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Three Came Home Even now motion picture critics and exhibitors are predicting that when the time comes to present the Academy Award for the best performance in 1950 by a film star it will go to Claudette Colbert for her memorably characterization in "Three Came Home”. . None quarrels with this prediction, for, certainly, Miss Colbert s real, exciting portrayal of Agnes Newton Keith, author of "Three Came Home”, is one no spectator will soon forget. Produced by Nunnally Johnson and directed by Jean ("Johnny Belinda ) Negulesco, this picturization has been generally accepted as the triumph of triumphs in Miss Colbert’s long and successful career. What has impressed moviegoers and critics alike about Three Came Home” is that there is no jingoism, no heroics in this straight-from-the-shoulder truthful narrative. It is a factual, unromanticized story which more closely adheres to the re-enaction of actual events than, perhaps, any other picture made at this company’s studios. Uncom- promising and realistic, "Three Came Home", tells a strong, simple story with tremendous dramatic impact. It shows how people, gently bred, meet terror, practically and spiritually. In it war is only a back- ground for something more important,more inspirational—a dramatization of the suf- ferings of Mrs. Keith, who diplomat-husband and son who were taken prisoners by the J aps. There is no doubt that "Three Came Home” will become oneofthe screen’s memorable achievements. It is a story of unbelievable courage, perseverance, en- durance, in the face of every insult and privation, a true story of men and women at their best and worst-a living record of the growth of the human soul, of the dig- nity of the human spirit in physical perse- cution and degradation. In the screenplay there is a human quality, an undercurrent of family love and devotion. Much of the backgrounds were filmed in the actual locale of the story, Borneo, where Mrs. Keith, her husband and son now live. Patric Knowles played Miss Col- bert’s screen husband—at her request. His performance compares favorably with that which he gave in "How Green Was My Valley”. Five-year-old Mark Keuning plays the Keiths’ young son. Others in featured roles include Sessue Hayakawa, silent film star who effects a dramatic "comeback”; Florence Desmond, and many others. Milton Krasner photographed "Three Came Home”. "Three Came Home”, as a novel, is reported by its American publisher, Little, Brown & Company to have been read by at least 5,000,000 people in this country. More than 750,000 copies have been sold in the U.S. Special editions also have been published in England, Sweden, Argentine, Denmark, Canada and other countries. The British Broadcasting Company, some time ago, used a one-hour adaptation of the book. Nunnally Johnson, its adapter, will be recalled for doing an equally effective job in his screenplay of another best-seller, "The Grapes Of Wrath” which this company produced some years ago.