Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-29

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What else 1t is, as a matte
than realistic, or even wholly
credible. 1t is an old-fashioned
movie type expose" rather
than one done in the solder
documentary style. that Direc-
tor Byron Haskin has contrived
from Ben l.. Perrys screenplay.
And the principal players-John
Payne, Gloria McGhee, Doe
Avedon and William Bishop
give it the performances it de-
serves. Overwrought probably is
the word.
THE Boss deals with the
rise and fall of the. political
hoodlum played by Payne. In
his defense it must be said that
his first "a hours at home
after World War I are fully
enough to set a man off on the
wrong path.
Within hours of his return he
is shouting invective at his
brother. the incumbent politi-
clan who is running the town
more honestly than profitably.
He gets into a bloody. bruising
brawl with a lifelong friend
Battered and ported. he arrives
a couple of hours late for a date
with the girl he wants to marry
and Elsie bars the door.
Thus spurned. he really ties
one on and picks up poor. plain
girl in a saloon. When she irately
declares that she is not pretty
enough to be what he thinks
she is, he holly threatens to
marry her to prove that he is
never wrong and nobody tens
him what to do. Marry her, he
does. Next morning, his brother
comes around to the bridal
bower to argue some more. then
goes down to the hotel lobby and
drops dead.
All in all, it is quite a hero's
welcome this boys gets. There is
nothing left for him to do but
take over his inheritance from
his brother and become a polit-
ical boss. In no time at all he
is up to his surly sheer in graft,
corruption and ill-gotten gains.
And in due time the Feds catch
up with him.
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This is purported to take place
in an unidentified locale run by
a fictitious political machine. 1t
is described as middle class
city," however. so it can't be
New York or Chicago. Kansas
City might even find the term
opprobious. so it may be Just a
coincidence that one of the
characters is an apparently mild
political errand boy who wears
glasses and distinctive hats.
When this young mans shop
is about to go bankrupt, PayneS
man gets him elected to some
minor Office and he subsequently
goes on to the House and Senate.
When Payne gives him that first
political push he is warned by
a henchman. THAT may be a
mistake" says the henchman.
"Ernie'S honest but he's tough.
He won't take orders" "Thatll
be novelty" says Fender F..
pardon. Payne.
Couldn't be anybody we know,
could it? Well. anyhow, THE
Boss" is a timely warning. Vote.
We can't have Payne's ilk run
ming the county.
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TYPED-The next actor who
complains of being a victim of
type-castlng is going to find a
pair of mighty sympathetic ears
around here. 1t can happen a
lot more easily than you think.
In fact there is one columnist-
the one sitting right here at the
typewriter, if you must know
who has achieved type-casting
with virtually no effort at all.
Awhile back there was a down.
river junket aboard an LIST in
connection with the opening of
Away All Boats" 1t was an
impressive vessel with an i'm
pressive crew. All of which was
duly reported here, even though
the drama page may seem an
unlikely place for a review OF
an LIST.
That did it. though. All of
us must be classified somewhere
in the mug file down at police
headquarters, in the FBI files,
in Armed Services records or
somewhere else. That glowing
review Of the LIST was enough
to get its writer classified by
the Navy.
The evidence arrived the other
day, an invitation to come down
to the Naval Gun Factory to
inspect the John Paul Jones.
1.-THE John Paul Jones is the
fifth vessel to bear the proud
name of Americas famous naval
hero, it read. she embodies a
host of flrsts for a destroyer-type
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