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Evening star., 1947-03-12
Prompt Senate Action
Sought on Measure
For Daylight Saving
b. Don S. Worren

Senate District leaders will ask
prompt action on the "local option
summer daylight saving bill unani-
mously reported yesterday by the
Senate District Committee.
Senator McGrath, Democrat, of
Rhode Island, father of the measure,
was delegated to flle a report on the
bill with the Senate. Highly en-
couraged by the prompt and unani-
nous reaction he got from the Dis
trict Committee, he voiced hopes
for the same treatment on the SEN
ate floor.
With the filing of the report today,
the measure could be called up for
action at the Senate session on Fri
day. Senator McGrath said he would
ask for its consideration at the
earliest appropriate time, in the
light Of other Senate business.
The fast time plan, recently con-
sidered dead after the House had
rejected a proposed Congressional
order for daylight saving time for
Washington, seemed to be gaining
more life daily.
The revised McGrath bill has the
same objective as the original bilA. a
piece to the one Chair
man Dirksen of the House District
Committee tried unsuccessfully to
get through the House. But instead
Of having Congress itself order the
fast time, as the Dirksen and the
first McGrath bills would have pro-
vided the new McGrath measure
puts it on a local option basis.
As the McGrath bill goes to the
Senate; it would direct the Com
rnissioners to call public hearings to
ascertain the wishes of Washington
people. If they found majority
continent is for the summer fast
time, the city heads could order it
into effect. The fast time would
run from the last Sunday in April
to the last Sunday in September.
Evening star., 1947-03-12
Cleveland Again Heads
Montgomery Safety Unii

Washington ]. Cleveland was re-
elected chairman of the Montgom-
cry County Safety Board at meet
ing last night.
DR.. Meredith Burrill was named
vice chairman and Byron Sedgwick
secretary. The group also recon-
mended legislation to provide classes
in safe driving in Maryland schools
and to set up stricter driving tests.
The board also recommended i'm
proved safety inspections of county
schools, complete supervision of
science classes and reporting on
inspections Of schools to parent
teachers groups as well as to school
officials.
Evening star., 1947-03-12
Youth HosteIs Hold
Folk Dance Tonight

The Potomac Area. American
Youth Hostels. Inc. will hold folk
dance at $3.50 o'clock tonight in the
Recreation Building, Seventeenth
street and independence avenue
NV, as part Of dance series in
tended to foster understanding of
activities and customs of the various
peoples of the world.
A Syrian dinner at the Sheik
Restaurant, 1908 ! street NV, at
$50 pm, will precede the dance.
Evening star., 1947-03-12
Drivers Focinq
75OM Fee Boost
nFederoI Lots

Drivers who park their cars II,
Government-owned lots downtown
will begin paying $50 per cent more
for the privilege next month, ac-
cording to Public Building Admin
istration spokesmen.
Under the new instructions, ope-
rators of three large lots will be
allowed to charge IS a month for
parking instead of $2 Officials es-
innate the lots have more than
1000 parking spaces:
Largest of the lots is behind the
District Building, and Is used large
ly by Commerce, Treasury, Labor,
Post Office and District employees.
The other two are at Seventeenth
and H streets NV, behind the
Court Of Claims, and at the 500
block of North Capitol street.
The increased authorizations were
announced in advertising issued by
PBA for new leases on the lots. Bids
on the lot at the rear of the Dis
trict Building will be accepted with
in the next few days, it was said
Bidding on the other two lots al
ready has been opened.
Evening star., 1947-03-12
D. {. Man Given 10 Years
In Cab Driver Robbery

An Arlington Circuit Court jury
fixed the sentence of a Washington
man at 10 years in prison or a
charge of holdup and robbery after
the defendant, James D. Pearson,
colored, 26, testified he was forced
by companion to help commit the
robbery.
Pearson, who lives in the 1000
block OF. Fourth street NV, was
charged with robbing a taxicab
driver on January 10 with another
man, Ollie D. Lee, %, colored, of the
400 block of L street NV. Earlier,
Lee pleaded guilty. The cab driver
was James j. Hargis, 20, Of 81
Cameron street, Alexandria.
Lees case was referred to the pro-
baton officer.
Evening star., 1947-03-12
Summit Park Citizens Ask
24-Hour Traffic Court

