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THE CHECK-UP
Servisection 5
Warners
(1950-51 releasee from 001 up)
(1951-52 releases from 101 up)
ALONG THE GREAT DIVIDE— WD— Kirk Douglas, Virginia Mayo, Walter Brennan— Names should help make the difference— 88m.— see May 9 issue— (025).
CAPTAIN HORATIO HORNBLOWER HISTMD Gregory Peck, Virginia Mayo, Robert Beatty— Topnotch— 1 17m. —see June 20 issue— (Made in England)— (Technicolor) -(030).
CLOSE TO MY HEART— D— Ray Milland, Gene Tierney, Fay Bainter— Name draw will make the difference— 90m.— see Oct. 10 issue— (107).
COME FILL THE CUP— MD— James Cagney, Phyllis Thaxter, Raymond Massey— Well-made entry has names to help— 1 13m.— see Sept. 26 issue— Leg.: B— (106).
FORCE OF ARMS— ROMD— William Holden, Nancy Olson, Frank Lovejoy— Well-made drama has names to help — 100m.— see Aug. 29 issue— (102).
FORT WORTH— OMD— Randolph Scott, David Brian, Phyllis Thaxter— Above average outdoor meller— 80m.— see May 23 issue— (Technicolor)— (028).
GOODBYE, MY FANCY — D— Joan Crawford, Robert Young, Frank Lovejoy— Overlong romantic drama has names to sell— 107m.— see Apr. 11 issue — (024).
INSIDE THE WALLS OF FOLSOM PRISON-MD-Steve Cochran, David Brian, Philip^ Carey— Prison film can be sold to the hilt— 87m.— see* May 23 issue— (026).
I WAS A COMMUNIST FOR THE F.B.I.—MD— Frank Love¬ joy, Dorothy Hart, James Millican— Topical melo¬ drama has plenty of selling angles— 83m.— see May 9 issue— (023).
JIM THORPE ALL AMERICAN BID Burt Lancaster, Charles Bickford, Phyllis Thaxter— Should land in the better money— 107m.— see June 20 issue— (101).
ON MOONLIGHT BAY— CMU— Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Jack Smith— Pleasing musical has the names and angles— 95m.— see July 18 issue— (Technicolor)— (029).
PAINTING THE CLOUDS WITH SUNSHINE— CMU— Dennis Morgan, Virginia Mayo, Gene Nelson— Names should make the difference— 87m.— see Sept. 12 issue— (Technicolor}— (105).
ROCKY MOUNTAIN— ACD— Errol Flynn, Patrice Wymore, Scott Forbes— Good outdoor show— 83m.— see Oct. 1 1 issue — (008).
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN MD Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker— Topflight meller— 101m.— see June 20 issue — (027).
STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, A-MD-Vivien Leigh, Mar¬ lon Brando, Kim Hunter— Vivid picturization of stage hit is packed with selling angles— 122m.— see Oct. 24 issue— Leg.: B— (104).
TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY-MD-Ruth Roman, Steve Cochran, Lurene Tuttle— Fair program melodrama has names to help— 90m.— see Aug. 15 issue— (103).
TO BE REVIEWED OR IN PRODUCTION
ABOUT FACE— Eddie Bracken, Gordon MacRae, Aileen Stanley.
BIG TREES, THE — Patrice Wymore, Kirk Douglas, Eve Miller— (Technicolor).
BUGLES IN THE AFTERNOON Ray Milland, Helena Carter, Hugh Marlowe, Forrest Tucker— (Technicolor).
CHAMPAGNE BANDITS, THE-Randolph Scott, Raymond Massey, Richard Webb— (Eastman Monopack color).
CRIMSON PIRATE, THE— Burt Lancaster, Nick Cravat— (Technicolor)— (Made in Italy).
DISTANT DRUMS— Gary Cooper, Mari Aldon, Ray Teal— (Technicolor).
