Modern Screen (Feb-Dec 1959)

of a lawyer, Cagney hires young Roger Smith, much against the wishes of Smith's wife, Shirley Jones, who doesn't like gangsters. Cagney falls for Shirley and bribes Cara Williams into breaking up the marriage. Cara says that if he'll give her a Ferrari (a very expensive foreign car) she'll agree to become Smith's secretary and work after hours. The deal is made. And the damage, you can be sure, is done. It's fun all the way — even though the trouble Shirley's beloved gets into is serious. But not so serious that it can't be solved. — Cinemascope, U-I. THESE THOUSAND HILLS D°" Murray Richard Egan one man's lust for power a Lee Remick ' ' Patricia Owen i Stuart Whitman ■ It's 1880 and when Don Murray joins a cattle drive into Montana, it's just the beginning of his drive toward money and power. Stuart Whitman — who is a 'you live and let me sleep,' boy — is persuaded to go wolfhunting with Don, but the precious skins are lost when Don is shot and nearly killed by Indians. Lee Remick— a shady young lady who operates in the town saloon and seems to belong to gambler Richard Egan — lovingly nurses Don back to health, after which she rewards him with her life savings. That, and a loan from banker Albert Dekker, puts him and Whitman into the ranching business. Then Don goes very high-brow. He figures he's too good for Lee, marries the banker's niece, Patricia Owen, and looks forward to running for state senator. By this time Stuart Whitman has left Don to become a horse thief. In order to safeguard his votes, Don joins an illegal posse (headed by Egan) to hunt down Whitman and hang him. It's a sad business. Things get worse when, back home, Patricia coldly hands Don a note from Lee saying she needs him. (Lee needs him because Richard Egan has just beaten her to a pulp.) Well, a man who wants to run for senator — and stay married — can't very well afford to defend a shady lady's honor. Or can he? The movie will answer that question!— Cinemascope, 20th-Fox. IT HAPPENED TO JANE Doris Day Jack Lemmon a very qood Day Ernie Kovacs a Steve Forrest Russ Brown ■ A widowed Doris Day supports her two kids by breeding fancy lobsters at home 'in Cape Ann, Maine, and shipping them to fancy restaurants. Trouble is, rjie railroad she ships them on has been taken over by skinflint Ernie Kovacs who is so unmindful of his customers' needs that he allows several hundred of her lobsters to die in the railway station instead of in the pot. Doris (with her suitor Jack Lemmon as her lawyer) sues the railway for ruining her business. The railway (that's Ernie who owns it) refuses to pay damages, and Doris takes possession of some of the trains (the trains happen to be parked in the Cape Ann station). This plucky move attracts nationwide attention — and also the attention of Ernie Kovacs who proceeds to charge rent for the use of the rails. Big city reporter Steve Forrest covers the story, carrying Doris off to New York for various guest appearances on tv. This is all very nice but it isn't doing the lobster business any good. (It isn't doing Jack Lemmon any good, either, for that matter.) Old skinflint Ernie carries his fight to ridiculous extremes; he should've stood in his Pullman for all the good it does him — he's got strong opponents. It's a good film with lots of laughs for the entire family.— Columbia Color, Columbia. LONELYHEARTS Montgomery Clift Robert Ryan advice to the lovelorn Do&Ha"? Jackie Coogan ■ You think you got troubles? You ought to read that mail that comes to the desk of Montgomery Clift who handles an advice column for a big city newspaper. All he was hired to do was to answer the mail without taking it personally. But Monty takes it pretty personal. And he's very nearly murdered by the husband of a faithful reader. The real story, though, is everybody's loneliness — and sometimes, bitterness. Monty's editor, Robert Ryan, is so bitter he can't stand seeing anyone happy, particularly his wife (Myrna Loy) whom he's been torturing — mentally — for ten years. He gave Monty this particular job to torture him. (Every couple of months he pays a tortured visit to his father who is up for life —he killed Monty's mother.) And Monty's girl (Dolores Hart) although she is very sweet is a little on the unforgiving side. The reader Monty gets involved with is played by Maureen Stapleton— but I won't go into what's torturing her. See for yourself!— United Artists. GIDGET that's a girl growing up Sandra Dee James Darren Cliff Robertson Arthur O'Connell Mary La Roche ■ They call Sandra Dee 'Gidget' because she's a girl, and a midget. Not a real midget. More like a half-pint, more like a tomboy who sneers at falsies. She's real cute, but a square when it comes to flirting. 'They' are a group of boys who spend their summers on surfboards at Malibu Beach. They even have a leader — Cliff Robertson — who lives in a shack on the beach and has no other goal than to follow the sun. 'Moondoggie' James Darren idolizes Cliff and is planning to quit college in defiance of his father and become a 'surfbum.' Then Sandra, whom Darren has rescued from drowning, comes into their lives and won't leave until they make her their mascot. If her parents knew that Sandra's mad desire to master surfboarding had anything to do with those boys, her parents would die. But Sandra falls in love with one of those boys (guess which one) and spends the whole summer trying to get him to notice her. Aside from the slightly sinister atmosphere of this cult at the beach, it's a gay, happy movie about young love. — Cinemascope, Columbia. RECOMMENDED MOVIES NOW SHOWING: THE SOUND AND THE FURY (20th-Fox) : Here's one southern family that's showing signs of wear. Only the cook Ethel Waters knows what's really going on. 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