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THE CHECK-UP
Servisection 5
BARRICADE— MD— Dane Clark, Raymond Massey, Ruth Roman— Okeh outdoor action entry— 75m.— see Mar. 15 issue — (Technicolor)— Leg.: B— (918).
BRIGHT LEAF— D— Gary Cooper, Lauren Bacall, Patricia Neal, Jack Carson— Name draw will help adult drama —110m.— see June 7 issue — Leg.: B— (928).
CHAIN LIGHTNING — MD — Humphrey Bogart, Eleanor Parker, Raymond Massey— Good Bogart— 94m.— see Feb. 15 issue — (905).
CAGED — D — Eleanor Parker, Agnes Moorehead, Ellen Corby— Good drama is packed with selling angles— 96m.— see May 10 issue — (925).
COLT .45— W— Randolph Scott, Ruth Roman, Zachary Scott— Good western— 74m.— see May 10 issue— (Tech¬ nicolor)— (922).
DAMNED DON'T CRY, THE— MD— Joan Crawford, David Brian, Steve Cochran— Well-made adult entry— 103m. see Apr. 12 issue— Leg.: B— (921).
DAUGHTER OF ROSIE O'GRADY, THE-CMU-June Haver, Gordon MacRae, James Barton— Entertaining entry has plenty of merchandising angles— 104m.— see Apr. 12 issue— (Technicolor)— (920).
DESTINATION TOKYO-MD-Cary Grant, John Garfield, Dane Clark— War meller has names to sell— 135m.— see Apr. 26 issue — (923).
50 YEARS BEFORE YOUR EYES-COMP-Narrated by Arthur Godfrey, Quentin Reynolds, H. V. Kaltenborn, Clem McCarthy— Interesting compilation for the lower half— 70m.— see July 5 issue— (931).
FLAME AND THE ARROW, THE-MD-Burt Lancaster, Vir¬ ginia Mayo, Robert Douglas— Good swashbuckling adventure film— 88m.— see July 5 issue— (Technicolor) -(930).
GOD IS MY CO-PILOT — D — Dennis Morgan, Raymond Massey, Andrea King— War drama has names to sell —88m.— see Apr. 26 issue — (924).
GREAT JEWEL ROBBER, THE-MD-David Brian, Marjorie Reynolds, John Archer— Okeh program meller— 91m. —see June 21 issue— Leg.: B— (929).
MONTANA— W — Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith, S. Z. Sakall— Names should help colorful western— 76m.— see Jan. 4 issue— (Technicolor)— (914).
PERFECT STRANGERS — ROMD — Ginger Rogers, Dennis Morgan, Thelma Ritter— Interesting drama— 88m.— see Mar. 15 issue— Leg.: B— (917).
RETURN OF THE FRONTIERSMAN— W— Gordon MacRae, Julie London, Rory Calhoun— Okeh western— 74m.— see May 24 issue— (Technicolor)— (927).
STAGE FRIGHT— MYMD— Jane Wyman, Marlene Dietrich, Michael Wilding— Highly absorbing meller— 1 10m.— see Mar. 1 issue— Leg.: B— (Made in England)— (919).
THIS SIDE OF THE LAW-MYD-Viveca Lindfors, Kent Smith, Janis Paige— Average programmer for the duallers— 74m.— see June 7 issue— (926).
YOUNG MAN WITH A HORN-DMU-Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day, Hoagy Carmichael — Topnotch musical drama has plenty of angles— 1 12m.— see Mar. 1 issue— (916).
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BIG STICKUP, THE— Steve Cochran, Gaby Andre, Virginia Grey.
BRANDED WOMAN— Richard Todd, Ruth Roman, Mercedes McCambridge, Zachary Scott.
BREAKING POINT, THE-John Garfield, Patricia Neal, Phyllis Thaxter.
BREAKTHROUGH— David Brian, John Agar, Frank Lovejoy.
CAPTAIN HORATIO HORNBLOWER-Gregory Peck, Vir¬ ginia Mayo, Ingeborg Wells— (Made in England)— (Technicolor).