HEAR NO EVIL— Tony Curtis, Jan Sterling, Mona Free¬ man.
I'lTSEE YOU IN MY DREAMS Doris Day, Patrice Wy¬ more, Danny Thomas, Frank Lovejoy.
LION AND THE HORSE, THE-Steve Cochran, Ray Teal, Sherry Jackson.
MARA MARU— Errol Flynn, Paul Picerni.
NORTH OF THE RIO GRANDE-Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, Dorothy Malone.
RETREAT, HELL!— Frank Lovejoy, Richard Carlson, Ned Young.
ROOM FOR ONE MORE— Cary Grant, Betsy Drake, Iris Mann.
SAN FRANCISCO STORY-Joel McCrea, Yvonne DeCarlo, Sidney Blackmer.
SHE'S WORKING HER WAY THROUGH COLLEGE-Virginia Mayo, Ronald Reagan, Gene Nelson.
STARLIFT— James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Ruth Roman, Gene Nelson— 103m.— (109).
TANKS ARE COMING, THE— Steve Cochran, Philip Carey, Eve Miller, Paul Picerni— 90m.— (108).
THIS WOMAN IS DANGEROUS-Joan Crawford, Dennis Morgan, David Brian.
WHERE'S CHARLEY?— Ray Bolger, Allyn McLerie, Horace Cooper— (Technicolor)— (Made in England).
Miscellaneous
(Distributor's addresses will be furnished on request)
BASKETBALL FIX, THE— D— John Ireland, Marshall Thomp¬ son, Vanessa Brown— Good topical entry for the duallers— 64m.— see Sept. 26 issue— (Realart).
BRIDE OF THE GORILLA — MD — Barbara Payton, Lon Chaney, Raymond Burr— Okeh exploitation film has the angles— 85m.— see Nov. 7 issue— (Realart).
DALTONS' WOMEN, THE-W-Tom Neal, Pamela Blake, Jack Holt— Exploitable western— 76m.— see Apr. 1 1 issue — (Western Adventure).
DEVIL'S SLEEP— D—Lita Grey Chaplin, John Mitchum, Wil¬ liam Thomason— For the exploitation houses— 74m.— see Sept. 12 issue— (Screen Art).
GAY GIRLIES— BUR— All burlesque cast— Okeh for spots that can play it— see July 18 issue— (Lust).
HURLY BURLY— BUR— Georgia Sothern, Joey Faye, Crystal Ames— Exploitable burleque entry for spots that can play it— 82m.— see Oct. 24 issue— (Cinetech.)
RAGE OF BURLESQUE— BUR— Lillian White, Slim Gaillard Trio, Terry Sisters— Mild burlesque offering— 56m.— see Aug. 1 issue— (Schlafer).
SHIM SHAM FOLLIES— BUR— All burlesque cast— Okeh for spots that can play it— 72m.— see July 18 issue— (Lust).
SUICIDE ATTACK— COMP— Japanese war films with Eng¬ lish narration— Exploitable war compilation— 65m.— see Apr. 25 issue— (Florea).
TWO DOLLAR BETTOR— MD— John Litel, Marie Windsor, Steve Broidy— Okeh entry for the lower half— 75m.— see Oct. 10 issue — (Realart).
Foreign-Made
(Distributors' addresses will be furnished on request)
ALICE IN WONDERLAND— FAN— Pamela Brown, Stephen Murray, Felix Aylmer— Novelty attraction offers plenty of merchandising angles— 79m.— see Aug. 1 issue— (European-made)— (Anscocolor)— (Sou vaine).
ASSASSIN FOR HIRE— MYD— Sidney Tafler, Ronald How¬ ard, Katherine Blake— Fair import for the lower half —60m.— see Sept. 26 issue— Leg.: B— (English-made) — (Horne-Dietz).
AU GRAND BALCON—D— Pierre Fresnay, Georges Marchal, Jeannine Crispin— Routine French import— 97m.— see May 23 issue — (French-made) — (English titles) — (Hakim).
