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...immortal lines emerge from this lively farce unless it be those in the program notes which conclude, "Apparently there is no secluded corner of this troubled orb where the rotund Romeo does not have a counterpart; for, no matter what the customs or the climate, there are wives who are merry and husbands who are cuckolds." Albeit that wastrel Falstaff does get off a few juicy monologues on the vices of good and the virtues of evil, they are nothing one would want to add to his personal book of rules...
...subway's only counterpart, for measuring purposes, was London's vast and profitable Underground-a public utility with private stockholders, run by a transport board responsible to the county government. The Underground had to show a profit every year, without benefit of subsidies, or go into receivership. How did it manage...
...wanted to be a doctor." But after such pictures as Music for Millions, Two Girls and a Sailor, Her Highness and the Bellboy, and now Sailor, she seems reasonably content with her fate, her high place in fan-magazine popularity polls, her standing as a kind of female counterpart of Van Johnson, and her salary (about $750 a week). Her next picture: Two Sisters from Boston, as a sister to Singer Kathryn Grayson. Her modest ambition: to act like Margaret Sullavan...
...performance by Bob Montgomery, who saw much real-life service with the mosquito boats, as the screen counterpart of Commander Bulkeley is natural and eminently satisfactory. So also is John Wayne's playing of the Squadron's executive officer, and Donna Reed is quite acceptable as the Army nurse who falls for Wayne; she is "good to have around...
...Happened at the Inn (French counterpart of You Can't Take It with You; TIME...