Photoplay (Jul - Dec 1943)

CINDERELLA SWINGS /T— RKO-Radio: Scatter sjuud Baincs, the homey philosopher played In Guy Kibbee, puts on a U.S.O. show to help Gloria Warren win a place in a New York show, and he even guides her from classical to jive music. Leonid Kinskey plays the music teacher. (April) CORREGIDOR—P R. C: Elissa Landi, a woman doctor, arrives on the island of Manoi to marry scientist Otto Kruger, but then Pearl Harbor is bombed and they make their way to Corregulor where Elissa meets her former fiance Donald Woods. Together thej give all possible aid to the wounded under terrific bombings until Kruger is killed. (June) /CRYSTAL BALL, THE — Cinema Guild U. A.: Soothsayer Gladys George helps Paulette Goddard join up with Cecil Kellaway in a shooting gallery. When Paulette sees Ray Milland, who accompanies Virginia Field to the crystal ball gazer, she determines to I ike him away from her. And does she! William Bendix as Ray's chauffeur is terrific and we loresee a good laugh coming to you. (April) ///DESERT VICTORY— 20th Century-Fox: The most superb factual picture to come out of the war thus far, this was filmed by the Brit.sh during ai tual ombat in Africa. Starting in El Aiame.n, it fives you a complete picture of how the Eighth Army routed Rommel and -.hews you the magnitude of the African effort. It makes your newspaper headlines come excitingly alive. (June) /DESPERADOES. THE— Columbia : Beautifully filmed m technicolor, this story tells of Glenn Ford, i bad man of the early 1860's, who rides into town to rob a bank but finds someone else has already done :he job, so he stays in town to see more of Evelyn Keyes. When the town decides Ford is really guilty. Sheriff Randy Scott warns him and the result leads to a rousing climax. (June) SEDGE OF DARKNESS— -Warner Brothers: Errol l-'lynn and Ann Sheridan are Norwegian leaders of a revolution against their Nazi oppressors. When arms arrive from England, the revolt flares into action after i ape and murder have made life unbearable for the Norwegians. Helmut Dantine is very good as the Nazi leader and the excellent cast includes Ruth Gorion. Nancy Coleman and Charles Dingle. (June) EYES OF THE UNDERWORLD— Universal: When police chief Richard Dix goes after hot car and lire racketeers they threaten to expose the fact that l-)ix himself has a prison record, so Wendy Barrie, his secretary, and Don Porter, special investigator, t oil the crooks and clear Dix of the charges. Lon Chaney is a standout as Dix's faithful chauffeur. (April) FALCON STRIKES BACK, THE— RKO-Radio: Tom Conway plays the amateur sleuth who becomes the victim of a brawl in a phony barroom, which leads to thieves using his car to effect a huge bond theft and leaving Conway in a fine spot. But with the help of Jane Randolph, reporter, and his stooge. Cliff Edwards, Conway digs in and solves the crime. (June) //FLIGHT FOR FREEDOM— RKO-Radio: A fine piece of storytelling about a woman who yearned to be a great flyer and achieved her purpose. Rosalind Russell is sincere and honest in the role so similar to the life role of Amelia Earhart. Fred MacMurray is the brilliant flyer who wins her heart and then walks out on her. Herbert 'Marshall is the man who teaches her to flv and who wins her promise of marriage. May) t //FOREVER AND A DAY— RKO-Radio: This is the story of a London house and the generations who lived in it from its beginning in 1804 to an air aid in 1941. The brilliant cast includes Kent Smith, Ruth Warrick, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Merle Oberon, Brian Aherne, Ida Lupino, Herbert Marshall, Ray Milland and many others. Admission paid for this icture will go to the war charity your town specifies. April » /FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLF MAN Universal: Lon Chaney Jr. is the Wolf Man reeased from his grave by robbers. When he seeks a ecipe to eternal death he enters the ruins where the Frankenstein monster is supposed to have died, but the monster conies to life again and then comes horror. I lona Massey gets mixed up in the proceedings. It's i chiller-diller, all right. (May) //HANGMEN ALSO DIE!— Arnold Pressburger: Suspense rides high throughout this powerful picture 4 revenge upon the Czechoslovakians for the death of the German hangman, Heydrich. Brian Donlevy is •he real murderer who seeks refuge with Walter Urennan and his family, who became embroiled with the Gestapo, while the underground carefully pins the murder on traitorous Gene Lockhart. (May) HARRIGAN'S KID— M-G-M: Bobby Readick looks like a good bet in his cinema debut as a young jockey trained in arrogance and dishonesty by ex-jockey Bill Cargan. Gargan, as always, is splendid in his role, and J. Carrol Naish and Frank Craven lend a lot to this little racetrack tale. (June) HE HIRED THE BOSS— 20th Century-Fox: There's an appealing, homey quality in this storj about an "'rice worker, Stuart Erwin. who plod alone, \i-ai after year getting nowhere, until, tin illy, through a property ileal. Stuart takes over the business and nnes his boss to work for him Evelyn Veil ible is Stuart's girl, Thurston Hall the boss, and William 3rr the boss's son (June) Known to many . . . tht} special magic that weaves a lingering moment into a romance! It belongs, of course, to "Bond Street" Beauty Preparations (for you, by } ardley'. I. '"Bond Street" Perfume: An intriguing fragrance of endearing charm. $2.50 to $13.50. Dm Skin Cleansinc Cream. $1 ; jumbo jar, $2. "English Complexion" Powder: 8 intriguing shades, $1. "Bond Street" Lipstick: In () radiant colors, SI. Diana Foster will be glad to hel/i you with your beauty problems K rite her at Y ardley, 620 Fifth Avenue, Ve« York, V. V. 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