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Terence Rattigan has come out of the drawing room and into the boarding school for this story of an unloved, unloving teacher, known variously to his students as "the Crock" and "the Himmler of the lower fifth." It is not easy to see how Mr. Rattigan draws his screenplay, derived from a play of his which appeared a couple of years ago, along the narrow, twisting path between the abysses of melodrama and stagnation. But draw it he does, and the resulting picture is a most gratifying and beautifully executed study of character...
...screenplay, itself, is oversimplified. Starting with Kennedy's blinding by a German sniper, it traces his hospitalization and rehabilitation. But all of his problems are assumed related to his physical defect. No mention is made of his civilian life, or the possibility that blindness might have compounded former problems. This kind of treatment might be effective for an educational film; it leaves a large gap in a supposed piece of cinematic...
Because of Gabin's magnetism and the smooth dialogue, Marie du Port is a mature and an enjoyable production. The absence of coincidence and contrived incidents makes the so-so screenplay believable and seldom really trying. But the movie is never more than an excellent vehicle for Gabin...
...American Tragedy" has had a long career, from novel by Dreiser to play adaptation by Patrick Kerney to screenplay by Michael Wilson and Harry Brown. It is highly satisfying to see that this effort has resulted in an intense and exciting dramatic motion picture...
...approving every detail of his plays' productions, was even crankier when it came to the movies. His will provides that he be billed only as "Bernard Shaw." His trustees also decided that no more than 10% of Shaw's original lines may be changed for the screenplay...