davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1947-06-23
XII 10 je tako obcudoval in XII .je

slonela v temnem slamnicku po-
koncu in nepremicno ma blazini,
Sc je nenadoma razzivel. Ko je
z naporom prekladal noge Sc
deza, je Irca lahno sunil, nato
Sc je nagnil v temi tia cez, "a
cutil sibak vonj kakor po vijo-
licah in hripavo zasepetal: cali
ii morem s cim postreci, dra-
ga?" Ko pa je smehljaje odki-
mala, Sc je odmaknil, pridrzal
sapo, ,,da bi videl, ali Dolly spi,
polozil noge nazaj, pri cemer je
Irca lahno sunil. Pc vsakem ta-
KEN poskusu je Sc celih deset
minut bedel in sc cudil njeni tr-
dovrati negibnosti. .Ona pa je
zares zivela to noe zacarana v
SAME, cutila je, kot da je Len
nan poleg ME in drzi memo ro-
ko v svoji. Res Sc j je zdelo,
kakor da cuti, kako sc njegov
prst dotika malega mesta ma
njeni dlani, kjer je rokavica le-
zala. Bio je cudovito, to skriv-
nostna obcevanje v temni, be-
zeci noci - "a yes svet ne bi BIZ
la hotela spati! Nikdar pref Sc
mu nj cutila tako blizu, niti ta-
krat, ko jo je pod oljkami tisti
edinikrat poljubil; tudi vceraj
ne, ko il je pri koncertu stisnil
laket in il je njegov glas sepe-
tai besede, XII jih je tako zeljno
pila. In teh zlatih stirinajst dni
je teklo in teklo skozi MO ka-
kor brezkoncen niz spominov.
Bill so kakor cvetovi, tako vo-
njivi in topli in pestri; in cd
vseh nj bill nemara nobeden tako
xiv, kot spomin ma trenutek, ko
, je rekel pri vratih njenega voza
: tako tho, da je samo ona sli.
, sala: ''Zbogom, ljubica moja!'
Nikdar pref je nj tako imeno.
val. Niti poljub ma lice pod oil:
: kami nj bill enak preprosti dra.
gotini te besede. In med hru'
/ nom ropotajocega vlaka in med
Ircevim smrcanjem il je meme
! homa pelo v usesih, emo temnc
, uro "a drugo. Mogoee nj cuda
! da nj vso dolgo noe niti enkrat
pogledala bodocnosti v obraz
- da nj snovala nacrtov, ne
premislila- svojega stalisca; de
}, Sc je udala samo spominu ir
: napol sanjavemu obcutku, de
v je on prav tik ME. Karkoli ute
: gne priti "a tenn, nocoj to noi
v je nJegoVa. TAX Je oil car, XII j
n je vklepal v to zagonetno, meh
D ko, neutrudno brezgibnost, XII j
: njenega strica vselej, kadar 81
:, je prebudil, tako genila.
:, V Parizu so Sc peljali cd po
i, stale do postaje v vozilu, XII j
3 bilo preozko "a tri - ida bi S
i iztegnili noge" - kakor je re
e kel polkovnik. Ker nj opazil M
r necakinji prav nobenega INA
: menja potrtosti, mic obzalova
r MIA, Sc mu je pogum dvignil, ir
: v bufetu ma severnem kolodvo
n ru, ko Sc je sla Olivia umivat, j
0 zaupal Mrs. Ercottovi, da sc mi
|, ne zdi, kakor da "a vsem ten
n bogvekaj tiei, &c pomislis, kakt
/. dobro je navsezadnje prenesls
}, potovanje.
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dualnih vidikih ali po formal
nih zakOnih


