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Sergeant York (Gary Cooper, Joan Leslie, Margaret Wycherly, Walter Brennan; TIME...
Sergeant York (Gary Cooper, Joan Leslie, Margaret Wycherly, Walter Brennan; TIME...
Gary Cooper, the cinema's epitome of a natural American, plays Alvin York to perfection. He has admirable assistance: Mother York (Margaret Wycherly), Pastor Rosier Pile (Walter Brennan), York's sweetheart Gracie Williams (Joan Leslie) and a first-rate supporting cast. The picture also manages to produce an almost documentary description of the meager, resourceful life of the South's mountain folk...
...last week Eire also reaffirmed its intention to stay neutral. In Washington, balding, long-faced Robert Brennan, Eire's Minister to the U.S., lengthily argued that Eire's entrance into the war would be disastrous both for Great Britain and for Eire. The gist: Eire's national unity would be shattered. There would be a Nazi air onslaught against Eire and possibly an invasion. Great Britain might find itself attacked on a great new front, with the sea lanes virtually impassable. In any event, Nazi bombing and sea fighting would make it impossible for Eire to continue...
...which the Irish call "The Trouble."* Of the 2,000-odd fighters in the Rising, many are dead, others have disappeared. Among the survivors to whom the medal went were Prime Minister Eamon de Valera, three of his Ministers, Opposition Leader William T. Cosgrave, Minister to the U.S. Robert Brennan, Protestant Labor Leader Archie Heron, Actor Arthur Shields...