DALLAS— Gary Cooper, Ruth Roman, Raymond Massey— (Technicolor).
GLASS MENAGERIE, THE-Jane Wyman, Kirk Douglas, Gertrude Lawrence.
HIDDEN IN MY HEART — Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal.
KISS TOMORROW GOODBYE James Cagney, Barbara Peyton, Steve Brodie.
NORTH OF THE RIO GRANDE-Joel McCrea, Virginia
Mayo, Dorothy Malone.
POLITICIAN, THE— Joseph Cotten, Patricia Neal.
PRETTY BABY— Dennis Morgan, Zachary Scott, Betsy Drake.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN— Errol Flynn, Patrice Wymore, Dickie Jones.
THREE SECRETS — Eleanor Parker, Patricia Neal, Ruth Roman.
STORM WARNING — Ginger Rogers, Ronald Reagan, Doris
Day.
SUGARFOOT— Randolph Scott, Adele Jergens, Raymond Massey— (Technicolor).
TEA FOR TWO— Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Eve Arden —(Technicolor).
Miscellaneous
(Distributors' addresses will be furnished on request).
CATSKILL HONEYMOON— NOVMU— Jan Bart, Bobby Colt, Dorothy and David Paige— Good Yiddish entry— 93m. —see Feb. 1 issue— (Mostly Yiddish dialogue) — (Pic¬ torial Ventures).
MIDNIGHT FROLICS— MU— Sunny Knight, Mickey Ginger Jones— Exploitation novelty will appeal in limited situations— 49m.— see June 21 issue— (Bell).
RIDERS OF THE PONY EXPRESS-W-Ken Curtis, Cathy Douglas, Shug Fisher— Fair western — 61m.— (Color)— (Screencraft).
WITH CLEAN HANDS— DOCD— Sam Levine, Arlene Francis, Joseph Wiseman— Good documentary with limited appeal— 50m.— see July 5 issue— (Int. Ladies Garment Workers Union).
Foreign-Made
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ANNA OF RHODES— D—Kaity Panoy, Lamprol Constantaras, Yannis Prineas— Weak import for art houses— 78m.— see Apr. 26 issue— (Made in Greece)— (English
titles)— (Gloria).
BATTLE OF THE RAILS— DOCD— Clarieux, Daurand, Desagneaux— Exploitable French import— 86V2m.— see Dec. 21 issue — (French-made) — (English titles) — (MayerBurstyn).
BETWEEN 11 AND MIDNIGHT— MYMD— Louis Jouret, Madeleine Robinson, Jaques Morel— Absorbing French import — 94m. — see Mar. 29 issue — (French-made) — (English titles)— (Spalter).
BLOOD AND FIRE— D— Sonja Wigert, Anders Hendrikson, George Fant— Okeh Swedish import— 95m.— see July 5 issue— (Swedish-made)— (English titles)— (Oxford).
BOND STREET— COMP— Jean Kent, Roland Young, Kath¬ leen Harrison— Uneven episodic entry for the art houses— 107m.— see Apr. 12 issue— Leg.: B— (Britishmade)— (Stratford).
BORDER STREET— D—M. Cwiklinska, J. Leszczynski, W. Godik— Powerful Polish import will need selling— 110m.— see May 24 issue — (Polish-made) — (English titles)— (Globe).
CARMEN — ROMD — Imperio Argentina, Rafael Rivelles, Manuel Luna — Okeh Spanish import— 99m.— see Jan. 18 issue — (Spanish-made) — (English titles)— (ClasaMohme).
CHILD OF MAN— D— Tove Maes, Karen Poulsen, Rasmus Ottesen— High rating Danish import— 96m.— see Feb. 1 issue— (Danish-made)— (English titles)— (Elsinore).
CHILDREN, THE— D— Hans Lindgren, Siv Hansson, Anders Nystrom— App.ealing import for the art houses— 101m.— see Jan. 4 issue — (Swedish-made)— (English titles)— (Scandia).
CITY OF TORMENT— D— Hans Alber, Lotte Koch, Paul Roth— Fair German import with limited appeal— 84m.— see July 5 issue — (German-made)— (English titles)— (Films International).
