The Film Daily (1947)

MELODRAMA matic note that does not destroy the fantasy of -their relationship but accentuates the philosophy of true lo\e betueen man and woman. Pride of Kentucky REPUBLIC Synopsis: Jimmy Easter, famous jockey, loses his nerve when his best friend is killed in a spill Jimmy accidentally caused. Whit Galtry, for whom Jimmy rode, loses his stables and horses but retains "Pride Of Kentucky." a filly belonging to his daughter Bobby. Whit enters "Pride" in the Beverly Handicap but the horse becomes ill. Dan Lockwood, a rival owner, offers Whit the use of his stables. Bobby asks Jimmy to train "The Pride." Later, she asks him to ride "The Pride." Jimmy, believing she is returning his love, decides to fight his weakness. Before the race, Dan Lockwood announces his engagement to Bobby. Jimmy disgusted, gets drunk. Galtry accuses Dan of deliberately upsetting Jiminy. Dan proves himself by personally reviving Jiinmy. He wins and admits that racing is really his love— first, last and always. Ride the Pink Horse UNTVERS.^L-INTERNATIONAL CAST: Robert Montgomery, Wanda Hendrix, Thomas Gomez, Art Smith, Fred Clark, Andrea King, Richard Gaines, Rita Conde, Iris Flores. CREDITS: Producer, Joan Harrison; Director, Robert Montgomery; Screenplay, Ben Hecht, Charles Lederer. Synopsis: Robert Montgomery, a tough, embittered war veteran, comes to a New Mexico town to extract vengeanceand blackmail from Fred Clark, a master crook whom he formerly served. He is befriended by Wanda Hendrix, an Indian girl, and Thomas Gomez, proprietor of the ancient merry-go-round with the pink horse. Art Smith, a G-man, after Clark for. war frauds, and Andrea King, Clark's moll, try to make an ally of Montgomery. Montgomery gives the . G-man the necessary evidence to convict Clark, and gives himself up to him as well. River Lady (TECHNICOLOR) UNIVERSAL-INTERN ATION.AL, CAST: Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea. Rod Cameron, Helena Carter, Florence Bates. CREDITS: Producer, Leonard Goldstein; Director, George Sherman: From the novel by Houston Branch. Synopsis: Sequin, beautiful owner of a river boat gambling casino, tries to persuade the swaggering raftsman Dan to get off the river. He is in love with her but she dissuades him. He inarries, and becomes involved with other women because of his unrequited love for Sequin. The picture comes to exciting and surprising climax. Compliments of — International Photographers of the Motion Picture Industry Local 666 Jurisdiction in all midwestern states W. H. Strafford — Business Manager lATSE 666 327 SOUTH LaSALLE STREET CHICAGO, ILL. Saigon PARAMOUNT CAST: Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Douglas Dick, Wally Cassell, Morris Carnovsky, Luis van Rooten, Luther Adler. CREDITS: Producer, P. J. Wolfson; Director, Leslie Fenton; Photographer, lohn Seitz. Synopsis: Taut adventure tale with a Far East background reflects the drama in the lives of three flyer pals, all from the China war zone, who as their first civilian task upon being honorably discharged from the service, embark on a mysterious, and as it turns out, sinister private mission to Saigon from Shanghai. ^Vith them in the excitement is a young woman, not informative about herself or her past. Secret Reyond the Door UNIVERSAL-INTERN ATION.AL CAST: Joan Bennett, Michael Redgrave, Anne Revere, Barbara O'Neill, Natalie Schaefer, Risa Rey, Mark Dennis. CREDITS: Presented by Diana Productions; Producer-Director, Fritz Lang. Synopsis: Joan Bennett, heiress, marries Michael Redgrave, who brings her to his New England ancestral home where she learns he is a widower under the cominance of his older sister Anne Revere. He also collects rooms in which murders have been committed. One of these rooms he refuses to show her. When she finally connives to enter it, sue finds it an exact duplicate of her own and realizes that her husband is planning