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Following faithfully the author's idea, the film portrays the decline and fall of the Jones empire in a shortened version which rounds out the production into a movie, which if less intense than the original, fits its medium well...
Equitable sold policies to employes of some 40 U.S. agencies, including such definitely bad risks as the Offices of Strategic Services and War Information, which often send their men prowling under enemy guns; such medium individual risks as Harry L. Hopkins, Edward R. Stettinius, and other air-traveling statesmen and Congressmen. By last week Equitable had sold some $50,000,000 worth of such insurance, and as the program neared its second anniversary, actuaries had to whistle over some amazing actuarial facts...
...Psychological Warfare Division of SHAEF announced that it was ready to move into Germany, take over radio stations, presses, publications, cinema studios, recording facilities, and operate them under military control, thus beginning the re-education of Germany. The Germans would be given news from outside, but would have no medium of expression...
Hailed as the successor to "Claudia," "The Enchanted Cottage" maintains that rare quality of its predecessor, the retention of stage devices on the screen. Progressing from "Claudia," it gives the camera a freer rein and escapes the charge of not taking advantage of its medium. Still, there are no airplane duels or automobile chases in "The Enchanted Cottage": the tranquility and reliance on suggestion that characterize the theatre also characterize this movie...
...first time, but probably not the last, the long-range Superfortresses did a chore of close-up tactical bombing in direct support of the Okinawa operations. Four times in six days, large forces of them ranged far & wide over Japan's home island of Kyushu, hammering airfields from medium altitude...