NIGHT INTO MORNING
(M.G.M.) HIS production has a pleasantly photographed and deceptively cheerful opening sequence showing a small boy hopping and skipping along a leafy suburban street; then tragedy closes in. Ray Milland, a college professor, loses his wife and son when their home is burned down, and from this depressing incident the story never really recovers -though it purports to explain how Mr. Milland did. Alcohol is the professor’s anodyne, and as a portrayer of alcoholics, Mr. Milland is probably in a class by himself. But’ this time he is obviously acting. Diluted by alcoholism, the tragedy degenerates into maudlin tears and sentiment, and I was glad when it was all over. Jean Hagen (ex Asphalt Jungle) contributes one small clear detail to an otherwise smudgy canvas.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 26, Issue 654, 18 January 1952, Page 19
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128NIGHT INTO MORNING New Zealand Listener, Volume 26, Issue 654, 18 January 1952, Page 19
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