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Turkey, which with the British Navy blocks any German drive into the Near East, showed no signs of wobbling into the Axis camp as Yugoslavia did (see p. 26). Turkish Cabinet members refused a German invitation to see the newsreel Victory in the West and civilians were ordered evacuated from Istanbul. To back up Turkey with what they hope will develop into a pan-Arab front, the British used as their mouthpiece the reliable Emir of Trans-Jordan, who likes the new Turkey as much as he disliked the old Ottoman Empire. From his winter camp at Eshuneh, Abdullah...
Kane's last word was "rosebud." Thompson (William Alland), the newsreel reporter, spends two feverish weeks in interviewing five people. Thompson talks to Kane's trollopish second wife (Dorothy Comingore), whom he tried to make a singer, finally established in the castle. There she passed the years assembling jigsaw puzzles until she walked out in boredom. Then there is Kane's rich guardian (George Coulouris) whom Kane hated; Kane's general manager (Everett Sloan), the sad, loyal, philosophical Jew who stuck by to the end; his former drama editor and best friend (Joseph Gotten) with whom...
...Algiers. There, like a stallion in a pasture of geldings, he rules the thieves and cutthroats, lives with a devoted but depressing native girl (Line Noro), dreams of the bright life of Paris. The decay of Pépé is vivid because it is told without frills. Newsreel true are the unpretentious, inexpensive sets...
...Rockefeller's integrity and ability," named him to lead a contingent of 30 men on a subway ride to the induction centre. Rockefeller squirmed, carefully refrained from giving any orders. Photographers went with him in the subway, shot pictures during the ride. When he got out, three newsreel trucks were waiting to catch him lugging his suitcase for the remaining three blocks. Sweat began to drip from his face, wilted his collar, stained his necktie...
Through Rockefeller's physical examination and record taking at the induction centre, the reporters followed. Typists stared and giggled until an officer ordered them to get to work. When Private Rockefeller was sworn in, the newsreel cameras ground again. Blurted one draftee: "Why the hell don't they let the poor fellow alone?" But the newsmen stayed right with him -to the platform of the train on which he and 441 other privates rode off to camp...