BALLET CONCERT— COMP— Russian ballet corps and folk dancers— Ballet offering has limited appeal— 54m.— see May 23 issue— (Russian-made)— (Artkino).
BITTER SPRINGS— OD— Tommy Trinder, Chips Rafferty, Jean Blue— Routine art house offering— 73m.— see Aug. 29 issue— (Australian-made)— (Bell).
BLACKMAILED— MD— Mai Zetterling, Dirk Bogarde, Fay Compton— Okeh art house attraction— 73m.— see Sept. 26 issue— (English-made)— (Bell).
DEAD WOMAN'S KISS, A— MD— Virginia Belmont, Gianna Maria Canale — Routine offering for the art and Italian houses— 94m.— see Oct. 10 issue— (Italianmade)— (English titles)— (Casolaro).
DESERT BRIDE— D— Jean Gabin, Annabella, Aimos— Routine French import— 90m.— see July 4 issue— (French-made) —(English titles)— (Hoffberg).
DREAM BALLERINA DMU Violette Verdy, Gabrielle Dorziat, Henri Guisol— Art house attraction has limited appeal— 78m.— see Apr. 25 issue— (French-made)— (English titles)— (AFE).
EDGE OF THE WORLD, THE-MD-John Laurie, Bell Chrystall, Eric Berry— Engrossing art house attraction— 73m.— see June 6 issue— (English-made)— (Classic).
EMPEROR'S NIGHTINGALE, THE-NOV-Cast of puppets, narrated by Boris Korloff— Delightful art house offer¬ ing— 70m.— see May 23 issue— (Czech-made)— (English narration)— (NuAgfa color)— (Rembrandt).
FAR FROM MOSCOW-ACD-N. Okhlopkov, Lev Sverdlin, P. Kadochnikov— Better than average Russian pro¬ gram— 90m. — see July 18 issue— (Magnicolor)— (Rus¬ sian-made)— (English titles)— (Artkino).
FIRST FRONT— HISTD— A. Dyky, Y. Shumsky, V. Merkuriev — Import has limited appeal for Russian houses— 77m. —see Apr. 25 issue— (Russian-made)— (English titles) —(Artkino).
FLAME OF PARIS, THE— DMU— Josephine Baker, Albert Prejean, Robert Arrouz— Josephine Baker's current popularity should help import — 60m.— see June 20 issue— (French-made)— (English titles)— (Hoffberg).
GALLOPING MAJOR, THE-C-Basil Radford, Jimmy Han¬ ley, Janette Scott— Highly amusing import— 81 Vim. see Oct. 24 issue— (English-made)— (Souvaine).
GOD NEEDS MEN— D— Pierre Fresnay, Madeleine Robin¬ son, Daniel Gelin— Topnotch import for art and class houses — 95m. — see Apr. 1 1 issue — (French-made)— (English titles)— (AFE).
GOOSE BOY, THE— D— Imre Soos, Teri Horvath, Eva Turrkay— Interesting offering for the Russian houses— 101m.— see Nov. 7 issue— (Hungarian-made)— (English titles)— (Geva color)— (Artkino).
HER PANELLED DOOR— MD— Phyllis Calvert, Edward Un¬ derdown, Helen Cherry— Entertaining art, class house attraction— 84m.— see Sept. 26 issue— (English-made)— (Souvaine).
HOUSE OF 1000 WOMEN— MD— Phyllis Calvert, Flora Robson, Patricia Roc— Exploitable British meller— 81m. —see Oct. 10 issue— (English-made)— (Ellis).
INTERRUPTED JOURNEY-MD— Valerie Hobson, Richard Todd, Christine Norden— Moderate British meller— 80m.— see July 4 issue— (English-made)— (Lopert).
