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MOVIEGOER

11/2

Once again Hollywood has failed to depict one of the branches of our armed forces in a realistic light. From "Crash Dive" one might think that our submarine fleet operates on a Buck-Rogers-of-the 25th-century schedule. Fantastic is the word for it. Tryone Power is the swash buckling sub officer who leads his men through incredible danger to blast the enemy base into technicolored flames and gore. The plot is there, but in the usual and tiring mask of the eternal triangle.

Blondie, in the co-feature, "It's A Great Life" has her domestic troubles in the form of one equus caballus. If the directors are willing, why not put Abbott and Costello, the Hardy Family, and Blondie all in one picture to put an end to the long line of screwball productions which that California city has been tossing out in increasing numbers.

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