Word: kid
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Somewhere I'll Find You" is the tale of war correspondent Johnny Davis, his kid brother, and their little blonde companion, also a newspaper worker, who takes turns in engaging herself with the Davis boys in all sort of friendly positions. The scene moves from New York to Hanoi with the greatest of ease, Gable busses Turner in every reel, the Filipinos and Yanks hold off Mr. Moto in an epic struggle, and everybody is happy...
...better-than-average plot, and the mustached hero is his usual charming self. Miss Turner's bodily presence in an assortment of gay dresses and one bath towel is enough to bring the spectators in droves. She isn't too bad an actress, either. Robert Sterling, as the kid brother, is fair enough. The film is never boring, and its value to you is strictly a matter of taste. For them as likes a good neck. "Somewhere I'll Find You" is nice fodder...
...living room last week, grey-haired Pa John Harrington, 68, worked long hours at a grinder, grinned when the sparks flew, sometimes muttered: "I have more fun than a kid in this place." Buxom Ma Harrington, 58, wearing a house dress tucked into overalls, operated a lathe. Twins Richard and Russell, 34, wangled new orders, worked at machines, swept out the place at night, often were on the job 16 hours out of 24. Mrs. Richard kept books. Mrs. Russell did all the cooking...
...Cohan professional image that few people realized how aloof was the human being behind it. Cohan left the limelight when he left the theater. When he wrote Twenty Years on Broadway, he never once mentioned either of his wives or any of his four children. Though he called everybody "kid," he confessed that he had just five friends, "and I'm a bit dubious about one of them." His greatest love, outside of his mother, whom he phoned every day no matter where he was, was the one other thing as American as himself-baseball...
...have an 18-year-old in our bunch-the darling of the outfit. He's the best soldier we have. The kid's hard as nails. He has character, brains, personality-and more surplus energy than anyone I've ever known. Like all 18-year-olds, he's up against the problems of women and liquor. A flat "No" certainly isn't the answer to those problems. It's a tough stage for any youngster. And I don't think prohibition is making it easier for him to work it out for himself...