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...maddening set of twins, Olivia de Havilland does a neat job of keeping everyone, including the audience, properly baffled. Lew Ayres, who left Hollywood under a wartime cloud in 1942 when he registered as a conscientious objector, makes his first postwar screen appearance. Whether because of the fan and exhibitor furor about his C.O. status, or because of his 22 months Pacific service as a noncombatant Medical Corps sergeant and chaplain's assistant, the Ayres face and screen personality have undergone a startling change. With little remaining resemblance to the confused kid of All Quiet on the Western Front...
...whole epidemic of wartime sins to the activities of sea-going unions, and continued to east a good deal of doubt over the accomplishments of the merchant fleet. Using charges of bonanza payments, lack of discipline and even draft-dodging, Baldwin and various American Legion commanders have managed to cloud the record of the Merchant Marine and turn an unfortunate public confusion into a glorious stew of red herrings, union-baiting and war-storying...
...housing scene, the darkest cloud in the future is the day when temporary housing facilities are turned back to the government. This will occur after the present extraordinary demand dwindles, but the University anticipates that many large expenses will be incurred in the process...
Next day he made his formal entrance into Athens. The day was bright, but, as the King stepped ashore, a small cloud veiled the sun. George looked up nervously. There was delay while elaborate security preparations were completed (no flower-throwing, no rooftop rubbering). Then, while thousands cheered and cannon boomed 101-gun salutes, the King drove through the streets, laid a wreath on the tomb of Greece's Unknown Soldier, attended a Te Deum Mass...
...From the west there drifted a small, white cloud, moving high above the earth. In that cloud were millions of tiny drops of water that had been drawn up from the earth by the heat of the sun. . . . The first raindrop looked down on the tired earth and asked, 'Now, may we go?' And each time the cloud would say, 'Not yet, my little travelers...