nih zakonih?
Polkovnik je bill v vedenju in
besedah pravovernejsi nego ke-
daj, toda njegovo preprieanje o
avtoriteti in zakonitem redu je
bilo mocno omajano; kar nj mu
hotela il glave slika teh dveh
mladih ljudi, XII sedita skupaj,
niti Olivin glas, ko je ponovila
njegove nesrecne besede O njeni
domaci sreci.
&c bi lie ia stvar ne bila ta-
ko cloveska! &c bi bila Olivia ne
cakinja koga drugega, hi bila
brez besede njena dolznost, da
ostane nesrecna. Sploh, cim bolj
je premisljal, tenn mani je We
del, kaj maj 81 misli. Kot clovek,
XII nj incl nikdar v banki vsote,
!! da bi bila besede vredna, in XII
vsled svojega nomadskega ziv-
ljenja nj incl bogvekako preti-
ranega mnenja O cvrstem soci-
ialnem staliScu - druzba sc mu
je zdela pref nadlezna zavora
- nj proved pretiraval druzab-
ne nevarnosti te zadeve; tudi
nj prav verjel, da bo koprnela
v vecnih mukah, ako sc il ne
posreci, da bi ostala zvesta "te-
mu velikemu crnavsu", kakor
je ma skrivnem imenoval Cra-
mierja. Cutil je, da je to stras-
no zalostno; yes nesrecen je bill
preprican, da zenske il njegove
druzine MISC imele navade, ho-
| diti po takih potih; da bi Sc ME-
gov pokojni brat v grobu obr-
nil; z emo besedo, da kaj takega
me gre. Vendar nj bill nikakor
eden tistih, XII zenskam nasploh
marsikaj izpregledajo, pac pa
planejo z bicem ma zenske IL
svoje druzine, XII tako svobodo
izrabijo. Nasprotno, bill je mne-
MIA, da morajo biti "zenske ma.
sploh" svetu pred ocmi brez ma.
deza, pri tenn pa nagnjen k pri.
zanesljivosti protl vsaki posa-
mezni zenski, XII jo je sam po-
znal in ljubil. Nemara je bill ne
hotoma prav malo pod vplivom
suma, XII sc ga nj nikdar izne-
bill, da namrec ia Cramier pc
svojem poreklu mi cisto pravi"
Res je slisal, da nina pravice
do imena Cramier, temvec, da
ga je posinovil neki MOI brez
otrok, Xxi ga je izredil in mu "a
pustil sila denarja. Tu je bile
nekaj, kar polkovniku, cloveku
brez otrok, nj slo prav v kos,
On sam nj wei nobenega "a svo-
jega. Nekaj nj v redu S Glove
kom, XII je bill kot otrok posi-
novljen, manjka mu nekako po.
stenega jamstva - tax je ka.
kor vino brez letnika ali konj
brez rodovnika; ne mores sc
pray zanesti, kaj utegne stori.
ii, ko nina tradicije v krvi. Tu.
di njegova vnanjost in vedenje
je nekako dajalo pretvezo "a to
nezaupnost. Nekaj zamorske
primesi v krvi; trmoglav, tih
decko, XII Sc peha brezobzirni'
mi komolci. Zakaj pod milim
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1947-06-23

KROJAc "a popravo in prenovlje.
/ ME in likanje oblek. Stalno delo;
zaprto OBJ sredah popoldne. Plaza
cd ure. Y. M. Cleaners. 2622 Frank
lin Ave.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1947-06-23
JOHN GALSWORTHY
(TEMNI CVET}
ROMAN

Ali je torej res, kakor so mi
sill start, demon, XII ga veseli,
igrati Sc z ljudmi, kakor veseli
ljudi, bezati strigalico, jo obra-
cati in nazadnje pohoditi?
Vstal je in Sc napotil proti
zelezniski postal. Tam je klop,
kjer je sedela, ko Sc je davi ma
meril nanjo. Zvezde, kakor da
so jlna takrat ugodno kazale :;
a zdaj vec ne We, ali so Jim a
obetale veselje. In ma klopi so
bile Sc vedno jagode S poprov-
ca, XII jih je zmeckala in razsu-
la. Odtrgal je drugi kobulj in
zdruznil jagode. Vonj je bill duh
tistih minut, ko je njena roka
pocivala poleg njegove. zvezde
v svojih TOXIN - "a radost ali
bolest!
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Della "a mo$ke
TESA-RJI

