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shot. Cecil Kellaway, Clem Bevans, Virginia Grey, David Bruce, Bob Board. Director: Richard Bare. (Produced by Hal Roach jr. Distributed through state right distributors.) Irish Hearts (formerly “My Hands Are Clay’’) (61) Hoffberg Prods. Drama. Irish-made. Priest tells the story of a young sculptor who attained success and happiness only after he learned to curb his raging jealousy. Terry Wilson, Sheelagh Richards, Richard Aherne, Tony Pendergast, Cecil Brook, Bernadette Leahy. Director: Tommy Tomlinson. Julius Caesar.. . (90) Brandon Films Drama. A small-budget version of Shakespeare’s play done by college students in Chicago in 1950, with Charlton Heston, since become a star, as Marc Antony. Charlton Heston, David Bradley, Grosvenor Glenn, Jeffrey Hunter. Director: David Bradley. (An Avon Production.) Lady Godiva Rides Again.. . (57) . ..Carroll Piets. Comedy British-made. Daughter of a shopowner, angry with her boy friend, competes in a Lady Godiva contest. Winning, she is planning to join a French revue when a rich Australian rescues her. Dennis Price, John McCallum, Stanley Holloway, Gladys Henson, Pauline Stroud. Director Frank Launder. ©Leonardo da Vinci. .. (70) Pictura Films Color Documentary. (Italian-made with English commentary.) An art film covering the life and works of the great Renaissance master, whose thinking was far in advance of his times. Commentary written by Marcel Brion, and narrated by Albert Dekker. Directors: Luciano Emmer, Lauro Venturi. Little Fugitive.. . (75) Joseph Burstyn Comedy Drama. Seven-year-old boy, tricked into believing that he killed his older brother, flees to Coney Island where he wistfully loses himself in the wonderland of the park concessions, while the conscience-stricken “corpse” begins a frantic search. Richie Andrusco, Rickie Brewster, Winnifred Cushing, Jay Williams. Directors: Ray Ashley, Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin. (Entirely financed, written, photographed and acted in by New Yorkers.) Lost Women (70) Howco Prods Jan. 24 Melodrama. A girl and a boy return from the desert with a strange, terrifying tale of escaping from a mad scientist who creates eight-foot spiders and ferocious insect women. Jackie Coogan, Richard Travis, Allan Nixon, Mary Hill, Robert Knapp. Directors: Herbert Tevos, Ron Ormond. (Distributed through state right distributors.) Love Life of a Gorilla.. . (72) Jewel Prods. Travel Adventure. Based on the experiences and findings of two explorers who penetrated the Gorilla country in Africa and found a tribe of half-ape, half-human creatures. Native women and children are kidnaped and carried off into the forests by the apes. Assembled and edited by Samuel Cummins and Raymond Lewis. Narrated by Johnny Martin. ©Magic Box, The.... (98) ...Fine Arts. ...Nov. ’52 Technicolor Biographical Drama. Britishmade. Story of one of the early film pioneers, William Friese-Greene, who perfected the motion picture camera. He collapses and dies while appealing to exhibitors for industry unity. Robert Donat, Margaret Johnston, Eric Portman, Maria Schell, Laurence Olivier, Glynis Johns, Kay Walsh. Director: John Boulting. (J. Arthur Rank.) Man of Conflict.. . (72) Atlas Piets. Drama. Son of industrialist teaches his father a lesson in human values which the father had forgotten during the years he was building his empire. The two bitterly conflict but out of it all a new love and respect is born. Edward Arnold, John Agar, Susan Morrow, Faye Roope, Herbert Heyes, Dorothy Patrick. Director: Hal R. Makelim. Martin Luther (104) Louis de Rochemont Associates Religious Drama. Financed by Lutheran church and made in West Germany at actual historical scenes. Tells story of the life of the great religious leader, his break with the Catholic church, his condemnation as a heretic, and the subsequent birth of Protestantism. Niall MacGinnis, John Ruddock, Pierre Lefevre, Alastair Hunter. Director: Irving Pichel. (Physical distribution by National Screen Service exchanges.) Miss Robin Hood. . (75) Union Film Distrs. Comedy. British-made. Despondent author of teen-age stories meets girl who tells him about a secret family whiskey recipe stolen from her by a distiller. Author comes to girl’s rescue and she helps him to be reinstated by his publisher. Margaret Rutherford, Richard Hearne, James Robertson Justice, Dora Bryan. Director: John Guillermin. Mr. Denning Drives North.. . (93) ..Carroll Piets. Melodrama. British-made. Manufacturer accidentally kills an adventurer planning to elope with his daughter. He secretly buries the body but, conscience-stricken, confesses to his wife. A lawyer friend works things out. John Mills, Phyllis Calvert, Sam Wanamaker, Herbert Lorn, Bernard Lee. Director: Anthony Kimmins. Mr. Potts Goes to Moscow (93) Stratford Piets. Comedy. British-made. British plumbing engineer becomes the center of international intrigue when he inadvertently walks off with the wrong briefcase containing atomic secrets. He visits Moscow, unaware that Britain has a price on