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Henry A. Wallace's 1948 running mate, Idaho's singing Senator Glen H. Taylor, decided that he was a Democrat after all. With an eye on next year's Democratic primary in Idaho, Taylor piously announced: "I never felt that I left the Democratic Party. I was just like a player that M-G-M loaned to another company...
...Sumire" is apparently a true account of an occupation officer in Japan. Here again, if the empty beer can, which the officer's Japanese cabin-mate takes as a souvenir, is supposed to symbolize thanks for peace, the point should not be buried in a body of otherwise acceptable straight narrative. Or was the Gook simply impressed with the officer's assertion that everything in America except babies comes from cans...
...Martha's elephantine passion was only fanned the brighter. She told him a secret too-she had always wanted to be a lady embalmer. Fascinated as a male spider about to be devoured by his mate, little Ray took her along on his larcenous travels...
...book learnin'? In Boston-trained Dan Lunceford (Richard Widmark) he finds a plot-making compromise. Lunceford, he figures, has enough schooling to keep both a ship and Little Jed's education afloat. After a slow, landlubberly beginning, the three of them, with Dan as first mate, set sail for the whaling grounds and a few stern lessons in character-building...
...most of his time gaping at the adults, his eyes brimming with tears. Next to Margaret O'Brien, he is undoubtedly the most disgusting child to appear on the screen. If Dean and Margaret ever get into the same picture, God help us--everyone. Richard Widmark plays the first mate competently, but without much interest. "Down to the Sea in Ships" is this week's best movie to avoid...