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...Congress has always been loath to tangle too closely with The Old Man of RFC, and the Truman Committee was no exception. Not so the Post, Washington's most potent newspaper, which burst out with a red-hot editorial, pointing out that Mr. Jones was hiding behind a screen of blame on the NDAC, the British, the Portuguese, the Dutch, and the President...
...Mille, outwardly charming and polished as an international banker, is actually a member of the fan-magazine audience that eats up his muscle-bound extravaganzas. He does all the acting for his cast on the set, and it is his performance, not theirs, that registers on the screen. Once his gift for spectacular effect was in tune with the times; today it is strictly from Dixie. But it is still boxoffice...
...Free French in New Caledonia. The U.S. was obviously hearing the eloquence of General Charles de Gaulle. In London he sharply reminded the Allies that, while Hitler might not yet have the French Empire and Navy, Vichy's policy in neutralizing them had given Hitler a protective screen in northwest Africa and the Mediterranean. Continuing in a belligerent mood, General de Gaulle said: "Fighting France intends to go forward with her allies on the express condition that her allies go forward with her. . . . Who could . . . continue to keep French territories, French forces and French ideas in the battle...
...that made the original the hit it was. As a matter of fact, this close adherence to the original probably accounts for a large part of the film's weakness; long scenes don't ruin a stage-play, but when they're translated literally on the screen, they become tiresome. And "Louisiana Purchase" has so many of them that even the actors are tired when it's all over...
Cinemactor Lew (Dr. Kildare) Ayres, who scored his first screen hit in the anti-war All Quiet On the Western Front, was sent to an undisclosed camp in the West as a conscientious objector. Of the 33-year-old ex-husband of Ginger Rogers the chairman of his draft board said: "We finally came to the conclusion that his objections to Army service were sincere. That's about all there is to say about the matter...