gracefully ahead, barely skimming the water; then the wind drops, and miles & miles from shore, it has to row itself home...