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THE PICK OF THE PICTURES
Vol. 10; No. 45
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
with Edward G. Robinson, Margaret O’Brien, James Craig
MGM 105 Mins.
SIMPLE PICTURE OF FARM EXISTENCE MAKES STRONG APPEAL TO THE HEART; CAST SUPERB.
Its great warmth, humanity and simplicity make the film version of George Victor Martin’s novel, “For Our Vines Have Tender Grapes,” a_ heart-stirring chronicle of farm existence so irresistible in its appeal that nothing less than hefty grosses can be predicted for it.
This is the tale of a Wisconsin farmer of Scandinavian stock passionately bound to the soil. There is no facile, formal plot. The drama evolves from the simple and moving recital of the
struggle of this farmer and his family for survival, of his efforts to realize a fierce ambition to own a new barn, an ambition which he abandons when his deep Christian principles compel him to surrender some of his meager resources to help a farmer who loses everything in a fire.
From the Dalton Trumbo screenplay has been drawn a tender and affecting picture of American farm life shot through with flashes of quiet, down-toearth humor. The Robert Sisk production, breathing genuineness and atmospherically impressive, makes possible the realization of all the fine possibilities of the story, to which Roy Rowland has brought sensitive direction. Robert Surtees’ camera work helps endow the film with a vivid sense of reality. James Craig, the town editor, and Frances’ Gifford, schoolmistress fresh from the city, supply the romantic interest.
Straightforward and _ sincere acting enhances the effectiveness of the film. Edward G. Robinson is in rare form as the farmer with a head full of dreams. Little Margaret O’Brien is responsible for some of the most heart-gripping moments as his daughter. Jackie ‘Butch’ Jenkins, as Miss O'Brien’s cousin, stirs most of _ the picture’s laughter. Craig and Miss Gifford handle their assignments capitally.
CAST: Edward G. Robinson, Margaret
O’Brien, James Craig, Frances Gifford, Agnes Moorehead, Morris Carnovsky, Jackie ‘‘Butch” Jenkins, Sara Haden,
Greta Granstedt, Dorothy Morris. CREDITS: Producer, Robert Sisk; Director, Roy Rowland; Screenplay, Dalton Trumbo, DIRECTION, Fine. PHOTOGRAPHY, Fine.
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REVIEWS FROM FILM DAILY, NEW YORK
Bud Abbott and
Lou Costello In Hollywood
with Bud Abbott, Lou Costello MGM 83 Mins.
MAD-PACED COMEDY HEAVY WITH SLAPSTICK WILL GAIN ENTHUSIASM OF ABBOTT-COSTELLO FANS.
In “Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood” the comedians clown their way through a completely nonsensical film that will have their admirers in stitches, although much of the material has a familiar ring.
The picture, directed at a mad pace by S. Sylvan Simon and produced with a certain amount of attractiveness by Martin A. Gosch, makes no pretense of telling a co-ordinated story. Its main concern is to provide the funny men with one laugh-provoking situation after another, many of the slapstick variety. Those whose tastes in comedy are of a low order will relish the latest of the Abbott-Costello funfests very much.
Following along the groove they have cut for themselves, Abbott and Costello bestir themselves in a Hollywood setting to promote the screen career of a young crooner (Robert Stanton) and advance a romantic set-to between their protege and Frances Rafferty, a gal who is beginning to rise in pictures. There is a rival (Carleton Young) who is neatly disposed of. The picture ends with an exciting struggle beteween Costello and Young on a scenic railway.
The Hollywood background should contribute to the drawing power of the film.
CAST: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Frances Rafferty, Robert Stanton, Jean Porter, Warner Anderson, Carleton Young, “Rags” Ragland, Donald McBride, Mike Mazurki.
CREDITS: Producer, Martin A Gosch; Director, S. Sylvan Simon; Screenplay, Nat Perrin, Lou Breslow; Based on story by Nat Perrin, Martin A. Gosch; Cameraman, Charles Schoenbaum; Dance Director, Charles Walters; Musical Director, George Bassman; Film Editor, Ben Lewis; Recording Director, Douglas Shearer; Art Directors, Cedric Gibbons, Wade 3B. Rubottom; Set Decorator, Edwin B. Willis.
DIRECTION, Good. PHOTOGRAPHY, Good.
Theatre Planned In Palmerston, Ont.
It has been announced by Mayor R. Barton of Palmerston, Ont., that a former citizen of that community, now a resident of Vancouver, will finance a theatre there. He estimates that building and equipment will cost over $30,000.