COUNTER INVESTIGATION— CMD-Lucien Coedel, Louis Salou, Maurice Teynac— Okeh import— 96m.— see Feb. 1 issue— (French-made)— (English titles)— (Films In¬ ternational).
DAYBREAK AT UDI-DOC-E. R. Chadwick, Fanny Elemuze, Josef Amalu— Topnotch documentary for class and art houses— 40m.— (Made in Africa)— (Brill).
DEVIL AND THE ANGEL, THE-D-Erich Von Stroheim, Madeleine Sologne, Louis Salou— Mediocre French import— 96m.— see Jan. 4 issue— (French-made)— (Eng¬ lish titles)— (Siritzky).
DREAM NO MORE— DOCD— Avraham Doryon, Chava Alperstein, Yehuda Ben Moshe — Good import with limited appeal— 70m.— see Feb. 1 issue— (Made in Palestine)— (English narration)— (Classic).
ENAMORADA— ROMD— Maria Felix, Pedro Armendariz, Fernando Fernandez— Good Mexican import— 100m.— see Dec. 21 issue— (Mexican-made)— (Spanish lan¬ guage)— (English titles)— (Azteca).
ESCAPE INTO DREAMS-D-Vittorio De Sica, Aldo Fabrizi, Maria Mercader— Okeh import with names to help— 84m.— see Apr. 26 issue — (Italian-made)— (English titles)— (Superfilm).
FLESH WILL SURREN DER— D— A Ido Fabrizi, Yvonne San¬ son, Roldano Lupi — Exploitable Italian import— 91m.— see Feb. 1 issue — (Italian-made) — (English titles)— (Lux).
GATES OF THE NIGHT-D-Natalie Nattier, Yves Mon¬ tand, Pierre Brasseure — Mediocre import— 87V2m.— see Mar. 29 issue — (French-made)— (English titles) — (Films International).
GIGI— ROMC — Daniele Delorme, Franck Villard, Yvonne de Bray— Okeh Gallic import— 83m.— see Mar. 1 issue — (French-made) — (English titles) — (Spalter Int.).
GIRLS BEHIND BARS-D-Gabrielle Hessman, Ruth Hausmeister, Petra Peters— 'Interesting German import with exploitation angle— 84m.— see June 7 issue— (German-made)— (English titles)— (Films International).
GOD, MAN, AND DEVIL— D—Michal Michalesko, Berta Gersten, Gustav Berger— Strong drama for the Yiddish houses— 103m.— see Mar. 1 issue — (American-made)— (Yiddish dialogue)— (English titles)— (Aaron).
GOLDEN MADONNA, THE— D— Phyllis Calvert, Michael Rennie, Tullio Carminati— Fair British import— 89m.— see Sept. 28 issue— (English-made)— (Stratford).
HEART AND SOUL— D— Vittorio De Sica, Maria Mercader, Giorgio De Lulle— Appealing Italian import— 90m.— see July 5 issue— (Italian-made)— (English titles) — (Crest).
HIS WIFE'S LOVER— CD— Ludwig Staz, Isidore Cashier, Lucy Levine— Mediocre Jewish offering— 77m.— see June 21 issue— (Yiddish dialogue)— (English titles) — (Jewish Films).
IL TROVATORE— MU— Enzo Mascherini, Gianna Pederzini, Gino Sinimberghi— Good opera filmization— 100m.— see Mar. 15 issue — Leg.: B— (Italian-made)— (English narration)— (Globe).
IVAN PAVLOW—D— Alexander Borisov, Natalia Alisova, Nikolai Cherkassov— Okeh Russian import— 94m.— see Mar. 1 issue— (Russian-made)— (English titles)— (Artkino).
LAUGHING LADY, THE-MUCD— Anne Ziegler, Webster Booth, Francis L. Sullivan— Mediocre British import— 81m.— see Jan. 18 issue— (English-made)— (Four Con¬ tinents).
LENIN— DOC— Okeh documentary with limited appeal— 64m.— see Mar. 29 issue— (Russian-made)— (English narration)— (Artkino).
