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...short, Miami Story is just another gangstereotype-with one modern improvement. Mobster Flagg, a little Caesar who has abdicated in favor of law & order, gets evidence against his old friends with the latest thing in eavesdropping. Not content with keyhole-squint and transom-peer, with tape recorder or even wiretap. Flagg triumphantly secretes in the walls of the villain's office a complete closed-channel television transmitter...
...theater where a visitor can find delight and entertainment," had done everything possible to make the galleries a refreshing place in which to wander and look. In the larger galleries, unobtrusive labels over each painting gave the name of the artist, so that it was no longer necessary to squint closely at a picture to see who did it. Conveniently placed in the chronological order of the galleries was a windowed nook. There gallerygoers may rest on comfortable couches, smoke and contemplate either Central Park and the Manhattan skyline outside or a masterpiece like Rodin's Eternal Springtime inside...
...commissioner-Clive Akers: "Friends, most of you know me and you know my record. My grandfathers were Jake (J.P.) Akers and Alamander (Squint) Martin...
Softcover, tough-guy Author Mickey (My Gun Is Quick) Spillane was all set for his acting debut as co-star with Lion Trainer Clyde Beatty of the 3-D film Man-Killer. His main screen assets: a squint, a crew cut, 5 ft. 8 in. of muscles. Spillane, in the manner of his hero, gore-spilling Private Eye Mike Hammer, will play a detective in hot pursuit of a homicidal maniac...
Because the projection facilities in New Lecture Hall are unusually poor, I do not think I can sufficiently evaluate the photography of the film. At first it appeared that the contrast was too great--even to the point of making me and my companion squint. But Naked City, the second feature on the program, showed the same technical deficiency. Until Gold Coasting is shown at an adequate theatre, the photography will carry quite a handicap...