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Commandos Strike at Dawn (Paul Muni, Lillian Gish; TIME...
Commandos Strike at Dawn (Paul Muni, Lillian Gish; TIME...
...combine two pictures in one. Picture No. 2-the raid-is overshadowed by Picture No. 1-the stirring story of the Norwegian fishing village where the raid eventually takes place. Acted with superb restraint by Paul Muni and an excellent cast including Elizabeth Fraser, Ray Collins and Lillian Gish (in her first picture since His Double Life in 1934), the story tells about the transformation of the villagers after the arrival of motorized Nazi soldiers, who strike the quiet village with the impact of a powder-plant explosion. The peaceful villagers, goaded by Nazi beatings and killings, finally strike back...
...Dorothy Gish, ill of gall-bladder trouble, dropped out of the Life With Father cast touring the Northwest. Sister Lillian flew west from Manhattan to take over Mother's role...
...program last week commemorated the first transcontinental network show ever heard in the U.S. It ran four hours on the night of Nov. 15, 1926. Among the performers then were Weber & Fields, Mary Garden, Will Rogers. Hollywood contributed that year such prizes as Dorothy and Lillian Gish...