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...rest of non-French Canada. He was one of the first Roman Catholic chaplains to volunteer for service overseas in the first weeks of the war, in which he rolled up a distinguished record. In 5½ years overseas, he took the route marches of the famed "Van Doos" (the Royal 22nd Regiment) in stride, spent nine months in the lines in Italy, then almost a year in France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. Colonel Roy finished the war as chief Roman Catholic padre. Dispatches mentioned his "extremely courageous conduct"; he received the Order of the British Empire...
Joan's story, told in flashbacks, is cluttered with woman's magazine heartthrobs and too much elementary psychology. Her trouble really started when she fell possessively in love with David (Van Heflin), a cold-blooded man who can take his women or leave them. Joan got left. She had other troubles, too: Raymond Massey's mentally sick wife, whom she was nursing, was jealous of her without cause, and committed suicide. Since she was getting nowhere with Heflin, Joan married Massey. His daughter, Geraldine Brooks, believing her late mother's fantasies about the treacherous nurse, hated...
...film is also uncommonly well acted. Van Heflin puts a lot of bite into his work; Newcomer Geraldine Brooks has looks, talent and vitality. Miss Crawford, though she is not quite up to her hardest scenes, is generally excellent, performing with the passion and intelligence of an actress who is not content with just one Oscar. In fact, the weaknesses in this unusual movie do not greatly matter beside the fact that a lot of people who have a lot to give are giving it all they...
High Barbaree. June Allyson and Van Johnson in a pleasant romance (TIME, June...
...Fish & Wildlife Service wants to stamp out lampreys before they do more harm. Dr. John van Oosten of the Great Lakes Division thinks a weak spot may be found in their breeding customs. In late May and June, the lampreys put on their courting colors (mottled brown, yellow and orange) and enter rapid rivers. By clinging with their suckers, they can work their way up foaming rapids or the faces of 40-ft. dams...