Independent Exhibitors Film Bulletin (1947)

OUOIfS What the Newspaper Critics Say About New Films 'THE LATE GEORGE APLEY' 20TH CENTURY-FOX "T arge production, handsomely set up and acted with verve... Some of the Mnrquand obseivations have been allowed to survive . .They provide c.uiet moments of pleasure which are soon inundated by the flood of gross, poorly timed burlesque" — WINSTEl^. N. Y. POST. "\ /fore of a domestic comedy than the savage satire which the author wrote with George S. Kaufman for the theatre... Difference in approach is not likely to affect the picture's popularity. ..Rich amusement."— BARNES, N. Y. HERALD TRIBUNE, "/^ne of the most Luave, literate and polished-mannered produc'-^ tions imaginable but nevertheless, I fear, laigcly a better-bred reassertion of the Hollywood formula." — McMANUS, PM. "l-Tas been botched on the screen — but good! ... Hollywood slickness is too apparent and the nature of the comedy, especially toward the payoff, is mechanical and pat." — CROWTHER. N. Y. TIMES. 'THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER' RKO-RADIO "pabls the movies have told in various forms many times before but seldom so well... Warm and ingratiating." — COOK. N. Y. WORLD TELEGRAM. •■palatable hokum. .. Excellent cast of players bolster fanciful tale." — PIHODNA, N. Y. HERALD TRIBUNE. "/^heerful comedy-drama. . .Good deal of very fetching incident and lively dialogue ... Maybe 'The Farmer's Daughter' is a little too naive to be true, but it makes a diverting entertainment." — CROWTHER, N Y. TIMES. "perfectly clean, pleasant comedy with a little anti-Fascist propaganda thrown in... Amusing and interesting commentary on oui' national politics." — CAMERON, N. Y. NEWS, "^ood-hearted attempts to deal with things as they are, and improve them, don't amount to top-grade entertainment when mixed with ordinary poor-girl-rich-boy romance " WIN STEN, N. Y. POST. '"^J^holly likeable movie with a sound sense of values beneath its good clean and occasionally, sharp, fun." — AGER. PM. 'THE ADVENTURESS' EAGLE-LION '"^^onderfully skillful, tidy and witty job, crackling with delicately inventive suspense and cultivated little inside jokes, all together an ingratiating and flattering bouquet to an audience's intelligence." — AGER, PM. "gingularly welcome importation. . .The curious who attend to se.2 what Clark Gable's leading lady in the forthcoming 'The Hucksters' looks like will find a stout show on its own account... Romance delightful, melodrama tautly compelling." — BARNES N. Y. HERALD TRIBUNE J'Jst about the funniest picture on Broadway at the momsnt... Dialogue is important and funny enough to share stellar honors with Deborah Kerr, who does extremely well " — MASTERS N. Y. NEWS. "pichly combining melodrama and comedy. . .Deliciously wry twists of humor and knots of tension. . .One of the delights of the year." — CROWTHER, N. Y. TIMES. "IVJ'^'^ ^^^'^'^ presence raises the movie from a mildly pleasant fable into the great contribution British studios have made to our entertainment this new year" — COOK N Y WORLD TELEGRAM. ' ' 'MY FAVORITE BRUNETTE' PARAMOUNT "gy no means a dull picture — or even-close to dull — but it has slipped away off the high standard Hope comedies have been hitting lately... Fun must come entirely from a stream of gags and from the antics of Bob himself. Both of these elements are 'al'orious style. "-<;OOK, N. Y. WORLD TELE GRAM, "(^ommendably funny film... Wild and reckless rat-race in which Bob (Hope) gets into some screaming jams. . .Fumbling, tumbling slapstick moves at a magnifying pace generously lubricated by gags."— CROWTHER, N. Y. TIMES "Qne of the gayest films of the season. . .Farcial melodrama in a beautiful balance of laughter and violence. . Superior item of ribald roughhouse."