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...were lusty men & women who wore colorful costumes and drank heartily of beer and whisky. Hardhearted Captain Christopher Jones (Spencer Tracy) despised the Pilgrims as hypocrites and fools until he was mellowed by beautiful Dorothy Bradford (Gene Tierney), wife of the colony's second governor, William Bradford (Leo Genn). It was Mrs. Bradford's unrequited love for the skipper, according to Screenwriter Deutsch, that caused her to throw herself overboard...
...most of the dialogue is more literate than the Hollywood average; some of it, evidently contributed by Co-Scripter S. N. Behrman, helps Actor Leo Genn to shine as Petronius, the Roman satirist, whose dry wit enables him to needle Nero even while flattering him. As Nero, Britain's Actor-Playwright-Director Peter Ustinov is allowed to hog too much screen time, but he does some expert hamming to create the deliciously malign figure of a spoiled, sensual madman. Finlay (Great Expectations) Currie plays St. Peter with eloquent dignity, though his long speeches are marred by the camera...
Typical of the English, author Williams did his best to make the hair-raising escape sound undramatic, and film director Jack Lee has kept the movie equally dry. Leo Genn, Eric Steele, and David Tomilson in the feature roles dig a forty foot long tunnel, escape from the camp, and make their way to Sweden with the air of cricketeers playing a weekly match. The fact that neither author, director, nor actors could make the story unexciting is a tribute to the two British officers themselves...
...finally catches on, he too is reduced to choked-up admiration. Meanwhile, Greer gently discourages a U.S. colonel (John Hodiak) who is in love with her, straightens out the affairs of her nitwit daughter (Cathy O'Donnell), and sets right the tangled marriage of a British general (Leo Genn). The story, which has a promising future as a radio soap opera, is filmed through a heavy meringue of sentiment...
VARSITY SKIING--Minor H--Gordon Abbott, Jr. '50, Irving L. Fisk '50, Gerald Y. Genn '48, Lawrence L. Griffin '48, Donald K. Justus '50, Skiddy M. Lund '51, Rodger P. Nordblom '50, Graham R. Taylor, Jr. '49, James K. Weaver '51, Manager George L. Seldon...