The Film Daily (1945)

lay, August 7, 1945 iwi DAILY ^ ^ REVIGUIS OF THE nEUI HLmS ide of the Marines" John Garfield, Eleanor Parker, Dane Clark it Bros. 119 Mins. DOF BLIND HERO'S READJUSTRATED AS EXCELLENT DRA(T DIVERSION AND IRRESISTIBLE OFFICE, ing dramatic entertainment has been iij-d from the story of Sgt. Al Schmid, Marine Corps hero who was the sub)f much publicity not so long ago. of the Marines" is a poignant film ^sing great emotional force and a I document of more than ordinary '« St. A vibrant and vivid offering, it is of the stuff that draws a lively and diate response from the public. The ction's vigor and tears form a comon that is irresistible at the box de from its value as entertainment, icture serves the excellent purpose of ig the war's physically maimed to face uture with courage and hope. The shows how Schmid, embittered by the >f his sight, is taught to readjust him to the new conditions of life imposed him by his handicap. Under Delmar s sympathetic direction the transfor in is accomplished movingly in a dis of drama of the first order. bmid's plight is complicated by his love for a girl who repulses every ef II of his to put her out of his life. ohing and eloquent is the girl's fight I I his soul with courage and destroy his ?.f that he will be a burden to her as sband. Not in a long time has the n offered such a heart-torturing ro e. From the women it will draw )us tears. To make the drama bear b touches of humor have been injected r the story. production of extraordinary merit has c given the story by Jerry Wald. Alii gh at times given to too much talk, h Albert Maltz screenplay is a generally 3 d job. ie film gains much from its acting, 'h is marked by unusual sincerity. John ield plays the blind hero with forceless. Eleanor Parker makes a fine shown as the girl he loves. Notable among 1^ others is Dane Clark as Garfield's sm pal. iST: John Garfield, Eleanor Parker, Dane (, )ohn Ridgely, Rosemary DeCamp, Ann > n. Ann Todd, Warren Douglas, Don McCuire, D'Andrea, Rory Mallinson, Stephen RichAnthony Caruso, Moroni Olsen. Dave Wil|ohn Sheridan, John Miles, John Compton, lie Bremen, Michael Brown. REDITS: Producer, Jerry Wald; Director, DelDaves; Screenplay, Albert Maltz; Adapin. Marvin Borowsky; Based on book by .r Butterfield; Cameraman, Peverell Mar; Musical Score, Franr Waxman; Art Director, , Kuter; Film Editor, Owen Marks; Sound, iley Jones; Set Decorators, Walter f. TIford:ial Effects, L. Robert Burks; Musical Dixir, Leo F. Forbstein. IRECTION, Fine. PHOTOGRAPHY, Good. "The Shanghai Cobra" Charlie Chan in with Sidney Toler, Manton Moreland, Benson Fong (HOLLYWOOD PREVIEW) Monogram 64 Mins. WELL-DIRECTED AND PLAYED MELODRAMA HOLDS PLENTY OF EXCITEMENT AND SUSPENSE. Charlie Chan fans will be well pleased with the latest entrant in the series, which was produced by James S. Burkett and directed by Phil Karlson. This time Sidney Toler (Chan) is called upon to solve the deaths of three persons, who are victims of a crime ring, which seeks to rob a bank vault of radium belonging to the Government. Toler finds sewage system passageways underneath the bank that are used by members of the gang. He gathers evidence that finally leads to the detection of the mysterious head of the group. Mantan Moreland and Benson Fong, Tcler's usual aides, provide most of the comedy, and James Cardwell and Joan Barclay the love interest. Addison Randall, Arthur Loft, and Walter Fenner are among the cspable principals. CAST: Sidney Toler, Benson Fong, Mantan Moreland, Joan iBarclay, James Flavin, Addison Richards, Walter Fenner, James Cardwell, Arthur Loft, Gene Stutenroth, Janet Warren, Joe Devlin. CREDITS: Producer, James S. Burkett; Director, Phil Karlson; Author, George Callahan; Screenplay, Callahan and George Wallace Sayre; Cameraman, Vince Farrar; Editor, Ace Herman; Art Director, Vic Taylor. DIRECTION, Good. PHOTOGRAPHY, Good. lease Crawford Pic Oct. 20 ' 'Mildred Pierce," Joan Crawford's -it production for Warner Bros., »' ^ been set for general release Oct. It will take the place of "One we Tomorrow" (formerly "The limal Kingdom"), which will be ven a new national release date "ler in the season. Continue Injunction In Fight for N. S. Houses New Glasgow, N. S.— A court injunction obtained against the implementing of the sale of the Roseland and Academy Theaters, by the Roseland Theater Co. to Odeon circuit, has been continued. The injunction was secured by the B & L Theaters, St. John, N. B., which bought the two New Glasgow theaters two years ago from N. W. Mason, who died recently. However, other stockholders opposed the sale and located a block of stock which had not been sold. This, the sale opponents purchased and used in taking the majority stock holding from Mason, founder and managing director as well as president. The dissenters sold the two theaters recently to A. I. Garson, St. John, representing Odeon. Mason took his appeal to the courts and just before his death, the case was settled while the hearing was on. Judge J. Doull, approved the settlement, has granted the injunction. B & L contend the sale to them was legal