LOVE OF A CLOWN-MU-Tito Gobbi, Gina Lollobrigida, Afro Poli— Highly exploitable opera filmization— 75m. —see Feb. 15 issue— Leg.: B— (Italian-made) — (English titles)— (MPSC).
LOVELORN— D— Pierre Brasseur, Maria Casares, Claude Larue — Exploitable French entry— 103m.— see Mar. 1 issue— (French-made)— (English titles)— (Nayfack).
LOVES OF COLLETTE, THE— CD— Francois Perier, Colette Richard, Louis Salon— Pleasant Gallic import— 91m.— see Jan. 4 issue— (French-made)— (English titles) — (Siritzky).
MAD ABOUT OPERA— OPC— Gino Bechi, Tito Gobi, Maria Caniglia— Good Italian import— 95m.— see Apr. 26 is¬ sue— Leg.: B.— (Italian-made)— (English titles)— (MPSC).
MONELLE— CD— Louis Jouvet, Renee Deuillers, Leo Lapara —Good Gallic import— 87m.— see Mar. 29 issue— < (French-Made)— (English titles)— (Canton-Weiner).
MRS. FITZHERBERT-ROMHISTD-Peter Graves, Joyce Howard, Leslie Banks— Fair British import— 96m.— see May 24 issue — (British-made)— (Stratford).
MY LIFE— D— Hedy Lamarr, Aribert Mog, Z. Rogoz— Revised version of sex film will have to depend on exploit¬ able values — 64m. — see Mar. 1 issue — (Hungarianmade)— (English dubbing)— (Pix).
NAKED WOMAN, THE— D— Giselle Pascal, Yves Vincent, Pierre Magnier— Okeh import— 93m.— see Feb. 1 issue —(French-made)— (English titles)— (Cohen).
NO ROOM AT THE INN— D— Freda Jackson, Joy Shelton, Hermione Baddeley— Mediocre import— 85m. — see Jan. 18 issue — (English-made)— (Stratford).
NOAH'S ARK — CD — Pierre Brasseur, Alerme, Armand Bernard— Exploitable French import— 90m.— see Feb. 1 issue — (French-made)— (English titles)— (Nayfack).
O SOLE MIO— DMU— Tito Gobbi, Adriana Benneti, Carlo Ninchi— Mediocre Italian import— 94m.— see Mar. 15 issue — (Italian-made)— (English titles)— (Continental),
OUTRAGES OF THE ORIENT— D— Linda Estrella, Fernando Royo, Mona Lisa— Fair exploitation entry— 65m.— see Mar. 29 issue — (Made in Philippine Islands)— (Bell).
RED MEADOWS— D—Poul Reichhardt, Lisbeth Movin, Lau Lauritzen— Good Danish import— 84m.— see Feb. 1 is¬ sue— (Dan ish-made)— ( English titles) — (Hyperion).
RITA — D — Viviane Romance, Clement Duhour, Louis Salou — —Gallic import for the lower half— 73m.— see Mar. 15 issue— (French-made)— (English titles)— (Distinguished).
ROYAL AFFAIR, A — ROMC — Maurice Chevalier, Annie Ducanx, Sophie Desmarets— Good Gallic import— 98m. —see Mar. 29 issue— Leg.: C— (French-made)— (English titles)— (Discina).
RULES OF THE GAME, THE-SAT-Dalio, Nora Gregor, Mila Parely— Unusual import has limited appeal— 80m.— see Apr. 26 issue— (French-made)— (English titles)— (Cine-Classics).
SATIN SLIPPERS— DOC— Members of the Australian Ballet —Good ballet documentary— 50m.— see Jan. 4 issue —(Hyperion).
SCANDALS OF CLOCHEMERLE, THE-SAT-Felix Oudart, Broachard, Simone Michels— Amusing import with limited appeal— 86m.— see Apr. 12 issue— Leg.: C— (French-made)— (English titles)— (Siritzky).
SEVEN JOURNEYS — D — Erich Schellow, Gert Schaefer, Winnie Markus— Interesting import for art spots— 88m. —see July 5 issue — (German-made)— (English titles) — (Vogue).
