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Reading of EXPLODED REPUTATIONS went well enough. Amerinda hosted at the Friends Meeting House. There was some kind of big reunion, so we saw a lot of Quakers. Good cast, again play needs work.
APPOINTMENT WITH DANGER
Very good Alan Ladd film from his golden period. By this time he was more comfortable as an actor, charming, relaxed, not yet affected by the alcohol. He’s a postal cop who gets involved with Paul Stewart’s gang who want to rob a mail car. Jan Sterling is terrific in this as a ‘stenographer’ at Stewart’s hotel. Phyllis Calvert is interesting as a nun. The rare heist film that manages to carry off a secondary story, of nun Calvert being menaced by Jack Webb here teamed for the first time with Harry Morgan. Unlike my buddy Scott, this is not a genre I love, but very well done.