Stalno delo "a izurjene tesarje;
tudi sc potrebuje nekaj preddelav-
cev "a trough" in 'finished'' delo.
DUBLIN HOUSING CORP. 1925
Lee Rd.. FA 2255. - OBJ vecerih:
SIX 026O.
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"Prav mic, sir. Jako ljubezni-
vo, da ste prisl."
Polkovnik je strmel. Nekajt
je bilo ma MAIDEN Lennanu, &C.
sar dotlej nj opazil; pogled, XII
je govoril: "Da 81 ne bos z ma
no cesa dovolil!" - da je bill
polozaj se nerodnejsi. A se we'd
no je okleval in strmel zamis-
lien v mladega moza, XII je S ta-
ko uljudnostjo stal in cakal.
Tedaj mu je sunilo v mozgane
vprasanje, XII nj bio nevarno:
HE, in kedaj Sc vrnete ma
Anglesko? Mi odpotujemo v to-
rex"
Ko je govoril, je veter odnesel
robec modeliranega obraza.
Ali ga bo FAINT spet zagrnil? Nj
ga: In polkovnik 81 je mislil:
"Bilo bi nespodobno. We, da
ne bonn izrabil ugodne prilozno-
sti. Res gentleman je!!"
Vzdignil, -je roko "a pozdrav:
'"Tako, zdaj pa moran nazaj.
Morda vas bono videli pri We
cerji?" Obrni2 Sc je in odkora-
kal.
Spomin ma tisti obraz "gli-
nasti kept" tam zgoraj kraj &C.
ste ga je spremljal domov. Sla-
DO stoji - resna stvar! In OBJ
cutek, da on pri tenn nina mic
besede, je v MEM rasel in ra-
sci. Nikomur nj povedal, kje je
bill
Ko sc je polkovnik ceremoni.
jozno obrnil in ga pustil, je Len.
nan sci nazaj ma ploscati ka.
men, wei svojo glinasto kepo ir
je pri prici podobo unieil. Sc
del je Sc dolgo casa mirno, pc
vsej priliki je opazoval modr<
metuljcke, XII so Sc igrali okroe
rdecih in rjavkasto rumenih roz
Nato SO mu prsti zaceli delat
in so mrzlicno izoblikovali gla
vo; nj bila moska niti zivalska
, temvec nekaka rogata, okorns
mesanica tega in omega. Neka
burnega je bio v gibanju tel
, precej kratkih, topih prstov
! kakor da davijo bite, XII e.
! ustvarjajo.
E Osmo poglavje
{; Tiste dni so potovali ljudje
XII so sluzili svoji domovini, ka
, kor Sc Spartancem spodobi, '
navadnih vozovih prvega razre
! da, in so Sc prebujali zjutraj
y La Rocheu ali v kakem drugen
e kraju tujim imenom, kjer 81
] dobili bledo kavo z bledimi rog
? ljicki. Tako tudi polkovnik
] Mrs. Shcott in njuna necakinja
sredi knjig, XII jih MISC citali
jestvin, XII jih MISC jeli, in poles
! zaspanega Irca, XII Sc je vraca
z Vzhoda. Kakor obicajno, j
> bila tezava, kan z nogami, ke
jih nj nihce rad polozil ma sc
, dez, kar so nazadnje venda
storili vsi razen Olive. Polkov
mix, XII je lezal ma nasprotnen
:, sedezu, Sc je ponoci vec neg
enkrat predramil in jo vide]
kako sedi skljucena v svojen
:; kotu Sc vedno odprtimi ocmi
Ko je strmel v to malo glavo
=
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Bogom ga je Olivia vzela! Pa
zenske 50 vse polne muh, ubozi-
ce! In start Lindsay S svojim
skofovskim ornatom in svojimi
Maori o pokorscini je moral biti