and should be recognized above the second sale to Garson for Odeon. This is disputed by the Roseland stockholders. The Academy was severely damaged by fire about four months ago and is now being re-built. Indications are B & L plan carrying the case to the highest appeals coui't. "Dangerous Partners" with James Craig, Signe Hasso M-G-M 74 Mins. MODEST BUT EFFECTIVE AND FORCEFUL MELODRAMA SHOULD PROVE SATISFACTORY ITEM. Good fare for the melodrama fans is supplied by "Dangerous Partners" in spite cf the fact that the story line isn't co.npletely clear. The presentation is forceful and entertaining, and the action is at times exciting and violent. Once more foreign agents are the villains. In this instance the plot has been brought up to date by having Edmund Gwenn, the boss villain, engaged in the business of making funds available in this country for war criminals seeking to escape retribution. His method is to terrorize persons to make out their wills with him as the beneficiary and then disposing of them. The story never gives a lucid picture of just how the fellow conducts his villainous business and his operations strain the imagination a little too much. This is where the Marion Parsonnet screenplay falls down; otherwise his work has much to recommend it. Produced well by Arthur L. Field and directed ably by Edward L. Cahn, the film has been competently acted in the main. James Craig puts considerable punch into the role of a lawyer who smashes Gwenn's plot. Assisting him is Signe Hasso, with whom Craig falls in love after his suspicions about her honesty dispelled. CAST: James Craig, Signe Hasso, Edmund Cwenn, Audrey Totter, Mabel Paige, John Warburton, Henry O'Neill, Grant Withers. CREDITS: Producer, Arthur L. Field; Director, Edward L, Cahn; Screenplay, Marion Parsonnet; Adaptation, Edmund L. Hartmann; Based on story by Oliver Weld Bayer; Cameraman, Karl Freund; Musical Score, David Snell; Recording Director, Douglas Shearer; Art Directors, Cedric Gibbons, Hubert Hobson; Set Decorators, Edwin B. W:ilis, McLean Nisbet; Film Editor, Ferris Webster. DIRECTION, Okay. PHOTOGRAPHY, Good. Competitve Texas Circuits Play "G. I. Joe" Day-Date Dallas — Interstate Theaters and R. E. Griffith Theaters are setting a unique pattern for the three-day run of "The Story of G. I. Joe." Picture is playing simultaneously at the Arcadia Theater, Temple, and the Beltonian, Belton. Towns are only eight miles apart and it is the first time in the history of local show business that competing circuits have played the same picture simultaneously and advertised it as such. Showings, running from Sunday to' today, are dedicated to the late Capt. Henry Waskow, of Belton, who is portrayed in the Lester Cowan-UA release. ^ SHORTS * "The New U. S. Frontier" (March of Time) 20th-Fox 17 mins. Clamors for Attention The theory that the war is having Che effect of shoving this naton's frontier Westward all the way to the shores of Asia is expounded in the latest of the series. The picture, advancing the cause of American control of many of the strategic islands wrested from the Japs by American arms, presents its subject lucidly and effectively and makes its points in a series of arguments that have much thought and commonsense behind them. . The film offers Guam as an instance of what our arms, ingenuity and genius for getting things done have been able to accomplish in strengthening our position in the Pacific. Audiences will be impressed at the sight of the engineering feats wrought by our Army and Navy_ in transforming Guam into a bastion of Allied might in the Pacific. Here is a significant short that clamors for attention. Valentine to Operate Rome Theater Circuit Baltimore — ^Harry Valentine, formerly assistant to the late J. Louis Rome, pioneer exhibitor in this territory, has been appointed general manager of the Rome circuit. William Zell, veteran of the company, has been named booker for all the houses. "Community Sing" (No. 10— Series 9) Columbia 10 mins. For Singing Fools The latest of the series presents a collection of songs that satisfy a variety of moods. The tunes offered are "I Dream of You," "Oh, Moytle," "My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time," "Saturday Night Is the Loneliest Night in the Week" and "Rum and Coca Cola." Don Baker contributes the organ accompaniments, the vocals being by the Song Spinners. "Screen Snapshots" (No. 10— Series 24) Columbia 10 mins. Some Laughs The newest of the series stresses comedy. After showing Eddie Cantor entertaining wounded veterans in the Birmingham Hospital in California by singing "Making Whoopee," the short switches to the Ginny Simms radio show in which soldiers back from the wars are induced to take part. The picture will give the patrons a number of good laughs. "Crow Crazy" (Andy Panda) Universal 7 mins. Good The crow outsmarts Andy Pandy and his dog, Milo, in this Technicolor cartoon, as they attempt to rid their cornfield of him and his cronies. The crow fools Milo, the dog with the "Mortimer Snerd" voice, into believing that a goat and a bull are crows for the laugh spot of the short.