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Even his dealers were about ready to give up on Preston Tucker last week. Said a committee claiming to represent 500 of them: "Preston Tucker is so embroiled in litigation that his services to the [Tucker Corp.] are of doubtful value . . . Under present management there will never be a Tucker automobile in mass production." The dealers wanted to buy out Tucker's controlling interest in the auto company and put in a boss with "a background of successful... experience." Preston Tucker said that he would step down "if it would insure adequate financing to produce automobiles...
Unfaithfully Yours (20th Century-Fox) was written, produced and directed by Preston Sturges, whose films have often been noted for novelty and freshness (Hail the Conquering Hero) as well as for questionable taste (The Miracle of Morgan's Creek). This one is a brilliant idea for a two-reel comedy dragged out for nearly five reels...
Behind the first team is a strong set of reserves, headed by last year's sophomore line of Tom Moseley, Myles Huntington, and Dave Abbot and defensemen Bill Allen and Al Key, the brother of Dave. AAU Olympic defenseman Lew Preston will be a big boon to the defense when he comes off probation in February...
Blood on the Moon (RKO Radio) is a cow opera in which even the cattle behave convincingly. When they stampede, they look less like a spectacle than just a big nuisance. The bad men (Robert Preston, et al.) are also believable. Before Cowpoke Robert Mitchum gets mixed up in plot, he has a friendly shooting match with the rancher's daughter (Barbara Bel Geddes). She snipes at him as he tries to ford a stream. He retaliates by shooting the heel off her boot. At some point in this exchange of lead, love blossoms...
Back from various absences will be highly valued John Garrity, who plays either forward or defense and is now scholastically eligible as well as Dick McDormott, who broke his ankle last season just as he was coming into his own. Another addition in February may be Lew Preston, who in 1948 left Harvard to tour Europe with the AAU Olympic sextet, the squad that didn't play...