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...optimist of the week is Ned Bailey who now has a pigskin folder engraved in gold with words "Honorable Discharge from the U. S. Navy." Of course, the little slip of paper to fill the folder is still missing; and Ned hastens to explain that he's not really eager to leave "The Bog" or Boston for home but semper paratus...
Nevertheless, the Boz's roommate, Ned Bailey, says that we should note how well Boz did in his Disbursing recitation; but that's only because he took the Manual and Memo home with him on leave--Ned saw him packing them. Now Ned says that even when he, Bailey, works his normal 23 hours a day he can't keep up with his roommate in this course...
Retorted the Garden's acting president, Ned Irish: "If Allen has any proof of dishonesty in basketball games at the Garden, he'd better come through with it." (Allen promptly wired the name of one player who had "sold out," had been expelled from college for it.) President Irish announced that he would have 36 uniformed policemen, almost as many plainclothesmen and private detectives on duty this season with express orders to prevent all known gamblers from entering the Garden...
...cast is mediocre. Joel McCrea is fine as Buffalo Bill, but Maureen O'Hara, as his wife, turns in her usual wooden performance. Thomas Mitchell, veteran of many fine character portrayals, is poorly cast as Ned Buntline, the newspaperman who made Cody a household word in the East. He is unable to do his usual convincing job. Linda Darnell makes a better looking Indian than the one on the pre-Jefferson nickel, but unfortunately is not seen much in the picture...
...that moment President Schaefer was ousted in one of RKO's then-frequent studio shuffles, and Golden had to start from scratch with pro tem President Ned Depinet. Mr. Depinet assigned an obscure script writer, Emmet Lavery, an equally obscure director, Edward Dmytryk, to make Hitler's Children, and the picture went into production with RKO's and Golden's money in partnership. After two days' shooting Golden was informed that the Guaranty Trust had decided not to make the loan after all: the war might end and leave the bank high & dry. "What," screamed...