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...something wrong with me"). Kelly dances beautifully and Sinatra sings the roof off. They seem genuinely concerned over their deception of the girl. They seem genuinely worried when they find their own affections setting them at odds - a difficulty nicely solved, for Sailor Sinatra, by warmhearted Waitress Pamela Britton. And their four days' strenuous romancing is as rich as fruitcake with diversions and digressions. Among the best...
...chiefly notable as Bing Crosby's first effort as a producer. It dutifully records the Boston Strong Boy (Greg McClure) as he rises to fame and florid magnanimity - through his unhappy marriage with a betighted showgirl (Linda Darnell), his un happy love for a Boston girl (Barbara Britton), his still unhappier fondness for training on Black Velvet (champagne & stout) and the inevitable consequences at the hands of Jim Corbett. After that came his long, pitiful period as an alcoholic has-been and his ultimate salvation - with the Boston lady's warm approval - as a temperance lecturer at Chautauquas...
...Britain's Rydal School lives a cock sparrow which, in the solemn opinion of one K. G. Britton (as communicated to Nature), is badly in need of psychiatric attention...
Every day, reported Letter Writer Britton, the sparrow comes to a certain window and pays vigorous court to its image in the glass. At first it flew at the glass and pecked sharply. Then it took to fetching pieces of food, which it tried to push through the glass. Sometimes it cuddles against the glass and croons...
...Surely," concludes Briton Britton, "this action cannot be purely instinctive. It argues a mental maladjustment...