FilmIndia (1946)

February, 1946. FILM IN D I A Jo Pagano wrote the screen play, William Jacobs produced it, and Frederick de Cordova directed it. The cast includes Rosemary DeCamp, Arthur Shields and others. Unobjectionable morally. "VOICE OF THE WHISTLER" (Columbia, Oct. 30; time, 60 min.) Fairly interesting but unpleasant program fare. The first part of the picture, which deals with the loneliness and ill health of a wealthy industrialist, has considerable human interest, for all the principal characters are shown as kind.y persons with fine traits. The story, howevci, soon develops into a murder melodrama, in which the actions of the main characters undergo an abrupt change, I each committing acts that are far from commendable. , Consequently, one feels no sympathy for them. The direction is good, and the acting competent. Some of the situations generate considerable suspense. Because of the manner in which the murder is planned and commuted, the ! picture is unsuitable for children: — 111 in health and lacking true friends, Richard Dix, an industrialist, leaves for a vacation on the Great Lakes. 1 Arriving in Chicago, he suffers a heart a-tack as he boards a taxicab. Rhys Williams, the driver, takes him to his boarding house and nurses him back to health. Williams, a friendly, sincere chap, persuades Dix to visit a neighboui, hood clinic, where he meets Lynn Merrick, a nurse, who , was engaged to James Cardwe.l, a young interne. Clinic \ physicians, informing Dix that he had only a few months to live, advise him to go to the Maine seacoast. 1 Impressed by Lynn's friendliness, Dix asks her to marry him, offering to leave her his entire fortune in return for , the short time she would have to spend with him. Lynn accepts, planning to use the money to marry Cardwell after , Dix's death. Cardwell. angry, breaks with her. Accom1 panied by Williams, Dix and Lynn go to Maine and establish residence in an abandoned l;ghthouse. The outdoor life gives Dix a new lease on life and, after six months, he finds himself madly in love with Lynn. But Lynn, tired of the secluded life they led, openly regrc s the bargain. ; When Cardwell arrives unexpectedly for a visit, Dix, noti ing that Lynn was still in love with him, becomes insanely ! jealous but masks his feelings. Both men, though outwardly friendly, plan to do away with one an: other. A battle of wits ensues between the two, with I Cardwell being murdered bv Dix after an unsuccessful I attempt on the latter's life. Dix attempts to make it apI pear as if Cardwell had died accidentally, but Lvnn, having j witnessed the crime, summons the police. Dix is sentenced 1 to the electric chair, while Lynn commits herself to a life of solitude in the lighthouse. Wilfred H. Pettitt and William Castle wrote the screen play, Rudo'ph C. Flothow produced it, and Mr. Castle directed it. The cast includes Tom Kennedy, Frank Reicher and others. "SAN ANTONIO" (Warner Bros., Dec 29; time, 110 min.) In spite of the fact that it offers nothing startling in the way of novelty of plot or of action, this "glorified" Western, photographed in Technicolor, is a good entertainment of its type. It should go over fairly well with an average audience, for it blends fast and exciting action with romance and comedy. Errol Flynn's popularity will un; doub-edly mean much at the box-office. As a Tcxis rancher, who breaks up a powerful ring of cattle rustlers, Flynn makes a fearless hero, with enough dash and bravado to endear him to the ladies. There is plentiful horseback riding, shooting, and fighting — enough to sati-sfy the most ardent Western fans. One sequence that will undoubtedly thrill them is the one in which a rousing barroom brawl takes place. In between the melodramatic scenes, one is kept amused by the antics of S. Z. Sakall: fn his fight against organized bands of cattle rustlers, Flynn obtains from a slain rus'ler a cattle tally book indicating that Paul Kelly, operator of a music hall in San Antonio, was leader of the outlaws. To reach San Antonio safely, Flynn outwits Kelly's gunmen by commandeering a ride in a private stagecoach chartered by Alexis Smith, a New York actress, who had been booked by her manager (S. Z. Sakall) to perform in Kelly's music hall. Flynn, upon reaching San Antonio, organizes a a group of ranchers to help him prove Kelly's guilt. Kelly, aware that Flynn had possession of the tallv book, schemes to regain it. Meanwhile Victor Francen, Kelly's partner in the music hall, p'anned to obtain the tally book, so that he could blackmail Kelly into a partnership in the cattle rustling business. On the night of Alexis' opening performance, Flynn accepts an invitation to visit her dressing room, but first takes the precaution of leaving the tally book with John Litel, one of his rancher friends. Kelly, who had intercepted the invitation, ambushes F.ynn. but fails in an attempt to kill him. During the fracas, Litel is killed by Francen, who obtains the ta'lv book. Litel's murder is unwittingly witnessed by Sakall, who threatened by Francen, agrees to keep his identity secret. Sakall eventually confides to Alexis that he had witnessed {Continued on prig* 62) M More Qren Hair, MW of GREY-EX from your Chemist or direct Grey Hair is a handicap in all walks of your life-Why should it mar your personality when there is a sure remedy to out them t Grey-Ex has been proved one and the only treatment to end Grey hair successfully. Grey-Ex definitely restores lustrous black colour within a month. It is not a dye, contains no harsh ingredients, and is, therefore harmless to the scalp. 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