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...other two stories are more effective. The last tale, about an aerialist who dreams of falling and tempts fate by recreating the setting of his fall, is quite intriguing in the circus scenes. But even in 1943, much of the plot and dialogue must have been dated, particularly the fade-out with the hero promising to await the parole of his love, a reformed jewel thief. Charles Boyer, however, is debonair on a tight-rope, though he delivers even the silliest lines with a straight face...
...names (he calls Yogi Berra "Berry"), but he has an encyclopedic memory for baseball statistics and stories. He says that he did not get into show business until he was nine but he was a confirmed baseball fan at four. Though he made a living as a circus aerialist in his teens, Joe spent each summer playing semi-pro and minor-league baseball. In 1920 his friend Ed Barrow, manager of the Boston Red Sox, let Joe pinch-hit for Outfielder Harry Hooper in an exhibition game. In what may have been the happiest moment of his life...
EQUILIBRIUM is a melodramatic vignette about a French aerialist (Kirk Douglas) and his partner (Pier Angeli). Although it has some fine, dizzy trapeze shots, its high-flying theme is mostly grounded in earthbound dramatics...
Clasby leads Columbia aerialist Mitch Price by 120 yards in total offense. He is also 129 yards in front of Princeton fullback Homer Smith in rushing...
...that's not all. The elephant trainer, jealous of his female assistant, wrecks the circus train, severely injuring the circus owner, bringing the girl aerialist back to earth, and causing James Stewart, up to now a kindly clown, to be picked up for the murder of his wife. Meanwhile in a small, furnished room on the other side of town...