Modern Screen (Dec 1949 - Nov 1950)

visitor is so impressed she hires the butler (Bob Hope) and hauls him right back to the states with her. Little does she know he's really an out-of-work ham. Lucille hates him for his lah-de-dah ways, her father hates him because he (Bob) is supposed to bathe him (the father), and Bruce Cabot hates him because Bruce Cabot's a cowboy in love with Lucy. News gets around the little Western town that Bob is an earl, to make matters worse. It's not the funniest picture I've ever seen, but there are a couple of priceless moments, mostly centering around Eric Blore, as somebody named Sir Wimbley. Every time he opens his mouth, the most outrageous sounds pour forth, but you can't make words out of any of them; they're more like lava eruptions. And Bob is always cute, and Lucy simply flames in Technicolor. Cast: Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Bruce Cabof, Jack Kiikwood. — Paramount. OUTRAGE Ida Lupino, who likes to produce controversial pictures (she did one about unmar ried mothers) has gone and went and dared to deal with rape. Unfortunately, daring isn't enough. This is a pretty awful picture, and after the horror which is built up during the promising first few minutes — as a madman tracks down a young girl in the dark of night — dissipates itself, you find yourself more bored than enraged. Hollywood has already proved you can make movies with a message — if you mi-r your message with entertainment. You want to make the public conscious of some social evil or danger, in the hope that education will breed progress? Well, help yourself. Home of the Brave did it, and Gentlemen's Agreement, and All The King's Men. But they were good movies, and Outrage is not. Even though the subject of degenerates roaming our streets may cry out for public attention, you can't hold an audience if you bore it to death. Miss Lupino presents two attractive new actors here — Mala Powers, as the assaulted girl, and Tod Andrews as the clergyman who helps her rebuild her life — but the movie's uninteresting. And when they're charging admission, that's a terrible fault. Cast: Mala Powers, Tod Andrews, Robert Clarke. — RKO. KING SOLOMON'S MINES The story of King Solomon's Mines is just a feeble excuse; the picture's real thrill is in its fabulous photography. MGM has shot Africa in Technicolor, and you never saw anything like it before. Natives, animals, desert, all rare, gorgeous, spectacular. This splendor is draped from a plot concerning Deborah Kerr, who wants to go into unex plored African country, in search of her missing husband. She hires a guide, Stewart Granger, and he and she and her brother take to the trail. She and Stewart hate each other, so love can't be far behind. They finally come face to face with Deborah's hubby's skeleton, which clears the way for a legal romance, but it's the wonders they see en route to that pile of bones that make you gasp. Eggs that hatch into crocodiles, tarantulas as big as king crabs, native tribes with the features of ancient Egyptians, and natives whose faces are covered with brilliant, bizarre paint, and native dances which are primitive and exciting. It's kind of a travelogue, but it's an exceptionally fine one. Cast: Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, Richard Carlson.— MGM. WHERE DANGER LIVES Possibly the bigget thing about this picture is that we're finally getting a look at Faith Domergue, the Howard Hughes' dis 4 5 Whome ? pay high prices for nail polish and lipstick? / SHOULD SAY NOT/ No longer need you look in vain for nail polish at any price that won't chip or flake. This tremendous polish discovery guarantees you incredible wear at an incredibly low price. Look into it now . . . This is the true story of an amazing nail polish discovery... a new miracle-wear ingredient called Enamelon. It's found only in new lowpriced, luxury Cutex — and it's guaranteed to give incredible wear ...to last longer, chip less than your high-priced polish. Cutex with Enamelon stays lovely, day after day after day as no polish ever did before. And, new, miracle-wear Cutex is so pure... even women with skins so sensitive they cannot use other polishes state that they can safely use new Cutex. Thirteen luscious shades. New Cutex 10c1 ; de luxe Nail Brilliance size 25(1. Prices plus tax. New low-price lipstick wont bleed or wear off like high-priced lipstick It's the Ctjtex Colorgenic Lipstick— made by an exclusive electronic process. It's color-fast . . . with incredible lustre. Won't bleed, cake or wear off like many high-priced lipsticks. Wear it once! See the difference! Only 49ff. New purse size 2o£. Prices plus tax. 17