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...glorify himself and Edward, Boult stops at nothing. He betrays and bullies his gentle wife (Deborah Kerr), who ends up as a maudlin drunkard. He deserts his mistress (Leueen MacGrath), and drives his old friend and partner (Mervyn Johns) to suicide. As the movie ends, both Edward and his wife are dead, but Boult, still obsessed with the pursuit of self-perpetuation, is ready to begin a search for Edward's illegitimate child...
After 80 years of circulation in one form or another, this gentle New England story in its latest version has few surprises. One of them is Producer-Director Mervyn LeRoy's success in bringing to life once more the faded sentiments and the tintyped situations. Another is June Allyson's playing of tomboy Jo. She has a refreshing breeziness and bounce which make the old tale believable and now & then lift it right out of its tatted frame. Other notable performances are Margaret O'Brien's delicate, peaked portrayal of ailing Beth, and the supporting work...
...Among them: Moviemakers Mervyn LeRoy and David Loew; Planemaker Donald Douglas; Firestone's Leonard Firestone; TIME Inc.'s Editor in Chief Henry R. Luce. Acting as individuals, Luce and seven other TIME Inc. executives and directors bought a total of 14.6% of the stock...
...Irgun terrorists had chosen a forest preserve south of the seaside, town of Natanya for their revenge. There, a voice informed Tel Aviv newspapers by telephone, Sergeants Mervyn Paice and Clifford Martin could be found. And there, in a clearing heavy with the stench of death, the searchers found them. Their bloodied, blackened bodies swung to & fro from eucalyptus trees. Their shirts were wrapped around their heads. Through their clothes and flesh were pinned Irgun "communiqués" accusing the sergeants of "anti-Jewish crimes." They had died slowly, by clumsy strangulation...
...include an undistinguished musical-biography (Night and Day), a couple of tired remakes (Of Human Bondage, One More Tomorrow), two thin little comedies (Janie Gets Married, Two Guys from Milwaukee). Gone to other studios are Warner's oldtime skilled craftsmen Darryl Zanuck, Hal Wallis, Ernest Lubitsch, William Dieterle, Mervyn...