A 24-hour traffic court was asked
last night by the Summit Park Citi-
zens Association.
This would make it possible for
police to take out-of- town motorists
into court at all hours on traffic
charges, instead of letting them
merely put up collateral and then
leaving town, it was said.
The association favored the con-
tinued sale of ice cream by volume
The meeting was held in the
Ann Beers School, Thirty-sixth
place and Alabama avenue Sc, and
was conducted by William ]. Smith,
president.
Evening star., 1947-03-12
Home Looted After Call
Lures Mon From House

Benjamin Hanson, 1913 Fourth
street NV, answered the phone last
night and heard a voice urge him
to hurry to the corner of First and
K streets NV. to help pick up a
body.
Assuming the.call came from, his
brother, the Rev. Jesse Hanson,
owner of a funeral home, he hurried
to the address mentioned, but found
the call was fake. His suspicion
aroused. Mr. Hanson then hurried
home, but he got there too late.
Thieves had entered the house and
escaped with SIS and two wrist
watches.
Evening star., 1947-03-12
District Baptist Council
Fuvors Alcoholic Clinics

The District Baptist Brotherhood
Council at a meeting last night
favored bill for establishment of
clinics for alcoholics in Washington
to be supported by a sales tax on
liquor.
The organization, meeting in the
National Baptist Memorial Church.
heard Representative Hays, Demo-
crat, Of Arkansas, speak.
Evening star., 1947-03-12
Ban on Bond Refunds
Proposed in Plan for
Montgomery Charter

Refunding of bonds issued after
adoption of charter form of gov
ernment for Montgomery County
would be prohibited under County
Charter Committee plan which is
being studied today by the Charter
Board. .'.t.
Indebtedness at the time of the
charter may be adopted by voters
could be successfully refunded with
new issues however, it was recon-
mended in a 7-point program SUBJ
mitted by Frederic P. Lee, chairman
of the Charter Committees special
subcommittee, last night in the Dis
pensary Building, Silver Spring.
The session was the final of Sc
ries of eight public hearings by the
Charter Board. Recommendations
were discussed by Mrs. Dean Din
woodey, Allen H. Gardner and Lewis
B. Sims of the Charter Committee.
Major changes from the charter
rejected by voters in 1914 are that
the number of members of the
County Council be seven instead of
nine; that salaries of council men,
bers not exceed $500 annually, in
stead Of $500 expenses, and that
creation of departments in the
county government be left to action
of the council.
The committee urged that the
charter be made as brief and nom
technical as possible.
The program recommends: "If
and when the Lindsay Act is made
inapplicable to Montgomery County
or held invalid by final decision OF
the courts, members of the County
Council be nominated by petition
and be elected on q ballot without
party designation. Otherwise men,
bers of the County Council are to
be nominated under the present
system and on the present form OF
ballot"
Evening star., 1947-03-12
Church Associates Pay
Honor to Pienkowsky

Elders and friends of Arthur E.
Pienkowsky gathered at Chevy
Chase Presbyterian Church last
night to honor him at testimonial
dinner on his retirement as clerk
of sessions after % years of service.
DR.. Joseph H. Hollister, pastor,
and Wilbur La Roe, elder and
Washington. attorney, praised Mr..
Pienkowsky's church work. Alton
Grinnell presided.
Mr.. PienkqVsky, who retired as
chief of the mass section, Bureau
of Standards in 1943, is "a years old
He and Mrs. Pienkowsky live at 1928
Tilden street NV.
Evening star., 1947-03-12
Man FoIIs Three Stories
Down Shaft of Elevator

Raymond Nelson, Al, of 2l01 Con-
necticut avenue, was in fair condi-
ton" today at Emergency Hospital
after falling three stories down an
elevator shaft. last night.
Police said MIR. Nelson, an en-
ploye of the apartment house at the
Connecticut avenue address, was
making repairs on the elevator when
he slipped and fell to the basement.
Evening star., 1947-03-12

bill requested by the D.stric5
Commissioners to require medical
tests in drunken driving o-ces was
before the House District Commit
tee today.
Introduction of the bill yesterday
was coincident with an appeal for
such legislation expressed in a mem
orandum opinion by Municipal Court
Judge George D. Nelson. Judge
Nelson declared the need for con-
Evening star., 1947-03-12
Conflicting Testimony
On Transit Fare Raise
Being Studied by PUG

