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...picture opens in Africa, where toughly sentimental Gregory Peck lies dying of gangrene. While vultures perch hungrily on a nearby tree, Peck trades cynical dialogue with his wealthy wife (Susan Hay ward) and relives some of the juicier parts of his Casanova past. The lovelorn trail begins with Teen-Ager Helene Stanley, who was jilted by Peck in consideration of a new rifle and an assured income from Uncle Leo G. Carroll. Next comes Paris, which gives Director Henry King a chance to create an evocative scene of a hot jazz concert of the 1920s, featuring the alto...
Twelve O'Clock High--Gregory Peck is an air force pilot in this re-release war picture. On the same bill is Canadian Pacific, filmed in color. At E. M. Loew's Center...
...imagination that I might not be for it tomorrow . . . Hitting across the Yalu, we could destroy or lay waste all of Manchuria and the principal cities of China if we utilized the full power of the U.S. Air Force . . . But... in my opinion we cannot afford to ... peck at the periphery as long as we have a shoestring Air Force . . . The fact is that the U.S. is operating a shoestring Air Force in view of its global responsibilities...
...JANICE PECK PATTERSON...
Hetty Green well deserved her reputation as "The Witch of Wall Street." A genius at stock speculation and a hard-hearted moneybags, she was ever ready to foreclose on a church mortgage or haggle over the price of a peck of potatoes. She lived in grubby solitude in a $12-a-week boarding house in Hoboken. When she died in 1913, she left a $100 million fortune-and a daughter trained in most respects to carry...