Modern Screen (Jan-Nov 1956)

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Her sister (Virginia Leith) isn't sure it's suicide, but her daddy who owns copper mines is pretty sure and besides, he doesn't need the publicity of a murder case. Virginia puts two and two together as she loafs around the swimming pool and comes up with a disc jockey. I didn't kill your sister, he tells her. Next thing you know he's got a bullet in his head. Virginia and the police (Jeff Hunter) think his conscience killed him and Virginia happily announces her engagement to Robert Wagner, who'd do anything to get those copper mines ! It's a blood curdling tale. With Mary Astor. CinemaScope — U.A THE MAN IN THE GRAY FLANNEL SUIT a bright young man faces life ■ That's Gregory Peck who looks as if he could buy Madison Avenue, but what he's pushing for is a tenthousand-a-year job. And pushing him is wife Jennifer Jones, who'd like her husband to go places so that their three little children won't have to go to a city college. Peck gets a job with the United Broadcasting Company, whose top man (Fredric March) hasn't seen his wife (Ann Harding) in years, and when he finally does see her it's because their teen-age daughter (Gigi Perreau) has become one of those obnoxious debutantes intent on marrying a lounge lizard twice her age. Peck is a World War II veteran whose traumatic experiences in the service keep coming back to haunt him. A man who's killed other men in cold blood and who was flung so far from home that he could fall deeply in love with another woman, not his wife (but Marisa Pavan), does not easily revert to Madison Avenue values. The fact is that whatever else war did to Peck (besides making him the father of a son in Italy) it gave him perspective enough not to want to become a lonely tycoon (like Fredric March). How Peck maintains his integrity without losing his grip on the material world is the theme of this slick, absorbing drama. With Keenan Wynn, Henry Daniell, Lee J. Cobb. CinemaScope — 20th-Fox. D-DAY, THE SIXTH OF JUNE wartime romance ■ D-Day, 1944 — half a million men are waiting to cross the English Channel. For two of them (Robert Taylor and Richard Todd) it's the longest wait in the world, partly because they have to sit out a flashback before they go into action. In that flashback is a love story involving Dana Wynter. Dana met Todd first. In fact, she more or less promised to wait for him the night he left to fight in Egypt. Then the Americans came to London, bringing airman Bob Taylor and all his colorful Americanisms. He was married so he thought it would be safe to go out with Dana. Safe, indeed. I won't give you up, he tells her. You must give me up, she tells him. Well, there's a lot that goes on, largely having to do with the military ambitions of Edmond O'Brien, Taylor's superior officer, but love is the main chance. The acting's fine, but it does go on and on. CinemaScope — 20th-Fox. RECOMMENDED REVIEWS THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (Para.): Hitchcock at his best — and that's about as good as anyone can get. The suspense doesn't let up for a minute; the characters and the backgrounds are unique, lavish and exciting, and so is the plot. Doris Day and Tames Stewart are excellent in this fine film. THE EDDY DUCHIN STORY (Col.): Tyrone Power plays Eddy Duchin whose skyrocketing to fame was balanced by tragedy. Kim Novak and Victoria Shaw handle their roles as Eddy's two great loves beautifully. You'll like it. GABY (MGM): Derived from Waterloo Bridge. Gaby is a tender, moving story of two youngsters who fall in love in London during the war. Leslie Caron and John Kerr star as the lovers. CAROUSEL (20th-Fox): Gordon MacRae leaves Heaven to help daughter Susan Luckey who's having a tough time living down his reputation. When alive, he married Shirley Jones and when she became pregnant he staged a holdup (he needed the money). The songs are familiar and wonderful and the cast also includes Barbara Ruick, Cameron Mitchell, Gene Lockhart. PATTERNS (U.A.): Van Heflin is faced with the meaning of his own ambition and to what lengths he will go to achieve it in this drama of big business. The film also stars Ed Begley, Everett Sloane, Beatrice Straight, Joanna Roos. MEET ME IN LAS VEGAS (MGM): A delightful musical with Dan Dailey as a rancher whose good luck charm is ballerina Cyd Charisse. Paul Henreid, Lili Darvas, Oscar Karlweis add their warmth and humor. The choreography is tops. MADAME BUTTERFLY (I.F.E.): Italian opera stars do an excellent job with Puccini's music and story of a Japanese girl who marries an American lieutenant.