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Show III ft I rii ' Springtime in Manhattan Streets coated with glistening rain while puddles are polka-dotted with raindrops . . . Baseball gab invading invad-ing war dialogues . . . The well-sharpened well-sharpened notes of warbling birds giving happiness a sound track . . . Islands of defeat scattered around town where sunshine only magnifies its poverty ... A gray-eyed sky clearing the thunder in its throat and displaying its white-fanged lightning . . . Playful breezes juggling the ancient an-cient weathervane atop St. Paul's Cathedral . . . The shy rustle of balmy winds caressing faces witb Invisible baby fingers. The Hudson River cobwebbed with streaks of gleaming sunlight . . . Shop windows glowing with' Spring finery composing visual poetry of vivid hues . . . Sunrise lighting a fiery dawn on the stub of a warm night . . . Brisk winds brushing the last few dead leaves from trees as nature weaves its annual green gown around them . . . Relaxed humans anchored to park benches allowing contentment to find a home In their spirits ... A soldier strolling stroll-ing with his girl . . . Workers eagerly sipping lungs full of antiseptic anti-septic air before plunging into subway sub-way dungeons . . . The everlasting beauty of twilight balanced on the fingertips of a departing day. The Magic Lanterns: "See Here, Private Hargrove" is loaded with familiar comedy gags, but it's got so doggone much good feeling that you skip the stencils. Besides, it's got a pair of likable lads Robert Walker and Keenan Wynn as the rookies, and Donna Reed as the lookie . . . "The Fighting Seabees," means to be a back-slap for that useful arm of the military, but sometimes some-times the praise gets gibbery. The thing is too Hollywood-flavored to look like war . . . "The Heavenly Body" does not refer to Hedy La-marr, La-marr, who's in it. The title comes from Wm. Powell's monkeying with the stars. Sometimes the going gets funny, but too often you can almost hear Powell's suspenders give from the strain of carrying the frail tale . . . "Tunisian Victory," action shots by the USA and British cameras, cam-eras, records some lovely shots of the Rats on the run, than which there is nothing more entertaining. It's simple to spot a debater on a radio forum who has lost the argument argu-ment . . . He's the first to lose his temper . . . Have a nifty innovation: innova-tion: The recordings of Dorothy Parker's witty monologs by stage stars . . . Some critics objected to a fine film, "The Purple Heart," because, be-cause, they complained, it made us hate Japs . . . All right, doctor. I'll go quietly . . . Add invitations to murder: Swingsters who mangle the gay "Oklahoma" lilts . . . The war film, "Tunisian Victory," is the best yet. Keeps you sitting on the edge of your suspense . . . Variety reports that Movieburg is losing interest in-terest in bandleaders "because they lack acting ability" . . . Sure took H'wood a long time to find it out ... If the film biz depended on act-j act-j Ing ability Hollywood would have only one actor Spencer T. Good to see Fred Allen climbing In the popularity surveys . . . He's one radio jester who makes an honest hon-est stab at trying something original . . . Gamblers about midtown are wagering the war'll be over in Yur-rop Yur-rop by July 4th . . . Might be a good way to win the bet by getting into the fracas and helping fight it . . . Here's a repeat boost for Ben Hecht's exciting book: "A Guide for the Bedevilled" . . . Don't miss it it'll make you a better American . . . The jokes that helped kill vaudeville are now making radio I writers wealthy and famous. Elastic fingers of sunlight reach-I reach-I lng into shadowy skyscraper canyons can-yons . . . Children bubbling with ' happiness finding thrilling adven-i adven-i tures in the fairyland of youth . . . Fresh air flends draped across park lawns getting a kick out of breathing . . . Romancers driving out fears of Insecurity around them with a personal fortress of blue skies and rainbows . . . The cool kindness of Spring mornings that drain the ache from people's souls and Inspire them to attack problems of the day like a conquering hero . . . Spring busily nursing the trees and (lowers that patiently waited for her during the bitter Winter months . . . The forest for-est fire of noise that blazes along the Main Stem, destroying the silky calm the season brings . , . Lovely gtenogs discussing their sweethearts during lunch hour, putting a period at the end of each sentence with dimple. The natural snob near the Fast Hlver: A private park where chll- drcn aren't allowed . . . Skyscraper peaks holding tiny pools sunshine . , . Harlem's elegant boulevard lined with well manicured dainty j Ivors, but flanked by miserable dwellings . . . Tasty faced Main SliMuiiH'i-a blinking In the afternoon sun as If It was a stranitcr thoy wanlrd to avoid . . , Silence Hooding Hood-ing Ihe park nfler midnight when rach llltlrt hush holds n mystery of Us own . . . The farm Inside a bl! j oily on upper Tenlh Avt |