Modern Screen (Dec 1949 - Nov 1950)

ROPE OF SAND ( Para. )— Rough stuff in an African diamond field, with Burt Lancaster taking a fearful beating before being declared the winner over villains Paul Henreid and Claude Ra^ns. French newcomer Corinne Calvet. flinging her tresses and torso, supplies the female lure and Peter Lorre. looking as if he'd been slept in. operates shadily. 'Well. it"s diverting. ROSEANNA MeCOY (Goidwyn)— Farley Granger and Joan Evans prove love to be more potent than family hatred in a strange and beautiful drama of the Hatfield-McCoy mountain-country feud. With Charles Biekford. Raymond Massey and Richard Basehart. THE SECRET GARDEN (MSM)-A fine version, partly in Technicolor, of the famous novel. Margaret O'Brien and Brian Roper are the children »ho bring an overgrown garden back to flourishing activity and also manage to do much the same for its melancholy owner. Herbert Marshall, and his invalid son. Dean Stockwell. 5 LATTERY'S HURRICANE (20th-Pox) — A good east — Richard Widmark. Linda Darnell. Veronica Lake »nd John Russell — in a not-so-good drama, the leading feature of which is the work of >"avy flyers in keeping tabs on hurricanes off Florida. SWORD IN THE DESERT [ Univ.. Int. )— An exciting and moving story, splendidly performed, of BritishJewish warfare in Palestine. With Dana Andrews, Marta Toren and Stephen McNally. TASK FORCE (Warners)— The history of U. 5. naval •viation. as told through the story of a ZSaw flver Gary Cooper I. While parts of tie scenario seem written by a 12-year-old boy. there are many ter i rific scenes of actual Pacific aerial-naval combat, in Technicolor, taken from official Navy files, that make this well worth seeing. With Walter Brennan, Wayne Morris and Jane Wyatt. THAT MIDNIGHT KISS (MGM) — Katbryn Grayson »nd Mario Lanza in a comedy with a grand-opera background. The situations and lines are bright, die singing excellent — especially that of newcomer Mario Lanza, who combines a first-rate tenor with a very engaging personality. With Ethel Barrymore and Jose Iturbi. TOP O' THE MORNING (Para.)— Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald. Bing's an American insurance fompany investigator who goes to Ireland to help find the culprit who stole the Blarney Stone. Barry's an all-thumbs village constable. Ann Blyth is the girl. A delightful picture. UNDER CAPRICORN (Warners)— Ingrid Bergman suffers through alcoholism, domestic unhappiness and social ostracism in 19th Century Australia. A lurid, absorbing drama, smoothly directed bv Alfred Hitchcock. With Joseph Cotten and Michael Wilding. Technicolor. WHITE HEAT (Warners) — James Cagney in one of the most brutal and exciting gangster films ever made. With Virginia Mayo. Edmond O'Brien and Steve Cochran. YES SIR, THAT'S MY BABY (Univ. -Int.) — A mildish little Technicolor musical — something about the difficulties a college football team runs into when the wives of the GI students decide not to let them play. With Donald O'Connor, Gloria DeHaven and Charles Coburn. PHOTO CREDITS Below are page by page credits for photographs appearing in this issue. 6. 7 Bob Beerman — 8 T. Lt.. Stork Club News Service, T. Rt., M. S. Staff — 11 Ted Weisbarth — 12 T. Lt., Stork Club, T. Rt., Marty Crail. Bot. Lt.. Bert Parry, Bor. Rt., Acme 14 Bert Parrv — 24 Bob Beerman — 2 7 M.G.M. — 28 Bert Parry— 29 M. S. Staff — 30 Lt. and Cen., Wide World. Rt., Keystone — 31 Kevstone — 32. 33 Bob Beerman — 34 Bert Parry — 35 T ., Bert Parry. Cen. and Bot., 20th Century-Fox — 36 20th Century-Fox — 37 Bob Beerman — 38. 39 Bert Parrv 40. 41 Bob Beerman 42-45 Bzz Bee— a -Z T. Lt.. Wide World. T. Cen . M. S. Start. T. Rt.. Globe. Bor. Lt. and Bot. Cen., Globe. Bor. Rt.. M. S. Staff 47 T. Lt., M. S. Staff. Bor. Lt., Bob Beerman, Rt., M. S. Staff — 48. 49 Bob Beerman — 50 Globe — 51 Bob Beer~ = ~ — S-ar — 55-58 Bob E~r— .sr. and Bert Parry — 59 Warner Bros. '•. =.-.:.. B-:—— : Cen.. Csn-er: Lt.. Left; Rt_, Right: T., Top. WORKS WONDERS! Lanolin-enriched for extra effectiveness. New Hinds Honey and Almond Fragrance Cream keeps your uhole hand feeling soft in spite of ravages of work and water. Use it to smooth elbows, arms and legs. ..try it as a powder base. Use Hinds to help protect babies' and children's tender skin from chapping! 4 sizes. 10c to S1.00. Hinds Honey and Almond Fragrance Cream PRODUCT OF LEHN a FINK NOW IN NEW LARGER BEAUTY BOTTLE