SILENT DUST — D — Stephen Murray, Beatrice Campbell, George Woodbridge— Good import— 81 '/am.— see Nov. 9 issue— Leg.: B— (English-made)— (Stratford).
SIN OF ANNA LANS, THE-D — Viveca Linfors, Arnold Stig Olin, S. J. Ostrand— Exploitable Swedish import —94m.— see June 7 issue— (Swedish-made)— (English titles)— (Films Int.).
STORM WITHIN, THE— D— Jean Marais, Josette Day, Mar¬ cel Andre— Moderate import with names to help— 84m.— see May 10 issue— (French-made)— (English titles)— (Discina).
SURF, THE— ROMD— Ingrid Bergman, Sten Lindgren, Bror Olsson— Fair import with name to help— 65m.— see Jan. 4 issue — (Swedish-made)— (English titles)— (Hy¬ perion).
TAINTED— D— Pierre Fresnay, Balpetre, Simone Sylvestre — Fair French import— 80m.— see Feb. 1 issue— (Prenchmade)— (English titles)— (Distinguished).
THESE MODERN MOTHERS— CD— Carla Del Poggio, Adri¬ ana Benetti, lone Morino — Weak Italian entry— 78m.— see Jan. 4 issue— (Italian-made)— (English titles)— (Grandi).
TOMBOLO— MD— Aldo Fabrizi, Adriana Benetti, Nadr Fiorbelli— Interesting import— 93V2m.— see Jan. 4 issu (Italian-made) — (English titles)— (Grandi).
TWILIGHT — ROMD — Claude Dauphin, Micheline Presle, Louis Jourdan— Fair French import has names to help — 91m. — see Feb. 1 issue — (French-made) — (English titles)— (Films International).
UNCONQUERED PEOPLE, THE-D-Vera Ilic, Sinisa Havasl, Fran Novakovic— Good Yugoslav import— 93m.— see Jan. 18 issue— (Yugoslavian-made)— (English titles) — (Yugoslav Info. Center).
VICTORS AND THE VANQUISHED, THE-D-A. Dyky, Y. Shumsky, V. Merkuriev— Exploitable Russian im¬ port— 82m.— see May 24 issue— (Russian-made)— (Eng¬ lish titles)— (Artkino).
VIENNA MELODIES— ROMCMU—Elfie Mayerhofer, Jo¬ hannes Heesters, Fritz Gehlen— Good German import —91m.— see May 24 issue — (German-made)— (English titles)— (Casino).
VOICE OF LOVE, THE-MUC-Gino Bechi, Annette Bach, Carlo Campanini— Okeh import — 83m.— see Feb. 1 issue — (Italian-made)— (English titles)— (Crown).
WALLS OF MALAPAGA, THE-D Isa Miranda, Jean Gabin, Andrea Checci— High rating import— 87m.— see Apr. 26 issue— Leg.: C— (Made in Italy)— (English titles)— (Films International).
WHILE THE SUN SHINES-CD-Barbara White, Ronald Squire, Brenda Bruce — Good English comedy— 82m. —
see Apr. 26 issue— Leg.: B— (British-made)— (Stratford).
WICKED DUCHESS, THE — D — Edwige Feuillere, PierreRichard Willm, Aime Clariond— Poor import — 84m. — See Feb. 1 issue — (French-made)— (English titles) — (Distinguished).
WITHOUT PITY— D— Carla Del Poggio, John Kitzmiller, Pierre Claude — Good Italian import— 95m.— see Jan. 18 issue— Leg.L. B— (Italian-made)— (English titles) — (Lux).
WOMAN— SD — El li Parvo, Massimo Girotti, Carlo Ninchi— Sex import can be exploited— 73m.— see Mar. 1 Issue -(Italian-made)— (English titles)— (Canton-Weiner).
YOUNG GUARD— D — Vladimir Ivanov, Tamara Makarova, Irene Makarova— War drama may have appeal for the Russian houses— 134m.— see Jan. 4 issue— (Russianmade) — (English titles)— (Artkino).
JULY 12, 1950
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