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...near Bridgeville, Del., struck oil. They packed up some samples, drove co town. One look at the sticky, black brew was enough to send real estate men scurrying to their telephones. Mortgage-ridden farmers soon heard tales of fabulous land prices. One who had been trying to sell his plot for a few hundred dollars was offered $1,500. "I wouldn't take $4,000 for it now," said he. Storekeepers got ready to pitch hot dog stands near the orchard, talked of building a hotel as a state-wide oil rush seemed imminent. But Cleveland Petroleum Corp...
...fact that four cadets from the German training ship "Karisruhe" were to dine in Lowell House last night so incensed a few well meaning but misguided pacifists that they planned to stage an audible protest in the form of a Saugus cheer. Word of this nefarious plot reached the ears of a group, who, determined that the Fair Name of Harvard hospitality be unsmirched, constituted themselves a reception committee for Herr Hitler's not so loyal opposition. News of this apparently reached the hecklers, for, upon assembling at the door to the dining room, they detached a scout to reconnoiter...
...better known for her novels (She Walks in Beauty) than for her dramatic works (Big Night). And she is pitiably outclassed when compared to such Guild comic artists as S. N. Behrman, Ferenc Molnar and George Bernard Shaw. Although Jig Saw is utterly without significance and woefully short on plot, it abounds in witty if ungermane lines...
...other full length film on the dockets is a saga of the late war, entitled "Keep 'Em Rolling" with Walter Huston taking the lead. The story is of a man and his horse who encounter all the rigors of an army camp and a war life. The plot is over sentimental and rather illogical, and Mr. Huston fails to come up to his usual high standard...
...strange to say, the evening is not so dull. Despite the provinces of the plot, you become fascinated with the heroic sufferings which manfully struggle to remain respectfully beneath the surface. Clark Gable behaves splendidly; his happy-go-lucky disposition adequately prepares a rather tearful audience for his inevitable tragic end. The truly noble sentiments of William Powell, as Jim, never leave his actions or his future in question. Myrna Loy, struggling with her loyalty, to both men, comes to the only sensible decision. All three behave logically, although the maelstrom of tragedy holds them in its grip...