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Everything Happens at Night (20th Century-Fox) continues prudent but so far rather unproductive efforts to turn Sonja Henie into a dramatic actress against the day when even Henie fans may tire of seeing Henie skate. Surrounded by a capable cast (Maurice Moscovich, Robert Cummings, Ray Milland), in a trite little, tight little tale, this time Sonja Henie skates only once, and though she is a competent skier, long shots of her skiing were done by a double. But whether she is gliding backwards or forwards, or skating rings around Greek columns to the strains of The Blue Danube, Sonja...
...entertaining. Joel (wistful, youthful John Beal) is leader of the Zealots, a Jewish revolutionary society. He has three problems: i) to defeat the Romans; 2) to win languid Tamar (Marjorie Cooley) who seems a little puzzled by all the excitement; 3) to convince his father, Rabbi Lamech (Maurice Moscovich), that it is better to free the Jews than to read the Talmud. The arrival of Jesus of Nazareth solves all these problems by teaching him a higher law than the sword...
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