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Show Middies' Life, Loves Attract "At Paramount The United States naval academy, maker of men, makae good background back-ground for drama and romance In "Navy Blue and Gold," currently showing at the Paramount Robert Young, who enters the academy at Annapolis without much thought for anything or anybody except bis own rise In Hfe, is the subject of the character-but Idlnf process that results from hard work and clean playing. Romance centers cen-ters around winning the affections of Florence Rice, which James Stewart does without half trying. Stewart's chief objective in entering enter-ing the academy la to clear the name of his father, who, as a commander, com-mander, waa unjustly accused of negligence aboard hia ship. Hia opportunity op-portunity arises sooner than he bad anticipated, and thereby hangs a dramatically stirring episode. Although one of our heroes goes into the football game to win In the last quarter, the role of gridiron life la not overemphasised In the picture, which. In a swiftly moving story, sticks to ths character-building process of Annapolis. Tom Brown Is non wincing as sa eager, but small, athlete, and Biliie Burke plays a character role that has become associated with her recently. re-cently. Lionel Barrymora la. a tough, but gentle-hearted, former grid atar who understands a young man's viewpoint. Mystery surrounding the fate of Lincoln's assassin is the subject of "The Man in the Barn." and a musical musi-cal short and newsreel fill out the program. |