Increased fares will bring the
Capital Transit Co. either economic
ruin or riches enough to make
stockholders "chortle with unholy
glee," according to testimony being
sifted by the Public Utilities Com
mission today.
Such divergent views were writ
ten into the records yesterday be-
fore the PUG recessed a hearing on
the proposed fare increase until
10 am. tomorrow. They came from
individuals and groups who took
the opportunity to be heard follow
ing completion of the company,s
case at noon.
The picture OF outsized company
riches was drawn for a small but
articulate audience at the District
Building hearing by Robert Phil
lips, who said he represented the
American Youth for Democracy. He
enlivened the third day of pro-
ceedings by hurting "red batting
charges at F.. G. Await, transit at
torney. in a sharp verbal clash
Witness Criticizes Company
The outbreak eliminated a series
OF exchanges between Mr.. Phillips
and transit officials, beginning with
his assertion that persistent Jim
Crowism" was largely responsible
for the companys failure to re-
cruit sufficient drivers to man its
buses and streetcars.
E. D. Merrill, company president
said attempts to recruit coloreo
drivers had failed. Mr.. Phillips as
serted the fare increase idea was
IAN attempt to rob the people OF
IS, ,00c, 1000 rides a year."
District youth cart afford to
pay an extra dollar a month for a
pass to bring profits to make stock
holders chortle with unholy glee,"
Mr.. Phillips added. r.
At this point, Mr.. Await inter-
posed to ask: "Is your group aff1li-
ated with the Communists"
Chairman. Demands Order.
Urged to answer Eyes or no" by
PUG Chairman James H. Flanagan,
Mr.. Phillips replied in the afirma-
tive. He added, however, that the
mere fact people are Communists
doesn't mean they should be sub
ject to the Rankin-Bilbo type of
red-baiting."
Chairman Flanagan banged for
order and instructed Mr.. Phillips to
make no more speeches"
Testimony picturing the opposite
economic extreme should Capital
Transit be allowed to increase the
weekly pass price from SIPS to $1.50
and make a 10-cent cash fare the
only alternative by eliminating
tokens, came from Mrs. josephine
Solomon of the League of Women
Shoppers.
She said the result of the new
fare scale would be economic ruin u
Evening star., 1947-03-12
Public SaIes Tox Hearing
Ordered in Annapolis
sp.eiol pi.poteh to Ths star

ANNAPOLIS, Mar. 12.-The ad-
ministration's sales tax legislation
will be given a public hearing before
the Senate Finance Committee Of
the General Assembly at II am.
tomorrow.
The bill, setting up 2 per cent
sales tax to raise approximately
.S18, ,000, 900 annually, has met wide
spread opposition from areas close
to Washington and those near other
States because of unfavorable COM
petition anticipated with untaxed
merchants outside of MARYLAND.
Evening star., 1947-03-12

Vernon E. West on suggested re-
visions to make the measure &C
ceptable.
Commissioner Mason's objections
to the bill were expressed in general
terms in his letter of March 5 to
Mr.. Drayton.
II am not opposed to the general
proposals of licensing practical
nurses, but think the bill. particu-
larry in light Of present hospital
conditions, is too rigid and goes
too far" the Commissioner asserted.
Evening star., 1947-03-12
Willy Arnheim to Speak

Willy Arnheim, recently returned
from Korea after duty there with
the Army, will speak at meeting
Of the Fort Myer Heights Citizens
Association at 8 pm. Friday in the
home Of Carl Sanderhod, 2011 North
Fifteenth street, Arlington.
Evening star., 1947-03-12
Book Review at Church

!. DIR. Charles A. Hart of Catholic
4 University will review "a Woman
+ of the Pharisees," by Francois Mau-
sTia, at $3.50 o'clock tonight at st.
Anthony's Catholic Church parish
hall, 1880 Lawrence street NE. The
public is invited.
Evening star., 1947-03-12
Younger Set

