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...defend the Church of Scotland. Last week's row about "Edward II," however, was simply ignored by Edward VIII. He officially designated his mother "Queen Mary" and she will therefore not be known as the Queen Mother or Dowager Queen, designations out of keeping with the great warmth of British affection undoubtedly felt by all classes for Her Majesty. She now receives $350,000 per year...
Then along comes Jean Parker, a pretty American girl, and Eugene Pallette, her bleated American father. The befuddlement of Jean over the winning warmth of the ghost, as gallant as ever, and the self-conscious timidity of his living image causes no end of mildly uproarious confusion. But the whole mess is neatly resolved when the castle is moved to Florida, and surrounded by a moat containing Venetian gondolas, to give a European atmosphere...
...like Cynognathus ("Dog-Jaw") were already showing mammalian quirks around the mouth. By 100,000,000 years ago a few small creatures had probably crossed the mammalian line. Waiting for the gaudy Age of Reptiles to ring down its curtain, the little mammals had promising new equipment-hair for warmth, hot blood for cold weather, milk to feed their young on the move. Their brains grew bigger. When the mighty lizards died out, they were ready to spurt...
...thrill out of "Mutiny on the Bounty". It's strong, stern drama, but there's nothing crude or melodramatic about it. For the villain is a hero when he pits his will against the sea, and the hero looks just a little villainish when he revels in tropical warmth while some of his partners face trial and punishment...
...allows such preposterous behavior as Henry, Fonda's turning Rochelle Hudson out into the storm. When the local gossip strides off to the skating party, one is amused; when Andy Devine comes in out of the stormy night, one is convulsed. The entire picture breathes a homely old-fashioned warmth. One becomes a little nostalgic for skating parties, sleigh rides, socials, and the days before the good roads had come to let the outsiders in and the insiders...