JOSEPH SCHMIDT STORY, THE-DMU-Joseph Schmidt, Viktor de Kowa,— Okeh import for the art houses— 76m.— see April 11 issue— (German-made)— (English titles)— (Arthur Davis).
KRAKATIT— DFAN— Karek Hoger, Florence Marly, Frantisek Smolik— Unusual anti-war entry for the art houses — 102m. — see May 23 issue — (Czech-made)— (English titles)— (Artkino).
LA RONDE—D— Anton Walbrook, Danielle Darrieux— Good entry for the art houses— 83m.— see Sept. 12 issue— (French-made)— (English titles)— (Commercial).
LAST ILLUSION, THE— MD— Fritz Kortner, Johanna Hofer, Rosemary Murphy— Art house offering has limited ap¬ peal— 89m.— see April 11 issue— (German-made)— (Eng¬ lish titles)— (Films International).
LIEUTENANT CRAIG— MISSING— MD— Enrico Viarisio, Delis Scala, Val DuBois— Routine offering for the art and Italian houses— 85m.— see June 6 issue— (Italian-made) —(English titles)— (Lux).
LISBON STORY— MUMD— Patricia Burke, David Farrar, Walter Rella— Fairly interesting art house import— 85m.— see Sept. 26 issue— (English-made)— (Four Con¬ tinents).
MA POMME— CD— Maurice Chevalier, Sophie Desmarets, Jean Wall— Routine import has Chevalier name to help draw— 90m.— see Nov. 7 issue— (French-made)— (English titles)— (Discina).
MANIACS ON WHEELS— D— Dirk Bogarde, Bonar Colleano, Renee Asherson— Routine import— 76m.— see July 18 issue— ( Engl ish-made)— ( I RO).
MARIE OF THE PORT— D— Jean Gabin, Blanchette Brunoy, Nicole Courcel— Pleasing art house entertainment— 90m.— see Aug. 15 issue— Leg.: C— (French-made)— (English titles)— (Bellon-Ffoulke).
MEDIUM, THE— OPD— Marie Powers, Leo Coleman, Anna Marie Alberghetti— Powerful, unusual offering for the art houses— 84m.— see Sept. 26 issue— (Italian-made)— (sung in English)— (Lopert).
MINNE— CD— Daniele Delarme, Franck Villiard, Jean Tissier— Amusing, spicy French import— 82m.— see May 9 issue— (French-made)— (English titles)— (Hakim).
MURDER WITHOUT CRIME-D-Dennis Price, Derek Farr, Patricia Plunkett— Fair import for the lower half— 76m.— see Oct. 10 issue— (English-made) — (Stratford).
MUSSORGSKY— DMU— Alexander Borisov, Nikolai Cherka¬ sov, A. Popov— Superior Soviet offering— 1 13m.— see Sept. 12 issue— (Russian-made)— (English titles)— Magicolor)— (Artkino).
MY FIRST LOVE— CD— Gerard Nery, Jacqueline Delubac, Aime Claircgid— Routine French import— 76m.— see July 4 issue— (French-made)— (English titles) — (Cohen).
NATIVE SON— MD— Jean Wallace, Richard Wright, Gloria Madison— Racial meller may have appeal for art, class spots— 90m.— see July 4 issue— (Argentinianmade)— (English dialogue)— (Classic).
NO PLACE FOR JENNIFER-D-Leo Genn, Bea Cambell, Rosemond John— Interesting import— 90m.— see Apr. 25 issue— Leg.: B— (English-made)— (Stratford).
OUTRAGES OF THE ORIENT— D— Linda Estrella, Fernande Royo, Mona Lisa— Fair exploitation entry— 65m.— see Mar. 29 issue — (Made in Philippine Islands)— (Bell).
PATH OF HOPE, THE-MD-Raf Vallone, Elena Varzi, Saro Urzi— Good for the art houses, Italian spots— 104m.— see Sept. 12 issue— (Italian-made)— (English titles)— (Lux).