Closely guarded by their
mamas from all but the pry-
ing eyes Of the public, these
youngsters, ranging in age
from several days to several
months, are proving the main
current attractions at the Zoo.
Mama Monkey seems more
concerned over the safety of
her offspring than the others.
Maybe this is because her
baby's diminutive size makes
it seem more helpless. Only
a mother would know.
At right a British park calf
snuggles close to its mother.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1947-12-19

mi, kankinami ir zudomi.
Skaitant ta knyga nuo apra-
sytq ziaurumu siurpas per, ku-
ma eina. Cia kankinamu tarpe
yra ne tik vyrai bet ir moterys
(net nescios y ir mergaites; ne
tik Lietuviai bet lvairiu tauty-
blu zmones ir tame skaiciuje
Rusai, t. y. tie Rusai kurie ro-
dos jau per 25-30 bolsevikinio
valdymo metq turejo "subolse-
viket" ir nenusikalsti cekis-
tams. Bet ne, bolseviku
santvarka gime 1917-1918 me-
tu kraujuje, visa laika besi-
maudo kraujuje ir minta tik
krauju. il national isgais tik
tuomet kai isgers visa ju val
domu zmoniu krauja!
Knyga parasyta suglaustai
ir kiekvienam suprantamais To-
dzais. Patariame ja visiems
perskaityti.
(Knyga atspaude ir isleido
Draugas, Chicago, 1947 m. -
kama nepazymeta.)
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1947-12-19

bolsevikq majoro zenklais; ne
toll rasomojo stale ant sofos
gulejo slykscioje pozoje pus-
nuoge jauna moteris. Kamba-
ryje jautesi alkoholio ir ruka-
lQ kvapas.
Ma, duokite j arciau, ia
svolaciu! - prabilo majoras ir
man priejus arciau, tuojau uz-
reke:
Ma, pasakok viska smul-
kiai! 0 tu, Nadia, pakaks ten
voliotis - kelkis, rasyti reikia !!
- Kreipesi cekistas j gulincia
ant sofos pusplike moteri, ku-
ri visiskai nebandydama susi-
tvarkyti padoriau savo rubu
atsisedo, apgraibom siekdama
rasomos masineles, gulincios
pop'ol ~ NiuVo'e.
. Ao ~ 'yn "0aHoA :
AS atsakiau kad visiskai ME
NJ iieAu 4 i'Vieo l'i"iI tuo
.'i' uA Ne i'"lo ouei'e. V,e'o
~ @,' .. ~ p"'u'"o .'N oN"o
oA'oo Ao''ooiq - eosei, ,a.ioJo
ne.o '"slua s"iVoJe. to'u'F'
oeAi''as 9u0uAo oeAie.oiei'
"0SN ''o'"i ~
! OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
! ........................
1al tlK plrmos naktles auto
flaus pergyVenlmal paklluVus
ooiseVlkq NhVD rankas. 10
liau autofios apraso pefgyve-
minus slaullQ NhSD rusyJe'
hauno NhVD pozemyJe' hau-
no kaleJime, Mlhsko AaleJlme NJ
II maslnl kallnlQ sauoynla mis-
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1947-12-19

