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Aesop's Bat...
...want us-behind the eight ball-and the situation finally becomes apparent to the rabbit-brained masses, then all of you prostitute lickspittle congenital stool pigeons who now so smugly fawn on those elements that represent established wealth, power and authority, may find yourselves in the position of the Bat in Aesop's fable: kicked out and repudiated by both sides. Perhaps you think you will not suffer much inconvenience, at that, since in addition to the reputed characteristics of the bat, you also possess the ability of the chameleon to change to the safe color upon short notice...
Myron C. Taylor, who stood beside him, did not bat an eye. A few days before, Lewis had described the former Chairman of the Board of U.S. Steel as a stooge of J. P. Morgan. Mr. Taylor's status had changed. Now he was, Lewis proclaimed, "an industrial statesman." Mr. Lewis bowed as he said...
Little Business' Floyd Odium, breathing sympathy and courage, said he would go to bat for the jewelers. His sympathy was strengthened when canny Joe Martin pointed out that the U.S. is still importing jewelry from British manufacturers, whom war has not yet liquidated. Nevertheless this week the jewelers got the kiss of death from Donald Nelson...
This dramatic suspense is heightened by some practically perfect performances by a slick cast. As sly Sam Spade, a hot-&-cold private detective who doesn't bat an eye while committing the heroine (Mary Astor) he loves to the pen, Bad Man Humphrey Bogart gives the performance of his career. Close behind him is an aging (61), solid (280 lb.), crackerjack Broadway actor (Sydney Greenstreet) making his first movie a shivery success. Making a trio with this pair is slight, saccharine, sinister Peter Lorre, whose mere presence would turn a bedtime story macabre...