PORTRAIT OF CLARE — D — Margaret Johnston, Robin Bailey, Richard Todd— For the art spots— 99m,— see July 18 issue— (English-made)— (Strafford).
RATS OF TOBRUK— MD— "Chips" Rafferty, Grant Taylor, Peter Finch— Interesting art house offering— 85m.— see June 6 issue — (Australian-made) — (Renown).
RELUCTANT WIDOW, THE— COSMD— Jean Kent, Guy Rolfe, Kathleen Byron— Minor art house entry— 86m.— see Sept. 12 issue— (English-made)— (Fine Arts).
RIPTIDE— MD—Gerade Philipe, Madeleine Robinson, Jane Marken— Okeh French import— 75m.— see Apr. 25 issue -(French-made)— (English titles)— (Films International).
RIVALS, THE— DOC-^linteresting documentary for the Rus¬ sian houses— 40m.— see Apr. 25 issue— (Russian-made)
— (English titles)— (Artkino).
SECRET BRIGADE, THE— D— Vladimir Druznikov, A. Khvllya, G. Glebov— Standard Russian entry— 78m.— see Apr. 11 issue— (Russian-made)— (English titles) — (Artkino).
SECRET OF MAYERLING, THE HISTD Jean Marais, Dominique Blanchar, Claude Farrel— Okeh art house attraction— 97m.— see May 23 issue— (French-made) (English titles)— (Hakim).
SIN OF ESTHER WATERS, THE-D-K.athleen Ryan, Dirk Bogarde, Cyril Cusak— Mediocre importation — 69m.— —see June 6 issue— (English-made)— (1RO).
SONG OF DOLORES — MD — Imperio Argentina, Enrique Diosdado, Ricardo Canales— Okeh offering for Span¬ ish houses— see July 4 issue— (Spanish-made)— (English titles)— (Lux).
TALES OF HOFFMANN, THE— OP— Moira Shearer, Leonide Massine, Robert Helpmann— Beautiful production for art and class spots— 134m.— see Apr. 11 issue— (Eng¬ lish-made)— (Technicolor)— (Lopert).
TONY DRAWS A HORSE— F— Cecil Parker, Anne Crawford, Derek Bond— Delightful art house offering— 90m.— see June 6 issue— (English-made)— (Fine Arts).
TREASURE, THE — F — Danute Szaflarska, Jerzy Duszynski, Adolph Dymszka— Mildly amusing Polish farce— 102m. —see Apr. 25 issue— (Polish-made)— (English titles)— (Pol-Ton).
UNDER THE OLIVE TREE— MD— Raf Vallone, Lucia Bose, Folco Lulli— Good for the art houses, Italian spots— 107m.— see Sept. 12 issue— (Italian-made)— (English titles)— (Lux).
VICTORS AND THE VANQUISHED, THE— HISTD— A. Dyky, Y. Shumsky, V. Mercuriev— Okeh entry for the Rus¬ sian houses— 76m.— see Apr. 25 issue— (Russian-made)
— (English titles)— (Artkino).
WOMEN WITHOUT NAMES— ADMD— Simone Simon, Val¬ entina Cortesa, Francoise Rosay— Realistic entry has art house appeal— 92m.— see Aug. 29 issue— (Italianmade)— (English dialogue and English titles)— (Lopert).
WONDERFUL .TIMES— COMP— Leading world personalities of the past 50 years— Import has the angles for the class and art spots— 86m.— see May 9 issue— (Germanmade)— (English titles)— (Academy).
WOODEN HORSE, THE— AD— Leo Genn, David Tomlinson, Anthony Steel — Interesting art offering — 98m. — see Sept. 12 issue— (English-made)— (Snader).
YOUNG GUARD— D— Vladimir Ivanov, Tamara Marakova Irene Marakova— Above average Russian import— 134m.— see May 23 issue— (Russian-made)— (English tit lee)— (Artkino).
OCTOBER 31, 1951
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