to murder her. But she dissixades him through psychoanalysis, proving to him that his tortured mind results from his sisters having locked him in his room as a child. Seven Keys to Raldpate RKO RADIO CAST: Phillip Terry, Jacqueline White, Eduardo CianneUi, Margaret Lindsay, Arthur Shields, Jason Robards. CREDITS: Producer, Herman Schlom; Director, Lew Landers; Novel, Earl Derr Biggers from dramatization by George M. Cohan. Synopsis: A lonely inn on a stormy night. Seven mysterious characters each with a different purpose. There is murder at the inn over a division of loot from a big jewel robbery. Romance also intrudes between Mary Jordan (Jacqueline White) in search of adventure and Kenneth MaGee (Phillip Terry) a mystery writer in search of color. The latter two are trapped by the crooks but are saved when an eccentric hermit calls the police just in the nick of time. The Trespasser REPUBLIC CAST: Dale Evans, Warren Douglas, Janet Martin, Douglas Fowley, Adele Mara, Gregory Gay, Grant Withers, William BakewelL CREDITS: Associate Producer, William J. O'SulIivan; Director, George Blair; Screenplay, Jerry Gruskin; 58 A Section of THE FILM DAILY— Pictures of Tomorrow and Directors' Numht Original Story, Jerry Sacklejn, Erwin Gelsey; Cameraman, John Alton. Synopsis: Janet Martin gets a job as a newspaper woman and discovers, accidentally, that a rare book bought by a Mr. Bliss is actually a forgery. She, \Varren Douglas and Douglas Fowley try to track down the ring which is operating through William Bakewell, literary editor and brother of Dale Evans. Evans is Fowley 's fiancee. Bakewell is killed and E\ans blames it on Fowley. This makes the chase even more intense. Finally, after several attempts are made on Fowley's life, he, Douglas and Grant Withers (a detective) catch up with the girls in Gregory Gay's book store as the girls confront Gay with the forgery. After a gun-battle. Gay is captured, Fowley is again in Evan's good graces, and everyone is happy. The Upturned Glass UNiVERSAL-INTERNATIONALJ. Arthur Rank CAST: James Mason, Rosamund John, Pamela Kellino, Ann Stephens, Breini O'Rourke and Henry Oscar. CREDITS: Produced by Sydney Box, James Mason; Director, Laurence Huntington; Original Story, John P. Monaghan; Screenplay, Pamela Kellino, John P. Monaghan. Synopsis: Renowned for his great skill as a brain surgeon. Mason is called upon to perform a major cerebral operation on a young child whose life hangs on the success of the undertaking. Meeting Miss John as the child's mother, he senses an instant attraction to her and falls in love with her, surpassing his previous triumphs to make the operation a success. They see each other in clandestine meetings and their secret is at last found out by Miss Kellino, her sister-in-law whose evil design is to destroy Miss John's love for the doctor. Kellino succeeds in driving Miss John to suicide. Vowing vengeance, Mason kills Kellino, ending his successful and promising future when punishment is inevitable for his crime. Wyoming REPUBLIC CAST: William Elliott, Vera Rolston, John Carroll, George "Gabby" Hayes, Albert Dekker, Virginia Grey, Mme. Maria Ouspenskoya, Grant Withers. CREDITS: Producer-Director, Joseph Kane; Screenplay, Lawrence Hazard, Herald Geraghty; Cameraman, John Alton. Sytiopsis: William Elliott brings his wife to "Wyoming" where she dies in childbirth. Elliott decides to build a cattle empire for his daughter. Vera Ralston. She is taken to Europe for her education by life-long friend Mme. Maria Ouspenskaya. When they return, Elliott is in the middle of a range war against homesteaders who want the land Elliott has always considered his own. John Carroll, Elliott's foreman, sides with them. Ralston, in love with Carroll, goes with him. At the last minute. Elliott, realizing he is losing his daughter, calls the war ,off and all tliree are happily reunited. Wednesday, September 10. 1947