Cinema: Jungle Jim

Until a few months ago the U.S. and Australian troops in New Guinea were treated at long intervals to grey-bearded hits like Broadway Bill. Now they get some new films (their favorites are musicals, especially the Crosby-Hope-Lamour circuses). The man who brought the movies to the jungle is New Guinea's Red Cross Field Director, Jimmy Stewart (not to be confused with Cinemactor Jimmy Stewart, now a lieutenant in the Army Air Corps).

Like many another American, Jimmy Stewart was always restless. He quit Schenectady's Union College after a year, dabbled—and fumbled—in...

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