Word: grimm
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Farewell. In Roseburg. Ore., guests at a farewell party for George Grimm left at midnight, wondered why Grimm had stayed away, learned later nobody had invited...
Birthday. David Warfield, 75, oldtime theatrical star (The Music Master, The Return of Peter Grimm); quietly in Manhattan. "I don't think much of birthdays," said...
...plot. Oh, yes, the plot. The influence of Grimm's Fairy Tales is rather pronounced, to put it mildly. Revived are both the familiar land-of-opportunity theory and the idea that "Mother is still the whitest woman on earth." With a little more ingenuity in building the story around the songs, "Strike Up the Band" might have been a top tenner. As it is, only La Garland saves the film from hitting the mediocre level. Of course there is some flag waving in the finale, but moviedom seems to have the proper approach to the patriotic movement...