European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 17, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Stan Tyrone Power strange ruthless character Falls in love with Molly Colleen Grey while with a travelling carnival Nightmare Alley a Weirdie i hat adults will take to but definitely not for the kiddies Well out of the rut of the commonplace is Nightmare Alley chilling and macabre Story. The weird assortment of carnival per formers with which it is concerned include geeks freaks spooks and dip so maniacs a Geek being a Man who has reached the stage of degeneration at which he is willing to earn his liquor by eating live chickens. Among All the individuals in the carnival Tyrone Power a strange almost psycho Pathic figure is most impressed by the Geek. Long after Power has left the carnival and made a Success in big time show business he remembers All about geeks. And when things go wrong for him he returns to the carnival where in Between bottles he eats live chickens to amuse a sideshow audience. There is enough crookedness Spoo Kery and hectic dissipation amid All this to make the film High tension almost As often As producer George Jesse intended. The plot is thin and if Analysed unconvincing but the action is sustained and the acting is not bad at All. The Best performance comes from Ian Keith As the husband of Zeena Joan Blondel mind Reader in the carnival troupe. Power does t do too badly with the melodramatic of his role. During his less convincing moments one can always perk one s self up by looking at Colleen Grey a fresh Young actress who looks Wist Ful in the part of Molly Power s screen wife. I Stan is Barker Tor the mail Reading act of Zeena Joan Blondell and Pete Ian Keith her husband. Knowing the pair were once a big time show act he talks Zeena into giving him the secret of their routine. 20 weekend Aphel 17, a