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...hero-worshiping small town, he seduces the local belle (Ann Blyth), hornswoggles a keen judge of character, her father (John Litel), and cleans every small businessman along Main Street in a succession of crap games. In an expansive moment he also helps his slow-moving brother (William Gargan) to swing an important business deal; a little later he almost persuades his brother's wife (Ruth Warrick) to skip town with him. He has, it seems, just one good streak: his young nephew's fatuous, gee-whillikers devotion inspires in him a devotion equally infantile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: New Picture, Jan. 20, 1947 | 1/20/1947 | See Source »

...book to get its sentimental effects and the tearful silver of every dowager in the nation from Long Branch, N. J., to Grass Valley, Cal. Mitchum, who turned in a fine performance as the infantry captain in "The Story of G.I. Joe," handles his role capably, as does William Gargan, who is cast as a Marine Rehabilitation NCO. The picture also deals surprisingly well with the problem of the nationalist, race-riot inciting veterans' organizations spawned by the war. But in its efforts to come to grips with the problem of individual reconversion, "Till the End of Time...

Author: By D. G. G., | Title: The Moviegoer | 10/29/1946 | See Source »

Keep 'Em Flying winds Abbott & Costello round & round with a silly plot about a barnstorming stunt flier (Dick Foran), his rival (William Gargan) and a girl (Carol Bruce). The picture uses a civilian pilot training school for background, some poor songs for vocal relief, and makes noisy, big-mouthed Martha Raye play twins, which is too much of a loud thing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Dec. 15, 1941 | 12/15/1941 | See Source »

Waiting to marry Miss Bishop in the beginning is fond, soft-spoken Sam Peters (William Gargan). He is still waiting at the end. Meanwhile, Miss Bishop almost forgets her academic career when she falls in love with a dashing young lawyer, Delbert Thompson (Donald Douglas). When he gets her man-mad cousin in trouble she gives him up, goes back into her shell. Next time she thinks of marrying it is a soulful professor at Midwestern John Stevens (Sidney Blackmer), but he turns out to have a wife in Virginia. Miss Bishop will not be unfaithful to her mission...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: New Picture, Feb. 3, 1941 | 2/3/1941 | See Source »

...most gripping films Hollywood has made recently. It handles old themes--love, jealousy, lust--in a straightforward, unaffected fashion that carries great conviction. Charles Laughton, as an Italian fruit-grower, and Carole Lombard, as a hash-house waitress, squeeze every bit of pathos and humor from their roles. William Gargan is a truly tragic figure as the villain of the piece, who ruins his own chances for happiness at the same time that he comes near to destroying the lives of those he loves most. Unlike the average Hollywood product, this film uses the setting to great advantage in creating...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 12/20/1940 | See Source »

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