kot oee pravi strahone, ubogi
start FAINT! Razen tega pa je
Cramier brez dvoma, kar bi
vecina zensk imenovala ceden
FAINT; bolj ociten cd tako mirne-
ga decka, kot je mladi Lehman,
cigar poteze so bile tako,
ceprav S svojim prijaznim ma
smehom precej prikupne - pac
tiste vrste mlad MOI, XII ga mo-
ras imeti rad, in XII ne bi niti
muhi zalega storil! In nenado-
ma mu je seglo v misel; zakaj
ne bi Sci k mlademu Lennanu
in Z MIN kar naravnost govo-
ril?
Da je zaljubljen v Olivo? Ne
cisto tako - pa Sc ze najde, ka-
ko. Dolgo je premleval to ide-
jo, in drugo jutro, ko Sc je bril-,
jo je izprozil pred Mrs. Ercott.
Men odgovor: "Bedarija, moi
dragi John!' mu je pregnal zad-
ME dvome.
Ne da bi bill povedal, kan gre,
je mahnil takoj po zajtrku ven
- in ma vlak v Beaulieu. v no.
telu, kjer je stanoval mladi MOI,
je postal zanj vizitko, a so mu
povedali, da je ia monsieur ze
odsel, in sicer "a yes dan. Take
Sc je njegova namera, korakatj
naravnost proti topovom, izja'
lovila, in obstal je zamisljen in
razburjen. Ker Beaulieuja Sc NJ
videl (takrat so govorili, da lima
bodocnost), je mahnil ma nekc
visino. Vse to poboeje so pokri
vale roze. Tisoceri cvetovi sc
zareli kakor zvezde v zraku, ir
tia so bila posuta z listici, XII sc
Sc obleteli ali jih je otresel We
ter. Polkovnik je tn pa ia N
vteknil nos v cvetje, a lie male
je disalo, kot bi vedelo, da mi
je doba ze minila. Nekaj kme
TOW v modrih bluzah sc je s.
sukalo okoli roz. Kar naleti M
mladega Lennana samega; sede
je ma kamenu in brkljal prst
po glinasti kept. .Polkovnik sc j
obotavljal. Poleg jasnih vzro
kov "a zadrego je incl nasprot
umetnosti isto custvo, kot mar
sikdo njegovega stanu. Seved:
l. umetnost nj delo, vendar j
nekak poseben dar - zan
skrivnost, kako more sploh kdt
kaj takega narediti! Ko ga j
Lehman zagledal, je vstal, vrge
cez to, kar je modeliral, robe'
l. toda polkovnik je bill ze uje
nerazlocen vtisk necesa znane
ga. Mladi MOI je 1.-Two zardel -
tudi polkovnik je magic zacuti
vrocino. Iztegnil je roko.
"Prijazen, miren koticek to,
je jecljal, "nisem ga Sc poznal
" vasem hotelu sem vprasal z;
vas."
Zdaj, ko je incl priliko, mi
je vse odpovedalo. Pogled n;
obraz, XII Sc je oblikoval IL "gli
naste kepe", mu je unicil vs.
moe. Misel, da della ia mlad
MOI cisto sam tn zgoraj, same
ker je "a uro, dive locen cd ori
ginala, ga je ganila. Kako n;
svetu maj pove, kar je hotel re
ci? Polozaj jjc p~polnoma drug
nego 81 ga je pref predstavljal
In bliskoma ga je presinilo
Dolly je imela prav! Dolly i'm:
sploh zmerom prav - da bi j
sment!
~ delu ste," je dejal; "ne
100n0 IY-s k-o
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LEPOTIcARKA: izurjena Finger
waver in Manicurist. Tedenska
plaza $50. 1890 Superior Ave..
MU 3275.
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TESARJI