Pride of The Marines
with John Garfield, Eleanor Parker, Dane Clark
Warner Bros. 119 Mins,
STORY OF BLIND HERO’S READJUSTMENT IS RATED AS EXCEL. LENT DRAMATIC DIVERSION AND IRRESISTIBLE BOXOFFICE.
Strong dramatic entertainment has been created from the story of Sgt. Al Schmid, blind Marine Corps hero who was the subject of much publicity not so long ago. “Pride of the Marines” is a poignant film possessing great emotional force and a human document of more than ordinary interest. A vibrant and vivid offering, it is made of the stuff that draws a lively and immediate response from the public. The production’s vigor and tears form a combination that is irresistible at the boxoffice.
Aside from its value as entertainment, the picture serves the excellent purpose of helping the war’s physically maimed to face the future with courage and hope. The film shows how Schmid, embittered by the loss of his sight, is taught to readjust himself to the new conditions of life imposed upon him by his handicap.
Schmid’s plight is complicated by his deep love for a girl who repulses every effort of his to put her out of his life. Touching and eloquent is the girl’s fight to fill his soul with courage and destroy his belief that he will be a burden to her as a husband. :
The film gains much from its acting, which is marked by unusual sincerity. John Garfield plays the blind hero with forcefulness. Eleanor Parker makes a fine showing as the girl he loves. Notable among the others is Dane Clark as Garfield’s bosom
pal. CAST: John Garfield, Eleanor Parker, Dane Clark, John Ridgely, Rosemary
DeCamp, Ann Doran, Ann Todd, Warren Douglas, Don McGuire, Tom D’Andrea, Rory Mallinson, Stephen Richards, Anthony Caruso, Moroni Olsen, Dave Willock, John Sheridan, John Miles, John Compton, Lennie Bremen, Michael Brown.
CREDITS: Producer, Jerry Wald; Director, Delmer Daves; Screenplay, Albert
Maltz. DIRECTION, Fine. PHOTOGRAPHY, Good,
Reopen Theatre In Kempitville, Ont.
Vincent Kelley has purchased the building in Kemptville, Ont., that was occupied by a theatre several years ago and will remodel the premises into an up-todate house. Property was owned by T. K. Allen.
REVIEWS INFORMATION RATINGS
$2.00 Per Annum
The House on 92nd Street
with William Eythe, Lloyd Nolan, Signe Hasso
20th-Fox 88 Mins.
FBI STORY, A MELODRAMATIC MASTERPIECE, IS REMARKABLE FILM; BO PROSPECTS BIG,
The wartime activity of the FBI, with emphasis placed on the bureau’s work in safeguarding a secret process ostensibly bearing on the atomic bomb, is related with gripping suspense, excitement and amazing graphicness.
For the first time applying his talents as a producer to a film that is not strictly a documentary, Louis de Rochemont has brought into being a union of the factual and the fictitidus that constitutes a spell-binding and inspiring document certain to be acclaimed without limitations by the public.
“The House on 92nd Street” is a film that makes the exhibitor’s job easy, for it offers limitless exploitation possibilities. Its timeliness and the chance it presents to capitalize on the world-wide interest in the principle of the atomic bomb are factors that will reduce sales resistance to a minimum.
William Eythe is the principal performer. He appears as an American college youth of German extraction who, at the direction of the FBI, allows himself to be engaged by German agents for espionage work in this country. How he helps to accumulate evidence against the Nazis that puts a halt to their activities makes for absorbing and thrilling entertainment. Our hero almost loses his life when the espionage agents discover who he is.
Eythe is but one of a group of players who perform with distinction. Lloyd Nolan is effective as the FBI inspector under whose supervision Eythe works. It is he who has the tough job of cracking the case against a group of foreign agents headed by Signe Hasso who are after information bearing on the atomic bomb. Gene Lockhart and Leo G. Carroll stand out as members of her force.
CAST: William Eythe, Lloyd Nolan, Signe Haso, Gene Lockhart, Leo. G. Carroll, Lydia St. Clair, William Post, Jr., Harry Bellaver, Bruno Wick, Harro Meller, Charles Wagenheim, Alfred Linder, Renee Carson, Rusty Lane, John McKee, Edwin Jerome, Elisabeth Neumann, Salo Douday, Paul Ford, William Adams, Lew Eckles, Tom Brown, George Shelton, Alfred Ziesler.
CREDITS; Producer, Louis de Rochemont; Director, Henry Hathaway; Screen
play, Barre Lyndon, Charles G. Booth, John Monks, Jr.
Ohad Fine. PHOTOGRAPHY, ine.