Modern Screen (Feb-Dec 1958)

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BORN RECKLESS Mamie's in the saddle Mamie Van Doren Jeff Richards Arthur Hunnicutt Carol Ohmart Nacho Galindo ■ Mamie Van Doren is a trick rodeo rider but every time she dismounts some wise guy leers at her, and every time she sings a song some wise guy grabs her for a finale. It was awful until Jeff Richards came along to protect her. Jeff's an all around rodeo champ and the women adore him. "Be careful," his buddy Arthur Hunnicutt warns Mamie, "Jeff loves 'em and leaves 'em." But Mamie thinks — Isn't Jeff dreaming about owning a ranch, and won't he need a wife and family? Jeff dreams big, but all his prize money flows through his fingers. And one day, just before a big rodeo, a divorcee named Carol Ohmart lures him into her convertible — and away they go. How does Mamie solve that problem? See it and find out. — Warners. SEPARATE TABLES trouble in a small hotel Burt Lancaster Rita Hayworth Deborah Kerr David Niven Wendy Hiller ■ The scene is one of those English hotels in a seaside town whose permanent residents have more or less retired from life. You can pick them out in the dining room — the former major (David Niven) who maintains a jaunty military air; the proud dowager (Gladys Cooper) and her frightened rabbit of a daughter (Deborah Kerr) who has never grown up; the wistful ex-schoolteacher (Felix Aylmer) ; the typical maiden ladies. A spark of outrageous life is supplied by medical student Rod Taylor and his liberal-minded sweetheart Audrey Dalton. An undercurrent of excitement is provided by American Burt Lancaster who is a writer, drinks too much and suffers from some hurt in his past. Over them all presides hotelkeeper Wendy Hiller — efficient, kindly, strong — who's in love with Lancaster. Scandal strikes the hotel when it is learned that David Niven had a run-in with the police for annoying a few women in a movie theatre, and that he never really was a major. The scandal's enough to ruin him and to destroy Deborah who, pathetically, loves him. And what happens when Rita Hayworth arrives at the hotel? A worldly, still stunning ex-model — she's also Burt's exwife, and wants him back. Life gets pretty lively at this establishment. It is an unusual drama — mature and exciting. — U.A. IN LOVE AND WAR drama of three Marines Robert Wagner Dana Wynter Jeffrey Hunter Hope Lange Bradford Dillman ■ When the Marines land on Japanese-held islands in the Pacific there are three very different kinds of American heroes among them. One is Sergeant Jeffrey Hunter who comes from a family of Greek fishermen and can take anything life has to offer; that includes war — and love. Back home, he loved Hope Lange and didn't hesitate to marry her even though she was a little embarrassed at having become pregnant first. Another is scholarly Bradford Dillman, whose father is very rich and enraged at Brad's insistence on being where the fighting is. Dillman's girl, socialite Dana Wynter, has lots of principles but can't find them because she's usually drunk at her parties. And then there's cowardly, frightened Robert Wagner, of a poor Irish family. What war does to these three buddies makes a very absorbing film. The big cast includes France Nuyen, Murvyn Vye and Sheree North. — Cinemascope, 20th-Fox. DAMN YANKEES baseball goes jazzy Tab Hunter Gwen Verdon Ray Walston Russ Brown Rae Allen ■ Half the husbands in America — that's a modest estimate — are glued to their tv sets during the baseball season. One middle-aged husband (Robert Shafer) is so upset by what he sees that he's willing to sell his soul for a long ball hitter on the Washington Senators. No sooner overheard, than the Devil (Ray Walston) appears to make a deal. He takes Shafer's soul and turns him into Tab Hunter, the greatest baseball player in history. The Devil's such a baseball fan that he foolishly grants Shafer an escape clause, effective at the end of the season. Tab Hunter is absolutely sensational. Because of him it looks as if the Washington Senators will even win the pennant. But who is Tab Hunter, wonders newspaper gal Rae Allen. There's something fishy about him ! She makes enough trouble for Tab to have him hauled before the Baseball Commission. But he has other worries, too. Namely Lola. Lola is a 179-year-old hag whom the Devil has transformed into a siren. Her orders are to make Tab fall so hard that he won't want to exercise his escape clause. As Lola, Gwen Verdon sings and dances the numbers that made her famous on Broadway. It's delightful. — Technicolor, Warners. RECOMMENDED MOVIES NOW PLAYING: THE RELUCTANT DEBUTANT (MGM): Rex Harrison and Kay Kendall are trying to catch a husband for their daughter Sandra Dee, who isn't too happy with their choices. She prefers drummer John Saxon whose reputation isn't quite what London society considers acceptable. But Sandra is determined to get her man — not just any old man — and the struggle is a fabulously funny one. ME AND THE COLONEL (Columbia): When the Germans invade Paris, Danny Kaye wants to flee — real quick — because he is a Jew. Curt Jurgens, a Polish Colonel, wants to leave also. But the problem is that Danny's got the only car in Paris. So Curt agrees to drive Danny out of Paris, to safety. But once in the car and behind the wheel, Curt drives toward German lines in order to rescue his sweetheart, Nicole Maury. A mad mixup follows, including a love triangle and capture by the Nazis. THE RESTLESS YEARS (U-I) : When a gossipy town starts spreading vicious rumors, Sandra Dee finds herself the object. She's got no friends until John Saxon comes along. He befriends her and together they land the leads in the school play. Things are fine until jealous Luana Patten makes up some nasty rumors about John and Sandra. Johnny's father comes to their defense and Sandra's mother, Teresa Wright, has her faith in human nature restored. WIND ACROSS THE EVERGLADES (Warners): Teacher Christopher Plummer is given the job of bird warden in the Everglades to protect the rare birds which are being killed for their feathers. Burl Ives and his outlaw group want to cash in on the bird plumes — at Plummer's expense. Plummer gets wounded a few times but has lovely Chana Eden to nurse him, and he finally gets a warrant for Ives' arrest.