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...seen about half this three hour naval recruiting poster. And the half you haven't seen is even duller than the half you have. Errol Flynn as a Harvard-Hopkins-Cambridge graduate is pretty and occasionally (three times to be exact) is amusing. Fred MacMurray and his two he-man buddies after razzing and then getting to like Flynn, M.D., all die in crashes. We hoped that Flynn did, too, but didn't wait...
Those, for the most part, were the recurring ideas presented, but there were many minor grievances of a rather humorous nature. The fencers felt inferior to the big he-man football players, and complained that minor sports did not get a fair deal at the Varsity Club. The swimmers presented a strong protest bloc against the creamed chicken served, and one tennis man was annoyed by the fact that the ping pong paddles bad a rubber surface. A couple of fellows never could locate the cue chalk...
...Superman at night, Tyrone Power outdoes Doug Fairbanks' earlier characterization of Diego Vega (alias Zorro), the Spanish Robin Hood of sixteenth century California. He rescues peasants, puts villains to the sword, and woos fair ladies with swashbuckling bravado. But porcine Engene Pallete steals acting honors as a he-man parish priest who crosses himself with one hand while wielding a wicked cudgel with a other. Basil Rathbone, who dictates to the local Franco, meets the just desserts of sneering down a long nose; and Linda Darnell drops in just long enough for two kisses. All of which goes to make...
...delivering by far the ablest speech of the evening, called for "serious, thoughtful discussion" of America's foreign policy. Incongruously, he was followed on the platform by Professor William Y. Elliott, who pulled every oratorical trick out of his capacious bag in an impassioned emotional appeal to the he-man, red-blooded spirit of his audience...