Modern Screen (Dec 1954 - Dec 1955)

Marvel at these expensive looking, lustrously lovely, rhinestone-clasped simulated Duchess Pearls., .with an elegant Lustre-Dip giow, exclusively our secret. These magnificent necklaces can be yours for only $1 each, plus tax. At your favorite store. H&S ORIGINALS, ISC, 48 West 37th St, H.Y. C. NEW MOVIES i^jWfCk Picture of the Month: WOMAN'S WORLD ■ Some movies are wonderful because they look so expensive — that's the biggest charm of Woman's World. Those gorgeous gowns lavishly distributed between Arlene Dahl and Lauren Bacall, those flashy automobiles of the future sparkling like jewels on display, those breathtaking, panoramic views of New York, the Wonder City. And seven movie stars generously sharing the Technicolor light. Clifton Webb is here with his urbane, supercilious manner, as president of Gifford Motors, an outr rageously prosperous business empire. He's looking for a new general manager to replace the old one, now dead. He invites the three brightest men in his organization to New York. More important, he invites their wives. The ladies, in fact, will be the decisive factor in his choice. Fred MacMurray, his ulcer and his estranged mate, Lauren Bacall, arrive from Philadelphia. Out of Texas come Van Heflin and the powerfully seductive Arlene Dahl. And Cornel Wilde planes in from Kansas City with his very lovable but painfully unsophisticated spouse — June Allyson. There follows a tense, grueling struggle for position which starts at the swank Plaza Hotel and plays itself out on a Connecticut estate where Webb's sister (Margalo Gillmore) gives the candidates a final once-over. Much is revealed about husbands, wives and worldly ambition in this slick, entertaining film. CinemaScope. — 20th-Fox More Reviews on Page 20 HANSEL AND GRETEL Once upon a time, there was a man named Michael Myerberg who was dissatisfied with people as actors, and decided to invent some better ones. The results are called Kinemins and they cost $2,500 apiece. When you've seen this delightful Technicolor fairytale, you'll know why. His little people, animals, angels and witches can go through the most astonishing contortions — and look betterthan-real while doing it. His Gretel is certainly one of the most adorable little girls to appear on any screen and the witch (the voice by famous commedienne Anna Russell) could hardly be improved upon. Whether she's wiggling her nose, crash-landing on her broomstick or doing a coy striptease behind a curtain, she is guaranteed to delight children and absolutely not to terrify them. The kids may wriggle a little during the opening scenes, which are more music than movement, but adults will love Humperdinck's arias, and as soon as Hansel and his sister get lost, the kids will be enraptured. Mildred Dunnock, Constance Brigham lend their voices also. — Myerberg FIRE OVER AFRICA This is about a smuggling ring in Tangiers and another ring hi-jacking the smugglers and so many secret agents skulking around it's dangerous even to talk to yourself. The only guy anyone can trust is a deaf and dumb doorman who apparently communicates with the higher-ups by mental telepathy. The police of four countries are trying to crack open this circus but it takes hotblooded, redheaded, reckless Maureen O'Hara to do it. Single-handedly, almost. A former OSS agent, she gets a job in Binnie Barnes' nightclub and the entire criminal element of Tangiers (that is, everybody but the doorman) is shortly grovelling at her feet. Including Macdonald Carey, smuggler extraordinaire. Red and Macdonald are made for each other but before they get together she plugs him full of bullet holes. No use explaining the plot. Enough to say it races, jumps, crashes across the screen till it reaches a completely improbable and most satisfying conclusion. 1 liked it. If you go for foreign intrigue you will too. Technicolor. — Col. i