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Granted what he is given to work with -a first-rate idea developed in second gear -Danny Kaye does a beautiful job. As the scholar he merely sketches charmingly, without perfecting, the humor, pathos and odd dignity the role might have ; but as the nightclub star he is magnificent. At the straight comic setpieces - the dancing and delivery of the bangtwanging Bali Boogie; the impersonation of a Russian baritone in Laocoonic struggle between his hay fever and Otchi Tchorniya; a glistening little telephonic imitation of a pet shop in full cry, including goldfish; and the hilarious opera climax - Kaye...
...Rizzitello collected his mustering-out pay, turned in all his gear except one complete uniform. Finally he stood before a colonel who handed him a paper, shook his hand, said: "Good luck, Rizzitello." Mr. Rizzitello blinked, said "Thank you, sir," out of long habit, made a snappy salute and went home to his bride, a suit of civvies, and his plans to "get into the chicken business...
...would be cast loose by its pilot to ride on the 40-second "whoosh" from three powerful rockets. Since the nose was simply a ton of TNT, the "Kamikaze" suicide pilot had only to aim himself at his objective, then prepare to meet his ancestors. There was no landing gear; the pilot was doomed from the moment he stepped into the cockpit...
...Town Club pool she did it. The first woman ever to win the Sullivan Award (as outstanding U.S. amateur athlete of 1944), Ann Curtis was up to her free-style best. Swimming more skillfully the farther she swam, the San Francisco blonde won the 220-yd. final in second gear, had even less trouble taking the 440. Her rival in, the 100-yd. dash was beauteous, brunette Champion Brenda Helser. But Ann's single-mindedness paid off: she sprinted from behind the final lap and finished 18 inches ahead...
Almost any G.I. in China theater could have enlarged the indictment. Widespread thievery is the secret grievance the average American soldier holds against China. At one base the rotor and timing gear on a tractor used for loading heavy bombers were stolen. The parts could not be replaced in China...