tas zlemos vakaras. Nuvarges
gryztu is darbo namo j vienin-
tell maza kambareli palepeje,
kurl nuomavau sau ir savo Sci
mai siauliuose.
Staiga tuojau po vidurnak-
clio kaz koks smarkus beldima-
sis apacioje. Netrukus vidur-
nakcio atsilankeliai lipa laip-
tais. Beldziasi. Zmona instink-
tyviai prisoka prie duru:
- Kas ten?
Milicija! Greiciau atida-
ryk!
I kambari isigriauna trys
cekistai: du civiliai ir vienas
uniformuotas Lietuvis milici-
ninkas. Vienas is civiliu Ru-
siskai prasneko name:
Ma, balandeli, kelkis ir
rengkis eisim!
Pradejau rengtis, O cekistai
tue metu dare krata. zmona
laikydama verkianti kudiki ant
ranku, sruveno asaromis, pro-
tarpiais maldaujamai klausda-
ma kur jie name veda. Vieto-
je atsakymo buvo tik ironin-
gas syptelejimas, o vienas Ru-
siskai issitare:: "Mes nezinom,
ne musu reikalas". Vienas is
Rusu Wis rinko laiskus, nuo-
traukas, kitas be paliovos
name ragino:
- Ma, gyviau ten rengkis !!
Laiko nedaug!
Pagaliau apsirenges stovejau
prizes JUGS.
- Ma, viskas? Tai einame !!
J Prizes iseidamas, meciau pas
kutini zvilgsni stovincia SUI
dukrele ant ranku zmona, ku-
rial per skruostus riedejo asa
ros ir krito ant verkiancio ku-
dixie.
Einant laiptais zemyn, isgir-
dau man taikoma perspejima:
- Begti nei nemegink, XII
taip midwest kaip suo! Gink-
lus laikyti parengtus!
Gatveje lauke cekistu auto
mobilis. Priejus, kaz kas tam
sole atidare is vidaus duris, O
name is paskos lydejes cekis-
tas kumscio smugiu istume vi
dun.
Umai AUTOMOBILES su s t O j O
prizes dideli murini pastata =
NKVD bustyne Siauliuose. Ma
no bejausmiai palydovai isake
man islipti, ironiskai pridurda-
mi:
- Cia mes, drauguzi, SUI ta-
vim atsiskaitysime!
Nors ir velyva naktis, bet
darbas cia paciame ikarstyje
Rasomu masineliu tarskejimas
begalinis duru varstymas. stai
einant per viena is daugybes
kambariu, uz durq girdejosi
duslus neritmingi smugiai, pa
nasQs j kulima spragilais, ir pc
kiekvieno smugio sauksmai:
20 Jezau! Nemuskit, NAL.
dauju! Juk as visai jo nepa.
zystu!"
Staiga is to kambario j kori.
! ! doriu ispuole su rukstanciu pa
pirosu burnoje kaz koks apy
: storis raupletas cekistas, ikai
ftusiu veidu ir susidraikiusiais
plaukais, ir sunkiai alsuodamas
pasveikino mano palydovus.
! mano veida zvilgterejes susu
= ko: "As ia smetoninka pays
: tu!" Nors istikruju jis mela
vO. -
"Pasakok, kuom persiede
prizes sovietu valdzia?" Nelauk
\ damas atsakymo, kelis kartu
! taip smarkiai sudave kumsci,
Z man j veida kad umai pasipyl'
4 man is nosies kraujas. Paga
I liau, mano palydovas nusived'
q name toliau.
4 Ivede name j viena is saluti
4 niu kambariq treciame auks
= to Kamharvie Silnna SvieSa
Evening star., 1947-04-03

|of tmcogninx documents for the exa-
tire Plans and OpeIA IAtions Division
Or AEF headquarters.
Hedgehogs snore, sometimes caus-
Ing an uproar, British naturalist
divulges.
Evening star., 1947-04-03
Deanna Repeats
AS Cinderella
At Capitol

Deanna Durbin has grown up.
been married twice, and become a
mother since her screen debut, but
Cinderella's slipper fits her just as
comfortably as ever That 1t might
not bring equivalent comfort to De-
anna's old public Is blithely ig-
nored in I1l Be Yours" which
opened today at Loew's Capitol The
ater. It repeats all the original ma
terial with complete fidelity, as II
some one had recorded an echo.
A Preston Sturges' play, 'The
Good Fairy" provides the basis of
Evening star., 1947-04-03

Miss Durbins latest, but It Is na-
grantly evident that the normally
resourceful Sturges was in q most
unorigtnaI mood. The best thing
that can be said, then, of I'll Be
Yours is that it has a kind OF old
fashioned innocence about it. To
give 1t this spirit, Universal Inter-
national pictures reinforced Deanna
with Tom Drake as q bearded young
Prince Charming, and William Ben
dix as the peasant with the heart Of
gold.
Another high-salaried performer
who crops up In the fable is Adolphe
Menjou who impersonates q sort
Of wolf in Wall Street clothing. but
one whose fangs have been blunted
to keep Cinderella from getting hurt.
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Deanna's part In I'll Be Yours
is that OF q srnall-town orphan who
takes her vocal ambitions to New
York where she becomes, of all
things, an usherette in movie mu-
Evening star., 1947-04-03
THE CAST.

