MELODRAMA, 1940 STYLE
“ Even to-day I still regret that in spite of all my efforts 1 have not .succeeded in achieving friendship with England, which I believe would have been a blessing to both people.”—Adolf Hitler, in bis Reichstag speech. Which reminds us of • a melodrama we saw once on the old gaslight circuit. In the first act the villain pushed the heroine off a cliff. In the second he bound her to a railroad track as the night express approached. In the third he pursued her with a butcher's knife. fn the fourth act ho said. “ Why do you fear me? ” —‘Kansas City Times.’
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Evening Star, Issue 23693, 28 September 1940, Page 3
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105MELODRAMA, 1940 STYLE Evening Star, Issue 23693, 28 September 1940, Page 3
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