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

Coming Attractions BY RAHNA MAUGHAN Home From The Hill A MAN like the Texan played by Robert Mitchum likes life as though he's the personal representative of masculinity. He's made it an almost sacred duty to establish himself as a superb male with large appetites for danger, respect, and women. The last taste wrecked Mitchum's marriage to Eleanor Parker shortly after their honeymoon. Because of their son, they continue to live together. It isn't until the boy, George Hamilton, reaches the age of 17 that old wounds are rubbed raw again. Now, it's his turn to prove his manhood. Helping Mitchum with Hamilton's education is Luana Patten and George Peppard, a lonely young man who seems to be in a constant state of waiting for something special to happen. Strangely enough, when things do start fomenting, Mitchum isn't the catalyst this time. Junior innocently but with dreadful effectiveness begins to live up to his father's reputation. Besides being one of the best Technicolored adaptations of a best-seller, this has young Hamilton, an exceptionally talented juvenile, and Peppard, who by all rights should be marked for stardom — his charm has a subtle quality that wears well. (MGM.) Hellbent For Leather A STRANGER in town, cowboy Audie Murphy is mistaken for a killer. No amount of explaining on his part can set matters right until marshal Stephen McNally takes over. He believes Murphy all right, but before anyone else can discover the truth, Murphy will be dead, and McNally collects the reward and credit. By sheer luck, Murphy manages to escape this sinister scheme, and, taking Felicia Farr along as hostage, attempts to find the real murderer. As Westerns go, this Technicolored one is a good, workmanlike number with Murphy looking as boyish as ever. (Universal-International.) Please Don't Eat The Daisies DOMESTIC comedy that flits around drama critics and plays. At first when David Niven gives up a Columbia University professorship to become a critic on one of New York's leading newspapers, wife Doris Day is ecstatic. It means money enough to pack themselves and four young sons off to the suburbs. There, Doris becomes involved in the PTA, being neighborly and joining the local little theater group. Niven is 70 miles away in N.Y.C. SOBBING Luana Patten confides in Georgi Peppard in film "Home From The Hill'' making deadlines, witty shrewd observa tions on the theatrical scene, and possibb actress Janis Paige. Things often aren' what they seem yet Doris is spurred inti a frenzy of activity luring her mate bad to the fold. Unfortunately, all the effor is wasted once Niven gets a load of tin play Doris is putting on for the benefi of a hospital: a resurrected clinker writtei by Niven during his college days. Sonn spot for a critic as merciless on others a Niven! Naturally, all ends well with ; Technicolored shower of kisses. It couldn' be otherwise in this light exercise of cleve lines and amusing situations. (MGM.) Visit To A Small Planet SOMEHOW, everyone suspected that i a flying saucer landed, out would ste] a Jerry Lewis-like creature. Long accustomed to being out of this world. Jerr takes to his role of interplanetary visito as if it were a birthright. The momen he steps out of his flying saucer, he an proaches a dog and says: "Take me t< BEATNIK Barbara Lawson plays up to zan> Jerry Lewis in "Visit To A Small Planet' DORIS Day and David Niven have a perplexing moment in "Please Don't Eat The Daisies".