Harrison's Reports (1949)

HARRISON'S REPORTS VoL XXXI NEW YORK, N. Y., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1949 No. 8 (Partial Index No. 1 — Pages 2 to 28 Inclusive) Titles of Pictures reviewed on page Alaska Patrol — Film CI assies (61 min.) 28 Alias Nick Beal — Paramount (92 min.) 15 Amazing Mr. X, The — Eagle-Lion (see 'The Spiritualist") 1948 126 An Old-Fashioned Girl— Eagle-Lion (1948) 198 Bad Boy — Allied Artists (87 min.) 16 Bad Men of Tombstone — Allied Artists (75 min.)... 2 Big Sombrero, The — Columbia (78 min.) . . . .not reviewed Blondie's Secret — Columbia (68 min.) 18 Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture — Columbia (60 min.) 8 Bribe, The— MGM (98 min.) 22 Canterbury Tale, A — Eagle-Lion (93 min.) 22 Challenge of the Range — Columbia (56 min.) .not reviewed Clay Pigeon, The— RKO (63 min.) 27 Crashin* Through — Monogram (58 min.) . . . .not reviewed Criss Cross — Univ.-Int'l (87^ min.) 11 Dark Past, The — Columbia (7? min.) 3 Don't Take It to Heart — EagleLion (90 min.) 1 J Don't Trust Your Husband — United Artists (see "An Innocent Affair") 1948 142 Far Frontier, The — Republic (67 min.) not reviewed Feathered Serpent, The — Monogram (60 min.) 20 Fighting O'Flynn, The — Univ.-Int'l (94 min.) 6 Flaxy Martin — Warner Bros. (86 min.) 14 Force of Evil— MGM (78 min.) 2 Gun Law Justice — Monogram (54 min.) not reviewed Gun Smugglers — RKO (60 min.) not reviewed Henry, the Rainmaker — Monogram (64 min.) 10 Highway 13 — Screen Guild (58 min.) 8 I Cheated the Law — 20th Century-Fox (71 min.) 14 Incident — Monogram (68 min.) 4 I Shot Jesse James — Screen Guild (81 min.) 23 Joe Palooka in the Big Fight — Monogram (67 min.) ... 10 John Loves Mary — Warner Bros. (96 min ) 18 Last of the Wild Horses — Screen Guild (82 min.) .... 6 Law of the West — Monogram (54 min.) not reviewed Life of Riley, The — Univ.-Inti (87 min.) 19 Lucky Stiff, The — United Artists (99 min.) 15 Man About the House, A — 20th Century-Fox (93 min.) 19 Miranda — Eagle-Lion (79 min.) 10 Place of One's Own, A — Eagle-Lion (92 min.) 16 Portrait of Jennie — Sell nick ReL Org. (86 min.) 3 Red Canyon — Univ.-Int'l (82 min.) 22 Red Pony, The — Republic (89 min.) 26 Rose of the Yukon — Republic (59 min.) 19 Rusty Leads the Way — Columbia (58 min.) 7 Rusty Saves a Life—Columbia (67 min.) 26 Sheriff of Wichita — Republic (60 min.) not reviewed Shockproof — Columbia (79 min.) 20 Slightly French — Columbia (81 min.) 26 Smokey Mountain Melody — Columbia (61 min.) not reviewed Streets of Laredo— Paramount (92 min.) 27 Sun Comes Up, The— MGM (93 min.) 2 Tarzan's Magic Fountain — RKO (73 min.) 14 This Was a Woman — 20th Century-Fox ( 102 min.) ... 