intelligently revealing job in fencing
with the doom inherent In the vio-
lent nature of Jeb. He makes him
a kind Of villainous hero. q man in
dubious conflict with dire destiny,
for whom there is no apparent saliva
ton, even in the off-again, on-again
love between himself and Miss
Wright.
The latter, incidentally, demon
strates convincingly. again that she
is one of the most talented Of the
younger actresses. Her competence
extends even to playing neck-and-
neck duel with Miss Anderson as the
almost legendary strong woman Of
the Callum tribe. This Is no minor
accomplishment and 1t adds vastly
to the dramatic content of the
Earle's arresting western.
Now that some producer has dared
to glance at this assortment Of
brooding, lonely people from new
angle, a slew OF others no doubt will
do likewise.
Pursued" Is worth the 1iattery
Of such imitation.
Evening star., 1947-04-03

sic hall. Her first two friends ID
the metropolis are Drake. . stllfhly
honest young lawyer who lives at
the bottom Of his profession. anG
Bendix, q comedy waiter IN base
Nment eatery.
There is q whimsical humor In
Sturges' writing that is easy to take,
even when time has covered 1t with
the sort of moss that clings to s.I'll
Be Yours" This is because every
character in the picture Is an agree
able sort, as everybody should be
in any fairy tale
Miss Durbin, who looks more ma
ttlre even II her screen stories do
not, does more acting one supposes
that is what it is-than singing in
I'll Be Yours. Nevertheless, she
finds time for three numbers, the
most impressive of which Is "Gra-
nada," which she sings. at one OF
those penthouse parties modern Gin
derellas always attend.
She is in pleasant voice, but you
Evening star., 1947-04-03

-.
screen play for which you might
well make must see' memo.
pursued" views It's western land
scape in much the same fashion that
the Bronte girls contemplated their
moor country. It finds storms In
the souls Of these lonely ones, not
overnight passions that end quickly
with the flash of single gun, but
which endure from generation to
generation These are climbing vio-
lences, fertiiized with the blood OF
fathers and sons and tended by loyal
mothers and daughters until 1t looks
as II, at the end, no one will be left
to carry on.
In attempting to tell this sort OF
story, Pursued" essays more than
1t brings oil, but 1t never allows the
attention to wander. AS q guarantee
against any such lapse, the stars
are supported by a superb cast head
ed by Judith Anderson, Dean Jaeger
and Alan Hale. TT also offers an
interesting performance by an actor
named John Rodney who, as John
Flynn, acted with high competence
in the past at Catholic University.
Niven Busch, author of Pursued,
makes an intricate, suspenseful tale
Of the ENHANCEMENT of the Callum
and Rank families, an affair OF
brooding terror, you can be sure.
As the narrative opens. there is
only one Rank left. Jeb, who Is
PLAYED by Mitchum. The odds are
something like 80 to / that he won't
be left for long and, once these odds
are fixed, the picture begins the
long fiash-back over the feud.
Like Heathcliffe in "Wuthering
Heights" Jeb is q haunted young
man. Every 20 often cowboy boots
pounding on a ranch house floor
start going of In his head. The
sound goes back to hazy incident
in very young childhood. Both Jeb
and audiences are always looking for
the explanation for this trauma.
The explanation under the direc-
ton of Raoul Walsh Is always lively
and exciting, even though 1t sticks
to the conventions Of such narratives
as the chase, the gun duel fought
across wide mountain valley areas,
and death creeping up on the ranch
house from the sage-brush shadows.
Where the average western goes
IN for landscape and plenty of 1t,
Pursued" Is darkly atmospheric.
Character relationships are devel-
oped to the hilt, each fraught with
an emotion that Is likely to esrdle
into violence at any moment. The
foundation of 1t all is the hate Of the
male Callums for the one surviving
Rank who has been taken mystert-
ously into Ma Callum's home to be
reared as a son. Ma, judith Ander-
son, who took Jeb in as an obliga-
ton, quickly is forced to the tudg-
ment that he Is q curse.
Daughter Thor (Adiss WrighD falls
IA love with him and Son Adam
eventually falls before q well-aimed
shot fired, with fatal effect, across
the valley.
Life had no gentlenesses 10 bestow
upon the Ranks and the Caliuns.
3, \ Il y
The incident of Pursued" b
fundamentally that Of other west
erns, but it Is dressed with q quality
of acting that sets 1t above and
apart from most of these.
The unhandSome Mitchum does an