Word: conrad
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week a Dutchman took command of the Dutch and U.S. Naval forces defending The Netherlands East Indies. Into the joint command vacated by the U.S. Navy's warworn, 64-year-old Admiral Thomas Charles Hart stepped 55-year-old Vice Admiral Conrad Emil Lambert Helfrich...
Humphrey Bogart, as tough and suave as ever, plays the part of a Broadway gambler who stumbles into a Fifth-Column outfit, picks up a political consciousness and a good-looking refugee while he's at it, and winds up by doing his bit for national defense. Conrad Veidt is adequately sinister as the Nazi leader, but it's Peter Lorre who rings the bell again as the screen's number one menace. Without saying much, he manages to glide on and off the scene with a minimum of effort and a maximum of good solid horror...
...Alley turned out a song for the Free French-I'm a Soldier of De Gaulle, by the French-descended radio singer Conrad Thibault (published by Mills Music, Inc.). United Free France (De Gaulle agency in the U.S.) accepted the song as "official." Copies were sent to General de Gaulle in London, to Free French headquarters in Beirut (Syria) and Brazzaville (French Equatorial Africa). Sample English chorus...
...supporting roles are well played, which in large measure accounts for the success of the picture. Barton Maclane is properly tough. Peter Lorre and Conrad Veidt thoroughly insidious, and Frank McHugh and Edward Brophy carry out their stooge roles to perfection. Kaaren Vernie is not as glamorous as she might be, but her acting is all that could be desired, and beauty is not a requisite in this picture, as the love interest is kept at a minimum. All in all, Mr. Bogart, the director, the script-writers, and the supporting characters have turned out an excellent picture...
...week the Commission was busy refitting as training ships two 5,000-ton liners chartered from the Eastern Steamship Lines and a 115-ft. Diesel yacht donated by Mrs. Jessie Ball du Pont. With these, the Commission has 18 training vessels in all, ranging from the square-rigged Joseph Conrad to the 10,000-ton Liberty ship American Mariner...