SOURCE: "Ferber …," in The Saturday Review of Literature, New York, Vol. XXIV, No. 31, November 22, 1941, p. 18.

Downey was an American journalist, poet, and critic. In the following review, he favorably assesses Saratoga Trunk.

"Hi, wait a minute, fellas," broke in the tabloid reporter. "Something tells me Mr. Maroon isn't kidding. Are you, Mr. Maroon? Say listen, maybe we're missing the real story."…

They did miss the real story, that group of newspaper men and women interviewing Clint and Clio Maroon in their rooms in the United States Hotel, Saratoga. Of course they already had a big story: the old Colonel's announcement that he was giving away his many millions. Also they had a deadline to meet. Furthermore there was dynamite in the sensational confession the old-timer from Texas was trying so hard to make. Add to press of time and chance of libel the fact that any reporter prefers...