7 Trouble Makers — Monogram (66 min.) 3 Trouble Preferred — 20th Century-Fox (63 min.) 6 Unknown Island — Film Classics (75 min.) 23 Wake of the Red Witch — Republic (106 min.) 7 Waterloo Road — Eagle-Lion (77 min.) 18 Woman in the Hall. The — Eagle-Lion (93 min.) 23 Woman's Secret, A— RKO (85 min.) 27 RELEASE SCHEDULE FOR FEATURES Allied Artists Features ( 1 560 Broadway. Hew Tork 1 9. N T. ) (Distribution through Monogram) 10 The Babe Ruth Story — Bendix-Trevor Sept. 6 12 Strike It Rich — Cameron-Granville Jan. I 1 1 Bad Men of Tombstone — Sullivan-Reynolds. . . .Jan. 22 Bad Boy — Murphy-Nolan-Wyatt Feb. 22 Massacre River — Madison-Calhoun Apr. I Fighting Mike McCall — Cameron-Storm May 1 Columbia Features (729 Seventh Ave.. Hew fork. 19. \. T.) 118 Racing Luck — Henry-Clements Nov. 18 133 The Man from Colorado — Ford-Holden Dec 134 Jungle Jim — Weissmuller-Grey Dec 167 Quick on the Trigger — Starret (54 m.) Dec 2 151 Smokey Mountain Melody — Roy Acuff (61 m.) Dec 16 107 Blondie's Secret — Lake-Singleton Dec 23 135 Shockproof — Wilde-Knight Jan. 136 The Dark Past— Holden-Cobb-Foch Jan. 181 Loaded Pistols — Gene Autry (79 m.) Jan. 138 Song of India — Russell-Bey-Sabu Feb. 137 Slightly French — Lamour-Ameche Feb. 139 The Affairs of a Rogue — Aumont Feb. Challenge of the Range — Starrett (56 m.) Feb. 3 114 Ladies of the Chorus — Jergens-Brooks Feb. 10 The Walking Hills — Scott-Raines-Bishop Mar. The Big Sombrero — Gene Autry (78 m.) Mar. Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture — Morris. . .Mar. 3 Blondie's Big Deal — Singleton-Lake Mar. 10 Manhattan Angel — Jean-Ford Mar. 17 Eagle-Lion Features (165 West 46th St.. Hew Tor^; 19, H T.) 907 Let's Live a Little — Lamar-Cummings Nov. 908 Million Dollar Weekend — Raymond-Pauil Nov. 910 He Walked by Night— Brady-Basehart Dec 911 Parole, Inc — O' Shea-BeyAnkers Dec 909 The Strange Mrs. Crane — Lord-Shayne Dec 912 An Old-Fashioned Girl — Jean-Lydon Jan. Blanche Fury — British cast Feb. 16 Ride, Ryder, Ride — Jim Bannon Feb. 23 Red Stallion in the Rockies — Franz-Heather. .Mar. 2 It Always Rains on Sunday — British cast .... Mar. 2 Since You Went Away — Reissue Mar. 9 923 Miranda — all-British cast Mar. 16 Broken Journey — British cast Apr. 6 Tulsa — Hayward-Preston-Armedariz Apr. 13 Scott of the Antarctic — all-British cast Apr. 20 RoU, Thunder, Roll — Jim Bannon Apr. 27 Alice in Wonderland — Live-action puppets. . . . not set Reign of Terror — Cummings-Dahl-Basehart. . . not set Shamrock Hill — Ryan-MacDonald not set The Big Cat — McCallister-Garner-Foster not set The Red Shoes — British-made not set Metro-Gold wynMayer Features (1540 Broadly. Hew Tork 19. H T.) 904 No Minor Vices — AndrewsPalmer Nov. 906 The Three Musketeers — Kelly-Turner Nov. 909 Hills of Home — Gwenn-Leigh Dec 910 Words and Music — Garland-Rooney Dec 908 A Night at the Opera — reissue Dec 907 San Francisco— reissue Dec 913 The Kissing Bandit — Sinatra-Grayson Jan. 911 Three Godfathers — WayneArmendariz Jan. 912 Picadilly Incident — British-made Jan. 915 Command Decision — all-star cast Feb. 914 Act of Violence — Van Heflin-Ryan Feb. 916 The Sun Comes Up — Jarman-MacDonald Feb. The Bribe — Taylor-Gardner-Laughton Mar. Force of Evil — Garfield-Pearson-Gomez Mar. Caught — Mason-Ryan-Bel Geddes Mar. Little Women — Allyson-Lawford-O'Brien Apr. The Great Sinner — Peck-Gardner-Huston Apr. Tale of the Navajos — Native cast Apr. The Stratton Story — StewartAlly son Apr. The Barkleys of Broadway — AstaireRogers May The Secret Garden — O'Bnen-Stockwell May Take Me Out to the Ball Game — SinatraWilliamsKelly » May