Screenland Plus TV-Land (Jul 1959 - May 1960)

Co mi ng Attractions BY RAHNA M AUG HAN A Touch Of Larceny BEACHED by the Admiralty, Commander James Mason is hard put to finding divertissement while in dry-dock. This situation is much alleviated when exwartime chum George Sanders heaves to with fiancee Vera Miles in tow. Though he doesn't immediately convince Vera that Sanders is not her cup of tea. Mason is smitten. To add the spark he lacks — money — he thinks up a scheme well calculated to bring in the loot. If he can disappear, make some vital hush-hush submarine data vanish at the same time, he's positive the newspapers would add two and two together and make some marvelous headlines calling him a traitor. Then, he'll simply turn up, say he was stranded while out in his small boat, show the plans to be still in the Admiralty but filed in another drawer, and proceed to sue the print off the papers for defamation of character. Positively brilliant! But after Mason's disappearance, even though the newspapers act exactly as predicted, the results are completely unexpected thanks to the perversities of woman. Light and completely fascinating, this is a top suspense yarn. (Paramount.) Cash McCall HIGH finance and Natalie Wood combine to keep tycoon James Garner ever alert. Latest in the rash of stories about big business, this probes deftly into such frothy items as controlling interest via stock manipulation, mergers, and the practice of buying up doddering industrial ventures for resale and quick financial killings. You might call this a view-ityourself kit for aspiring millionaires. Included in the graphic set of instructions is a pertinent footsie note on how to mix women with business especially if daddy happens to own a corporation, too. Visually the sort of man on whom money looks good, Garner also takes to §250 custom-fitted suits as well as to uniforms and Western togs. Along with Natalie. Dean Jagger and Nina Foch switch on the sidelights for this financial breast-baring. (Warner Bros.) The Gene Krupa Story HOW many careers have been started by a parent saying: "Never! Never! Over my dead body you'll . . ." With Gene Krupa, played by Sal Mineo, it was SCENE from "The Gene Krupa Story" wi Sal Mineo, Susan Kohner, and James Dam the drums that his father, a hard-worki miner, wouldn't tolerate. What happens Krupa became, not a priest as his fatli wished, but one of the greatest drui mers of his time. Talented though was, fame took her sweet time tappi him on the padded shoulder. When does finally make the grade, he go slightly berserk seeing all the goodi thrown his way. He starts living it l j so high, he needs a prop to keep hi there. The dream ends when he's book' on a charge of possessing marijuana, six months jail sentence wasn't the on penalty he had to pay, either. AIoi with Sal, who pounds a fine drum hii self, are James Darren, Susan Kohner ai a line-up of famous jazz musicians add their talents to this brush with tl seamier side of music. (Columbia.) HIGH finance and Natalie Wood combine to keep James Garner alert in "Cash McCall' Who Was That Lady? A TELEVISION writer, it's Dean Ma tin's business to potz around flights of fiction. But when he carries h talents into the lives of Janet Leigh ar Tony Curtis . . . incredible! Caught i the act of being kissed by a student, C lumbia University professor Curtis sees h marriage wrecked unless Dino can hel< In response, The Brain churns out th imaginative pastiche: Curtis is an F.B. agent assigned to keep check on the pr< fessors involved in top-secret governme? projects. The kiss was in the line of dut; Janet is overwhelmed. Not only does believe the story, but her interest in hu band Curtis takes on new dimensions, fake ID card and a prop gun add th final touch. A grand time, to be sure, had by all until the real F.B.I., Cer tral Intelligence, and a brace of con munists start making Tony and Dean liv their comedy of errors. Slick nonsens that dashes all over New York City in delightful, zany fashion. (Columbia.) continued on page .5 54