izurjeni, stalno delo skozi cello leto
pri Garfield Heights kontraktorju.
Plaza cd ure. Izvrstna prilika "a
napredovanje. DI 5505.
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Hisa naprodaj "a 4 druzine duplex;
cd E. IS st. med Superior Ave.
in St. Clair Ave. 6 in A sobe ma
vsaki strani, velika lota "a garaze;
sadno drevje. John j. Hrovat, Elk
l348. ,..........
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LEPOTIcARKA: mlada, zmozna va
jenka. Vprasa Sc ma 1890 Supe-
rior Ave., MU 3275.
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ZeIl,Ijisca

Hisa ma 1912 Lake Front. Lastnik
gre izven mesta, mora prodati.
SIS sob, garaze. Ia nitro prodajo,
S1O,5OO. Ii 1850. ~.
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Nov dom Cleveland Heights po-
trebuje zmozno, prijazno zensko
"a hisna opravila, v, starosti cd %
do 40 let. lima svojo soho in radio.
Mora imeti priporocila. FA 0034.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1947-06-23

Pantry Girl: dobra plaza poleg obe-
dov; $125 mesecno. MaYfield
Country Club. Mayfield-Sheridan
Rd., EV O826, in vprasajte "a Chef.
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EIisna opravila. mic kuhe; mora
ostati preko noci. Lastna soba in
kopalnica. Dobra plaza. SW 1912.
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Finishers ma svili: izurjene. Plaza
cd ure ali tedenska plaza. Stalno
delo. Universal Cleaning & Dyeing.
1918 <. II St.
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Della "a zenske

Cafeteria Wagon Girl: prijazne zu-
nanjosti; cd 2. pop. do 9. Nv. Pla-
Ca cd ure. Mr.. Germanovich -
ARRIS-SEYBOLD. 45l0 E. II ST..
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q AuoJ wv AAS NS, dA ~ JIM q
obetale veselje. In ma klopi so
bile Sc vedno jagode S poprov-
ca, XII jih je zmeckala in razsu-
la. Odtrgal je drugi kobulj in
zdruznil jagode. Vonj je bill duh
tistih minut, ko je njena roka
poeivala poleg njegove. Zvezde
v svojih TOXIN - "a radost ali
bolest!
Sedmo poglavje
Polkovnik in Mrs. Ercott nj
sta imela vec miru. Cutila sta
sc zarotnika, in zarotnistvo il
ma nj bilo nikdar po dust. Toda
kako maj javno razpravljata o
svoji bojazni, XII je vstala samo
il neeesa, kar sta opazila slu-
cajno in ma skrivnem? Kar nj
namenjeno "a tvoje oci in "a
tvoja usesa, tega sploh nj; sve-
tejsega vodila "a ravnanje 81
sploh nj misliti. PRAY tako lah-
ko hi zagovarjal odpiranje tu-
jih pisem kakor primal, da smes
izrabljati vednost, do katere 81
prisel samo po nakljucju. Do
tod sta bila po tradiciji in po
svojem znacaju enih misli in
sta snovala skupaj. Locila pa
sta sc v necem globljem. Mrs.
Ercott je resda rekla, da je tn
nekaj, kar Sc ne da voditi; on,
polkovnik, pa je to cutil - in
to je nekaj docela drugega! On
ina v teoriji mani strpnosti, a
stvar m uje segla v srce; Mrs,
Ercott, XII teoriji stvar malo-
dane odobrava - ona cita to
nevarno pisateljico, George Eli
OF " srcu pa je nasproti svo-
jega moza necakinji hladna. IL
teh vzrokov nista mogla kovati
nacrtov, ne da bi bila nazadnje
hipoma rekla: "Sicer pa nina
pomona o tenn govoriti!" - pa
sta skoraj tako zopet zacela 60
voriti tenn.
Ko il je polkovnik predlagal
tisto jezo ma null, il nj utegnil
razloziti, ali pravzaprav, nj do
bro vedel, kako bi il tako ne
posredno razlozil potrebo, da
mora ona zajahati. Sele ko je ia
pohod odkloni1a - kar mu je
bilo v nepojmljivo olajsanje -
in je Olivia odrinila brez njiju,
il je povedal sestanku ma vr-
tn, XII mu je bill prica. Tedaj je
naenkrat rekla, da bi bila kaj-
pada ma vsak nacin sla, ko bi
bila to vedela; ne kot da je "a
vmesavanje, temvee ker je tre-
ba misliti ma Roberta! In pol
kovnik je dejal: "Da hi ga vrag,
tega decka!' In tn je "a hip "a
deva obticala, zakaj obema je
bila majhna uganka, katerega
decka maj bi vrag. Zares tn je
bila zadrega. Da nj incl polkov-
mix svoje necakinje tako rad, in
da mu je bill Cramier drazji, ne
pa skoraj zoprn; da "a Mrs. Err
colt Mark Lehman nj bill "ce-
den fant", in da nj ma skrivnem
videla necakinji svojega So
proga precej nevarnosti "a svoj
dusevni mir; kratko in malo, da
so vsi ii trije lesene lutke, XII Sc
gibljejo po dolocenih pravilih,
bi bilo "a vse udelezence tenn
bolj preprosto. Odkritje, da je
v takih stvareh neka osebna
enacba namestu preprostega
racunskega pravila, je polkov-
nika vznemirilo, tolikodane uje-
zilo: Mrs. Ercott pa je potrlo
Evening star., 1947-10-03
Bogart-Bacall Melodrama
Gives Coincidence the Bends
By Jay Cormody

long of coincidence lot of twisting
stories but it shattered beyond repair in Dark Passage
feature the Warner This make little
picture
Evening star., 1947-10-03
THE CAST.

