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...look back," and then looks back herself. The first time Roberta goes canoeing with Clyde, Actress Sylvia Sidney, whose performance is brilliant, puts just the right intonations in her tiny, memorable speech: "I can't swim." But most of the time the picture wanders about in a maze of poorly acted, disintegrated incident which lacks the cumulative effect of Dreiser's ponderous prose. Dull shots: Phillips Holmes jumping out of a poolroom window when police arrive; smirking at a dance to show how much he likes high life; making bewildered, wooden attempts to seem amorous...
...gentleman inherits a country estate which contains a fine example of a maze, somewhat overgrown and neglected. He decides to restore it; after a few attempts he roots it up instead...
Italians love intrigue, stealth. In Rome last week currents and cross currents of intrigue wove a maze. One day it was Pietro Cardinal Gasparri, great ex-Papal Secretary of State, who had emerged from retirement to reconcile Vatican and Quirinal. Next day it was Marquese Francesco Pacelli, brother of the new Papal Secretary of State, Eugenic Cardinal Pacelli. Next day it was two other Papal diplomats...
...Vagabond has, in the last few years; become particularly "architecture-conscious", (if he can use such an ill-sounding phrase). He has his reasons. From his lofty tower in Memorial Hall he looks down on one of the most remarkable piebald roofs in America, and the maze of nineteenth century fire-escapes has long intrigued him. He would hate to have to use them in case of fire, but then, they provide a good roosting place for pigeons. Far to the southwest, with binocular to eye, the Vagabond can spot, on clear days, the small American flag which marks...
...done much to modernize both manufacturing and agriculture. They have adopted Western methods far more intensively and constructively than did Peter the Great some centuries ago. The stability of the government depends upon the stability of this industrial revolution. The Soviets have cloaked their actions behind such a maze of rumour and propaganda that it is impossible to tell the exact state of affairs. Until an accurate and authentic report of business and social conditions can be obtained no real predictions can be made. At present Stalin is the only man who knows how sound the government...