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Hollywood, which is said to be dickering for the novel, should be able to cast this machine-turned story in roughly five minutes. Gregory Peck would be a natural for the lean, dedicated young atomic scientist. Dorothy McGuire would be the girl who cures him of a wartime neurosis and ultimately wins his love; Walter Huston her fabulously wealthy father with entry into every embassy in Europe; and, possibly, Sidney Greenstreet as a Nazi physicist who swipes a valuable discovery from the scientist...
Further recipients of awards included. Bernard P. Ottenberg '49, William L. peck '49, John F. Reichard '50, Paul C.Shafer, Jr. '50, Herbert Siegal '50, Irving Singer '48, Valdo H. Viglielmo '48, Herman Y. Carr '48, Roy F. Gootenberg '50, Robert J. Irvin '50, William L. McDonald, Jr. '49, Thomas C. Moser '48, Charies 1. Shade...
...restraint throughout that saves the picture from becoming mandlin. Jane Wyman, who has hitherto seemed, to be an actress with partly concealed talents, does a splendid job as the mother, who has prematurely lost all her youth by the death of three children in infancy. Gregory Peck, rather a child's memory of his father than the real thing, does about the best that can be expected in his unsatisfying role. But Claude Jarmans, as the twelve-year-old hero, carries the burden of the film, as well as the acting honors...
...West Coast, a few summer theaters seem to be catching on with a slightly different hold. One example is the Selznick Actors' Company (operated by Dorothy McGuire, Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Melchor Ferrer, Gregory Peck), which will present a play a week for six weeks. Explains Cinemactor Peck: "The Old Vic and Olivier have made us Hollywood actors very unhappy with our swimming pools...
...Macomber Affair. Hemingway's savage version of the war between the sexes with Robert Preston, Joan Bennett and Gregory Peck in fine African settings (TIME, April...