has an unfrocked plastic surgeon
pal who would be only too glad
to give a man in Bogart's predica-
ment new face.
With Miss Bacall, that makes
three who believe Bogart is innocent
and are anxious to help him. That's
small team to compete with the
San Francisco police force, the State
constabulary, and especially with
the willy lot of society murderers
who really framed Bogey in the
first place. After more bad innings
than Brooklyn, however, they exc
out a win.
X Il X n
Dark Passage" is straight man.
hunt from its opening sequence to
it's next to closing one, but it only
rarely achieves the pitch of excite
ment it needs. Although its implica-
tions always are that the pack is on
the hero's heels, the evidence before
the audiences eyes is that of
man shoredup very cozily in the
luxurious apartment of a rich, tai
ented, and quite alluring girl who
obviously is mad about him. He is
swathed in bandages while awaiting
his new face, but equally swathed
in affection, and things never seem
quite as desperate as they should.
Miss Bacall is in better form as
an actress in Dark Passage" bask-
ing in both the admiration and
coaching Of her actor husband. Her
voice has lost its monotony without
losing any of its sultriness and Dark
Passage" keeps reminding one the
Bogarts probably would be quite
exciting in better script.
Evening star., 1947-10-03

More than half the people Of the
United States have pronounced
defects in vision.
Evening star., 1947-10-03
THE CAST.
By Chris Mothisen

Another film tale of rough doings
in the old days of the West, cur
rently is being offered at Loew's
Columbia under the title, "The Vigi-
lantes Return 1t is run-of-the-
range horse opera, frightened by
Cinecolor.
There's little suspense in this one.
A regular sampler of this sort Of
screen fare probably could stay
ahead Of the camera all the way.
The principal people involved In the
familiar happenings are Jon Hall,
Margaret Lindsay, Andy Devine and
Robert Wilcox.
Jon is a deputy who means busi-
ness and who goes from town to
town as a sort Of law enforcement
trouble shooter. He has to use his
fists and his guns. He also has to
use charm, principally on Miss Lind
say. She's an old flame who has
taken up with a shady citizen
slated to become the deputy's quarry.
Mr.. Wilcox is the latter smooth
operator.
These players perform plausibly,
but Andy Devine provides the only
color, apart from the films bright
hues, as the deputy's sidekick. Jon
and Jack Lambert engage in a fine
free-for all, however, and most Of
the other usual props are brought
into use.
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Visilantes Ride Again
And Look Familiar
At the Columbia r.

