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...American League's thriller-diller went on & on. Hollywood could not have done better. The lead changed hands four times in a fortnight, as three teams and thousands of World Series dollars literally hung on every other pitch...
...perhaps the wistful and appealing warbler should stop trying to graduate, turn over a new leaf, and start warbling all over again. Or perhaps you like the wistful type--and maybe you like Kelly's broad Irish smile. In any event, they don't belong in a psychological chiller-diller-thriller...
...Thriller-Diller. Such was the Hollywood thriller which startled newspaper readers this week. J. Edgar Hoover, Chief of the FBI, solemnly declared that the invaders had buried enough explosives on the beaches to conduct a two-year campaign of destruction. The invaders had not lasted long-nor done any reported damage. Before they had time to start their operations, they had been captured in what the FBI chief indicated was a brilliant, decisive stroke. Six had been seized within ten days; the other two, four days later in Chicago...
Brooklyn, U.S.A. (by John Bright & Asa Bordages; produced by Bern Bernard & Lionel Stander). The Brooklyn "businessmen" who operated as Murder Inc. here return unsoftened and undisguised. No hopped-up killer-diller, Brooklyn, U.S.A. is as tough, cold-blooded and obscene as the rats who are its characters. A fast two-man job with an ice pick in a barbershop creates more horror, carries more conviction than Hollywood's slickest thrill-mongering. But once the D.A. gets the mobsters on the run, the play loses its fascinating documentary flavor, becomes just another melodrama...
...Varsity game should be a killer-diller since it will be a clash of two very similar systems of offense and defense, Although little is known of this year's Bruin team, spectators can expect a fast-breaking offensive show with the accent on scoring. The winner may thus very well be the first team to get under the basket and take the most number of shots...