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Married. Cinemactress Priscilla Lane, 24; and Lieut. Joseph A. Howard. 27 of the Army Air Forces; she for the second time; in Las Vegas...
...painful suspense. It leads the hero to the palatial Nevada ranch of the master saboteur (Otto Kruger), into the hands of the police, out of them to an abandoned desert mining town loaded with paraphernalia to blow up Boulder Dam, on to Manhattan and an ironic denouement. The Girl (Priscilla Lane), of course, is picked up en route...
...there are many episodes with genuine genius behind them. Characterization is the forte of this film; no other Hitchcock picture has had such well-drawn dramatis personae. Of course, the hero and heroine are fairly one-dimensional; Robert Cummings is allowed to swagger a bit as Barry Keane, but Priscilla Lane, although skillfully directed to cover up her deficiencies, is bad. The emphasis of the picture rests on the fifth columnists; a trio of them, Otto Kruger, Alan Baxter, and especially Norman Lloyd in the title role, contribute splendid portrayals. There is an effective and quite symbolic scene among circus...
Lorca's delightful story, beautifully told, of an old shoemaker and his young wife is enough of itself to make the production a success, but directors Ted Squier '43 and Robert Neiley '43 have built it into a triumph of the theatre. Superb acting on the part of Priscilla Freeman, in the title role, Robert Keahey '45, as her husband, and Emmanuel Weisgal '45, who achieves a perfect combination of pathos and naivete in the role of the young boy; a setting by Holarbird at his best; and strikingly colorful costumes by Edward Weren '42, all combine towards the total...
Featuring Miss Priscilla Patch and Jere Shechan '43, the Shaw one-actor is directed by Leonard Kent '43. Set-designs are by Rollo Thompson '43. The Lorea farce, never before presented in this region, co-stars Miss Priscilla Free man, who is making her farewell appearance with the club after several years of notewerthy performances, and Robert Keahey '45. Directed by Ted Squier '43 and Bob Netley '43, the play will have sets by John Holabird. The Dramatic Club in returning to Brattle Hall after an absence of six years...