|, THE vIGILANTEs RETURN" Uni
versal-International picture with Jon Hall,
produced by Howard Welsch, directed by
Ray Taylor, original screenplay b.. Roy
Chanslor, song by Jack Brooks and Milton
Schwarzwald. At the Columbia.
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they bring it of with kind of poise.
Dark Passage" actually strains
q bit to be different as melodrama
goes. 1t does not make it, to be
sure, but 1t resorts to tricks that
might easily have been admirable
If they only had worked.
BY a watch which is the official
timepiece of a movie critic, instead
Of an airline or gigantic railroad
system, it is one hour and five
minutes before Bogart's. face turns
up on the screen. That Is a whale
of time for an actor to be working
without getting his face in front of
the camera. For those 65 minutes,
however, one sees Bogart's feet, his
hands, snatches of his torso. and
finally bandaged head which
makes him look like Boris Karloff.
Also, of course, audiences hear his
petulant and gravelly voice
This strange handling of the hero
of Dark Passage" could be based
upon the sound theory that with
Miss Bacall around. he could not
make any visible difference. 1t is
not this, however. that explains the
facelessness of Bogart, but rather
that Producer Deterioration Del
mar Dawes has something (more
than Bogart's face) up his sleeve.
X II x*
Another, if minor, departure in
the teams latest is that this time
Bogart is the hunted man. In Dark
Passage" every one is chasing him.
His role is that of an escaped con-
vict, a fellow sent to prison for wife
murder, who breaks out of the place
for the sole reason that he must
prove the whole thing was a frame
up.
Considering the relentlessness with
which the law pursues such men,
it is fatuous of him to assume he
has time to collect the needed evi-
dence. At least it should be fatuous,
but right there waiting for him as
he crawls up to the highway is
Miss Bacall. He does not even
know her, but she knows him and
that very day she went to the noun
tains near San Quentin on hunch
that he might be pulling break.
Her own father, it seems, had been
railroaded for the same crime, and
it gave her the feeling that she had
q bad debt to collect from society.
In some of the subsequent lurch-
ings of the plot, you may find your
self looking over your shoulder for
William Ssyoyan, but he never turns
Up. Some ether odd types do, how
eser. The first is a taxidriver who
reads faces and, even in the dark,
can tell that Passenger Bogart is
innocent of the murder for which
he is being hunted down a second
time. 1t turns out that this driver
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which opened yesterday at the Cap
itol, this seems a sound conclusion.
Mr.. Skeletons Merton is a nkeable
young man and the new screenplay
provided by George Wells and Lou
Breslow is an amusing one.
This is a role, as you don't have
to be told If you remember the
Merton" of 1924, which calls for
something beyond Reds vaudeville
talent for eating doughnuts. Merton
is lad who merits a degree Of
sympathy. though he is as thick
headed as yokels come. His at
tempts to break into the movies
Q915 style) are situation and char
acter comedy and Mr.. Shelton proves
himself as adept at this sort of
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ADJUSTMENTS
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DARK PASSAGE" Warner Brothers
Bogart, produced by Jerry Wald, directed
by Delmar Dawes, screenplay BY Dawes
from the novel by David Goods. At the
Warner,
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Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time Of Showing

stage.
National - Lady Windermere's
Fan; $3.50 pm.
Screen.
Ambassador-"Dark Passage; 1,
$40, $40, 7:30 and 9:45 pm.
Capitalization OF the Movies;
to:45 am, 1:55, 4:3e, 7:20 and 10:15
pm. Stage shows: 12:45, $40, $50
and 9:25 pm
ColumbiaADThe vigilantes Re-
turn; 11:10 am, 1855, 2:45, 4:30,
6:20, 8:05 and $50 pm.
Hippodromo-"The Adventures" !;
2:15. 4:10, 6:10, 7:35 and 9:40 pm.
Keith's-"Singapore";; 1855 am,
1:5o, $50, $50, 7:5o and $50 pm.
Little-"Mayerling";; 11:25 am,
1:25, $3.50, $50, 7:35 and $40 pm.
Metropolitan Red Stallion; ;;
11:4o am. 1:4o, $40, $40. TAO and
9:45 pm.
Palace-"Desire Me-; II am,
ITO, 800, 5:25. 7:35 and 9:40 pm.
Pix-"Monsieur Verdoux'';; 11:10
am, 1920, $3.50, $40, 7:50 and 10 pm.
Trans-Lux-News and Shorts.
Continuous from 1915 am.
Warner-"Dark Passage; 10:45
am, /, 3:2O, $50, 7:45 and 10 pm.
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:. ADJUSTMENTS
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thing as he is at making faces and
wisecracking.
There is a great deal Of comic
incident scattered along the narra-
tive about q young man who wanted
to be great dramatic actor and
turned out to his great surprise to
(See MACARTHUR, Page A-27)
Evening star., 1947-10-03
By Horry Macarthur

M-G-M seems to have reached the
corporate conclusion that the talents
of Red Shelton are best adapted to
the dusting of of old comedy hits.
On the basis Of the evidence sub
mitted in Merton of the Movies" 4"
Evening star., 1947-10-03
Skeletons Merton
At the Capitol,
Is a Funny Lad

MERTON OF THE MOVIES" an M-G-M
Picture with Red Skelton, produced by Al
screenpiay BY George wells and Lou Bres-
low. based on the novel by Harry Leon
Wilson and the play by George 8. Kauff-
man and Marc Connolly. At the Capitol.