his head as a traitor. George Cole, Oscar Homolka, Nadia Gray, Frederick Valk, Geoffrey Sumner. Director: Mario Zampi. (An Associated British Pictures Production.) Murder on Monday.. . (85) Mayer-Kingsley Melodrama. British-made. Based on R. C. Sherriff’s play, “Home at Seven.” Bank clerk has a 24-hour lapse of memory during which time a murder and a theft are committed. Suspected of the crimes, he believes himself guilty, but a witness is found who clears him. Ralph Richardson, Margaret Leighton, Jack Hawkins. Director: Ralph Richardson. (Produced by London Films.) Murder Will Out.... (83) ...Kramer-Hyams Films Melodrama. British-made. Unfaithful wife of one of three murder suspects has husband’s radio series boardcast under lower’s nom de plume. Husband writes last script for series, throwing suspicion on the lover, then dies a natural death. Valerie Hobson, Edward Underdown, James Robertson Justice, Henry Kendall, Garry Marsh. Director: John Gilling. (A Tampean Film Production.) My Life.... (70) Jewel Prods. Drama. A new complete English version adapted from the film “Ecstasy,” Hungarian-language film released several years ago. Hedy Lamarr, Albert Mog, Z. Rogoz, Leopold Kramer. Director: Gustav Machaty. ©Mystery Lake. .. (64) Lansburgh Prods. Ansco Color Documentary. Young naturalist journeys into the swamplands of Reelf oot Lake, in northwestern Tennessee, where he obtains an informative film record of the wild-life sanctuary there, after some unusual experiences. George Fenneman, Gloria McGough, Edgar Bergen, Bogue Bell, R. P. Alexander. Director: Larry Lansburgh. Nightmare in Red China (63) Mutual Prods. Drama. (Made in China with English dialog.) Indian medical school graduate goes to China to combat Reds, with a Chinese boy as helper. Returning to India, he discovers the helper is a girl. They marry and work together. (Produced by Rajkamal Kalamandir Studios. Distributed through state right distributors.) ©Paris Express, The (82) MacDonald Enterprises Technicolor Melodrama. British-made. Life of respected bookkeeper is changed to violence, passion and murder after he recovers money from his absconding employer who accidentally drowns. Fleeing with the money, madness and the law ultimately overtake him. Claude Rains, Marta Toren, Marius Goring, Herbert Lorn, Anouk. Director: Harold French. Reaching From Heaven (80) Concordia Films Religious Drama. Poorly dressed stranger, run over in front of church, is helped by congregation. Banker’s daughter who drove the car takes job to meet stranger’s hospital expenses and finds romance and happiness. Cheryl Walker, John Qualen, Regis Toomey, Hugh Beaumont, Addison Richards. Director: Frank Strayer. (Distributed through state right distributors.) Secret Conclave, The (80) IFE Rel. Corp Sept. Biographical Drama. (Italian-made with English-dubbed dialog.) Life story of Pope Pius X, who began his papal career as a country priest, serving as Cardinal of Venice for many years until chosen to succeed the previous Pope who had died. Henry Vidon, Tullio Carminati, Luigi Tosi, Filippo Scelzo. Director: Umberto Scarpelli. Seven Ravens, The.. . (52) Noel Meadow Puppet Fantasy. (Made in U.S. zone of Germany, with English dialog.) From the Grimm fairy tale about an only daughter of parents whose 6even sons were turned into ravens at her birth. She goes into the forest to find her brothers, and is told to keep silent seven years and weave seven shirts to rescue them. (A Diehl Brothers Production. Released nationally as a double feature package with “Congress Dances.”) So Little Time . . (88) . ...MacDonald Enterprises Drama. British-made. In German-occupied Belgium during World War II, German commandant and girl student are drawn together by their love for music, and fall in love. Forced to steal important papers from commandant, girl is killed and her lover commits suicide. Marius Goring, Maria Schell, Barbara Mullen, John Bailey, Gabrielle Dorziat. Director: Compton Bennett. Stolen Identity.. . (81). ...Helen Ainsworth Corp. Melodrama. (Austrian-made with English dialog.) Taxi driver in Vienna finds a passenger murdered in his cab and, wanting to get to America, but having no passport, impersonates the dead man. He goes through some harrowing experiences before his dream is realized. Francis Lederer, Donald Buka, Joan Camden, Adrienne Gessner. Director: Gunther Fritsch. (Produced by Turhan Bey.) Strangler’s Morgue.... (64) Hoffberg Prods. Horror Melodrama. British-made. (Released as a double horror bill with “Horror Maniacs.”) Tells of the diabolical plot engineered by a revenge-ridden madman against those responsible for his years of exile. Tod Slaughter, Bruce Seton, Andrew Laurence, Barry O’Neil. Director: Victor M. Gover. Third Sex, The. .. (59) Jewel Prods. Drama. (Also released as “Children of Loneliness.”) Based on Hadcliffe Hall’s book, "The Well of Loneliness.” Unnatural love impulses of one girl for another are repulsed and she throws acid at a favored young man. Blinded when the acid is thrown back, she walks into a car. Wallace 126 BAROMETER Section