Film and Radio Guide (Oct 1945-Jun 1946)

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62 FILM AND RADIO GUIDE Volume XII, No. 2 support of thirsty patrons. Bouncers perform their work with muscular efficiency. A rival brings about general fisticuffs that wreck the place. Political picnics supporting opposing candidates for office end in a general “grand fight” started by small boys, developed by angry women and ended by hard-hitting men. Such is the ensemble of Smibonnet Sue. This is a story of the Bowery as it used to be, the New York street that the motion-picture play calls producer of men of genius, home of great men, and mother of Governors. To create the atmosphere of the past, the motion picture brings in most effectively such well-known songs as The Bowery, School Days, By the Light of the Silvery Moon, and Yip-I-Acldy-I-Ay. Contrasted with the sordid setting are one or two scenes of idyllic love-making upon the waters of a park lake. The plot is sufficiently preposterous. A saloon keeper on the lower Bowery has a sisterin-law who owns a Fifth Avenue mansion and aspires to lead the cotillion at Newport! Her effort to take her niece from the Bowery drinking-hall stage succeeds to the extent of introducing the young lady into the most fashionable society, only to discover that the chief guests, the Governor and his wife, both came from the Bowery, and have every wish to go back to it. As the charming niece. Gale Storm is altogether winsome and plays her part with pleasing vivacity. If you wish to go slumming and also to renew memories of the New York of long ago, see Sunhonnet Sue. ONE REASON FOR BUYING MORE VICTORY BONDS A scene in "Voyage to Recovery," U. S. Navy film on rehabilitation of those injured by Jap kamikaze attacks.