Modern Screen (Jan-Dec 1960)

new movies (Continued from page 6) father deserted him and whose devoted mother, it develops, entertains men while Warren's in the study hall (b) Tuesday Weld, whose bedridden, nagging mother has already led her to seek more than solace in the arms of (c) Michael Callan, a motherless boy cynically taking lessons in crime from a local butcher, who does his real work at night. These teen-agers can grow up to be social outcasts — or butterflies, depending on Dick Clark's help. There's really nothing dull about this movie. (James Darren, in a guest appearance at a high school dance, sings the title song.) — Columbia. THE UNFORGIVEN race hatred in Texas Burt Lancaster Audrey Hepburn Audie Murphy Lillian Gish Doug McClure ■ Life in the Texas Panhandle (of the 1860's) has a desolate beauty about it, although the presence of Audrey Hepburn enlivens the area and overcomes its sense of isolation. She is part of the Zachary family. Mom (Lillian Gish) raised her from infancy as her own, and the brothers, Burt Lancaster, Audie Murphy, Doug McClure, adore her. All would be well if it were not for the sudden, eerie presence of a crazy old man (Joseph Wiseman) who looms like a threat of disaster: He has spread the news that Audrey is really an Indian who was kidnapped from the Kiowas by the now dead father of the Zacharys. Not only is the news shocking (and vehemently denied by Lillian Gish) but it turns all the neighbors, including the stricken Bickford family, against Audrey. Love scenes, battle scenes, bronco busting scenes, scenes of idyllic days fill the screen with charm and passion, and with fine entertainment. — Cinemascope, U.A. CONSPIRACY OF HEARTS J-iin Palmer Sylvia Svnis children of war ^o^ai^s Michael Goodliffe » Many Italian soldiers had little enthusiasm for World War II. Certainly they didn't enjoy being jailers of children. This movie, based on fact, is set in 1943. On a hill in northern Italy stands a beautiful convent in charge of Mother Superior Lilli Palmer. Below it is a 'transit' camp ma;n!y occupied by Jewish children. The children have dug a tunnel. As many nights as possible, groups of them — starved, frightened, orphaned— crawl through it. They are met at the far end by nuns and shipped by truck (whose driver is Sister Meg Jenkins) to Partisans and safety. The camp ccmmander (Ronald Lewis) looks the other way. Then the Germans take over and in the very next rescue mission a nun is killed. Nazi Colonel Albert Lieven promises the same fate to anyone else who disrupts the camp. Finally he invades the convent, surprises a group of children at religious service (Hebrew), swoops down on the nuns at their devotions and decides that he is going to place Sister Lilli before a firing squad. The children, of course, can break your heart — and Sister Lilli's nobility is inspiring. — Paramount. THE SWORD AND THE DRAGON Russian spectacle ■ Here is a spectacle whose costumes, scenery Boris Andreyev Andrei Abrikosov Nina Medvedeva Alexei Shvorin Sovol Martinson and action will dazzle you, partly because it was made in a foreign country (Russia) but mainly because the Russians have let themselves go. In telling this famous folk legend they bring monsters to life, casually mix magic with reality, shamelessly (when they think it's called for) flood the screen with a presentation of 'nature's wonders' that you would expect to find in an animated cartoon. The total effect is deeply satisfying. The story is about Uya Muromets, for centuries a Russian folk hero. The impossibly heroic Dya (a handsome, bearded giant, usually glittering in mesh armor), a cast of one hundred thousand and an old-fashioned rendering of blood and gore will hold you enthralled. — Yitalite. THE TRIAL OF SERGEANT RUTLEDGE Jeffrey Hunter Constance Towers court martial of a Negro „ Billie Burke " Woody Strode Juano Hernandez ■ Under the direction of John Ford, a not very original plot takes on stature and dignity. The scene is the Arizona Territory, the court martial is of a Negro sergeant (Woody Strode) who is accused of the brutal murders of a young white girl he's known all her life and of her father, a Major in command of the Post. If possible. Strode has made things even worse for himself by deserting the post after the killings. Overtaken byLieutenant Jeffrey Hunter, who later defends him, Strode claims he deserted because he knew that no one would believe a Negro's story. The most moving portions of the film are due to the face and carriage of Woody Strcde, and his great presence and reserve. — Technicolor, Warner Bros. 7. 1 LIKE LIZ TAYLOR: 0 more than almost any star 0 a lot 0 fairly well 0 very little 0 not at all 0 am not very familiar with her I LIKE EDDIE FISHER: 0 more than almost any star 0 a lot 0 fairly well 0 very little 0 not at all 0 am not very familiar with him 1 READ: 0 all of their story 0 part 0 none IT HELD MY INTEREST: 0 super-completely 0 completely 0 fairly well 0 very little 0 not at all 8. I LIKE LUCILLE BALL: 0 more than almost any star 0 a lot 0 fairly well 0 very little QD not at all ED am not very familiar with her 1 READ: 0 all of her story ED part ED none IT HELD MY INTEREST: Ed super-completely Ed completely QD fairly well Ed very little fl] not at all 9. 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