— BARNES, N. Y. HERALD TRIBUNE "Casl-moving, fast-fading rib of Hollyv/ood's cycle of 'piivate eye' detective stories."— McMANUS, PM. "X_Tope is given a full workout in two of his specialties, the delivery of gag humor, and the embodiment of cowardice... Despite the satire implicit in the early sequences and Bob's kidding, the story almost equals some of Hollywood's serious entertainment.. .Later sequences, however, do not carry the early promise to greater heights of merriment." — WINSTEN, N. Y. POST. 'JOHNNY O'CLOCK' COLUMBIA "Qiowness and general canfusion of the plot for two-thirds of the ^ film doe= not make for notable excitement and the shaallowness of the mystery relieves it of any great suspense." — CROWTPiER, N. Y. TIMES "Clancy, abrupt dialogue and oblique characterizations. . .pounded '^'out so heavily that the piece becomes almost a caricature of its own genrs. . .Story never gets a chance to come out of the fog of overworked secrecy." — GUERNSEY, N. Y. HERALD TRIBUNE. "Qtandaid product. (Writer-director) Ro;sen's double duty succeeded in putting a high polish on it. nothing more." — WINSTEN, N. Y. POST. "I" ays an egg. . .Certainly there's menace in 'Johnny O'Clock' — to the audience's ability to take it again." — AGER, PM. "Drutal and lively .. .Full quota of punches in the belly and girls getting bashed in the face. With all its close adherence to current formula, manages pretty good melodrama, vigorously played and excitingly narrated" — COOK, N. Y. WORLD TELEGRAM. 'IT HAPPENED IN BROOKLYN' M-G-M "/Capricious assortment of music and youthful romance ... For ^ all the story's meandering., and its mildly psychological culsde-sac. a good bit of lightweight entertainment is badgered out of it... Mr. Sinatra turns in a performance of considerable casual charm." — CROWTHER, X. Y. TIMES ■'T>ig revelation of It Happened in Brooklyn is the way Frank Sinatra seems to have loosened up and got into the swing of things as a film player and even as a comedian... A lot more satisfying than you might expect." — McMANUS, PM. "/^hiefly a vehicle for Frank Sinatra's crooning and for the more ^ recherche soprano trilling of Kathryn Grayson. . .Little that is musically or comically exciting, but it is sufficiently agreeable for light-hearted entertainment" — GUERNSEY, N. Y. HERALD TRIBl^NE. ■'Qhoveling sentiment generously into one of those sure-fire plot ^ leworkings that are as false as they are pleasant. . .An uncritical approach will permit lively pleasure in the personalities and performances of the four leads." — WINSTEN, N. Y. POST. ■'T ove! of humor which finds mere mention of 'dem Bums' a mirthful crack. Capitol audiences will find its fun primitive but amiable — particularly during those considerable portions when Jimmv Durante is around." — COOK. N. Y. WORLD TELEGRAM. 'PURSUED' WARNER BROS. "TTas achieved a dramatic vigor not usually associated with Westerns. . .Full of quota of sluggings. shootings and pursuits on horseback. What makes it something not to miss is an intelligent and urgent script, superb staging and portrayals which have considerably more than two-dimensional quality." — BARNES. N. Y. HERALD TRIBUNE "A rough and tumble audience grows restive. A critical one feels the strain of plot artifice breaking through the good faces, feelings and scenes. But between those extremes are many who will be carried away by this vigorous Western told in the labvrinthian and reversed plot design of a 'Rebecca'." — WINSTEN, N. Y. POST. "■^Jiven Busch, who wrote the original script, tried to write a psychological mystery in a western setting and bungled the job." — CROWTHER, N. Y. TIMES. "As full of fights and turbulent episodes as any Western. Its distinction is the thoughtful direction of Raoul Walsh and the sterling cast... Can take its place around the ton of the list of best Westerns ever made."— COOK, N.Y WORLD-TELEGRAM. .30 FILM BULLETIN