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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Saturday, May 29, 1948

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 29, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Of -4 in new York City police Circle building where murderer hides Force him onto Williamsburg Bridge where he will be trapped naked City Mark Bellinger s last production was a tribute to his Home town new York City Jaked City the last of the late Mark Hel n anger s productions is in a Way a Semi documentary film. It has a fictitious Story but live shots of new York and its real people lift it Way above average film fare. Hellinge right who became famous As a Broadway columnist and who died five months ago did not forget his native town when Fame took him to Hollywood in 1937 to produce movies. In this picture which he devised to open with a magnificent shot of Manhattan Hellinger prelude the action with an affectionate commentary in his own voice. Then the roving camera switches through the streets of new York hedge hops from one window to another then focuses on one to show the audience a glimpse of two men murdering a girl. From that Point on the picture races swiftly along  tracking Down of the criminals in Slick thriller style. But it is the Superb photography which pulls the Universal International film out of the Ordinary. The constant switching of the camera to pure new York Street scenes from Manhattan s Park Avenue to its lower East Side gives it an Aura of Beauty and nostalgia. 20 " ,. A 1 Semi documentary opens with panoramic View of Manhattan an commentary on new York s history. Then camera shifts to room where murder takes place and action moves to homicide department. Weekend. May 29, 1mi  
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