Motion Picture Herald (May-Jun 1946)

ADVANCE SYNOPSES and information OF HUMAN BONDAGE (Warners) PRODUCER: Henry Blanke. DIRECTOR: Edmund Goulding. PLAYERS: Paul Henreid, Eleanor Parker, Patric Knowles, Henry Stephenson, Joan Winfield, Richard Nugent, Marten Lamont, Jean Ransome. PSYCHOLOGICAL DRAMA. This is an adaptation of the Somerset Maughan novel, and concerns a young medical student, handicapped by a club foot, who becomes infatuated with a waitress. He does not succeed in breaking the spell of her attraction until she has done her utmost to ruin his career and wreck his life. However, eventually he recovers from his infatuation, and marries another girl. TRAIL TO MEXICO (Monogram) PRODUCER-DIRECTOR: Oliver Drake. PLAYERS: Jimmy Wakely, Lee "Lasses" White, Julian Rivero, Dolores Castelli, Dora Del Rio, Terry Frost, Forrest Matthews, Brad Slaven. WESTERN. Foiled in an attempted holdup of a shipment of gold ore, the bandit nevertheless forces the driver to change shirts and horses with him, thus acquiring papers putting him in charge of gold shipments for a Mexican mining magnate. The driver, meanwhile, joins a gang of outlaws in order to get evidence against them. He finds that the robberies are instigated by the mine manager, who is brought to justice by the Mexican police. A BOY, A GIRL AND A DOG (W. R. Frank Productions) PRODUCER: W. R. Frank. DIRECTOR: Herbert Kline. PLAYERS: Jerry Hunter, Sharyn Moffett, Frank Vosper, Nancy Evans, Harry Davenport, Lionel Stander. DOG STORY. A stray pup is adopted by a boy and girl living in a hotel with restrictions against animals. The children hide the dog in a vacant apartment, which he damages in a tussle with a burglar. Later the children enlist the dog in the Army K-9 Corps, and the animal distinguishes himself in the Italian campaign. SECRETS OF A SORORITY GIRL (PRC) PRODUCERS: Alexander-Stern. DIRECTOR: Lew Landers. PLAYERS: Mary Ware, Rick Vallin, Addison Richards, Frank Ferguson, Tony Warde, Ray Walker. MELODRAMA. The daughter of a district attorney becomes friendly with the head of a gambling ring, with the result that several pictures are taken of her at various gambling joints, in company with the racketeer. These are used to blackmail the district attorney. The girl is then framed on a hit-and-run driving charge, but eventually she is cleared and acquitted. TENTH AVENUE ANGEL (MGM) PRODUCER: Ralph Wheelwright. DIRECTOR: ROY ROWLAND. PLAYERS: Margaret O'Brien, George Murphy, Angela Lansbury, Phyllis Thaxter. HUMAN INTEREST DRAMA. A little girl, living in poverty on Tenth Avenue, becomes involved in a romance between a working-girl and a taxi-driver. The driver, desiring to get rich quickly, plans a hold-up, but is prevented from carrying it out by the little girl, and all ends happily. OH SAY CAN YOU SING (Universal) ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Stanley Rubin. DIRECTOR: Will Jason. PLAYERS: Sheila Ryan, Fred Brady, Paula Drew, Walter Catlett, Isabelita, Jack Marshall, Louis Da Pron, Moro and Yaconelli, Guadalajara Trio. MUSICAL DRAMA. Identical twins, one of them a former USO entertainer, becomes involved with two girls when they attempt to sell a television show to the father of one of the girls. After many mishaps and adventures, all ends well. DECOY (Monogram B&B Productions) PRODUCERS: Jack Bernhard and Bernard Brandt. DIRECTOR: Jack Bernhard. PLAYERS: Jean Gillie, Edward Morris, Robert Armstrong, Marjorie Woodworth. MELODRAMA. A mercenary girl tries to get her hands on a cache of money which a killer has hidden, prior to his arrest. In so doing, she causes a jail-break. She has three men killed, and kills one herself. She gets the money, but before she can enjoy it, she is killed. BLONDIE KNOWS BEST (Columbia) DIRECTOR: Abby Berlin. PLAYERS: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Danny Mummert, Jerome Cowan, Jonathan Hale, Steven Geray. COMEDY-DRAMA. Dagwood Bumstead, about to be sued by a neighbor, finds it necessary to raise $500,000 immediately. After many complications, he obtains the money by allowing himself to be injected with a new truth serum, in the interest of science. As a result of being unable to speak anything but the truth, he gets a new contract for his firm, a raise, and allays the suspicions of his wife. PERSONALITY KID (Columbia) PRODUCER: Wallace MacDonald. DIRECTOR: George Sherman. PLAYERS: Anita Louise, Michael Duane, Ted Donaldson. FAMILY DRAMA. A small boy loves animals and acquires a burro. When his older brother returns from the wars, ambitious to become a photographer, the burro smashes all his photographic equipment. In a rage, the older brother strikes the younger. The little boy runs away, but is brought home and reunited with his brother when a photograph of the burro which the older brother has taken, and which two younger brothers had secretly entered in a contest, wins first prize. RENDEZVOUS WITH ANNIE (Republic) ASSOCIATE PRODUCER-DIRECTOR: Allan Dwan. PLAYERS: Eddie Albert, Faye Marlowe, Gail Patrick, William Frawley, Raymond Walburn, Wallace Ford. DOMESTIC DRAMA. A homesick G.I. makes an unauthorized trip to the United States to see his wife. As a result of his visit, she finds that she is going to become a mother. The townspeople, unaware of the husband's visit, are unanimous in their condemnation of the girl. When the husband returns, however, he enlists the aid of a nightclub singer, who was a witness to his unauthorized meeting with his wife, and matters are cleared up to the satisfaction of all. SINBAD THE SAILOR (RKO Radio) PRODUCER: Stephen Ames. DIRECTOR: Richard WaUace. PLAYERS: Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Maureen O'Hara, Walter Slezak, Jane Greer, George Tobias, Anthony Quinn, Mike Mazurki. CLASSICAL DRAMA. Based on the famed Arabian Nights stories, this Technicolor picture relates the adventures of Sinbad, the seafaring adventurer. He rescues a sinking ship, and an adventuress tries to prevent him from retaining possession of it. Setting sail on a treasure-hunting expedition, Sinbad is reunited with his father, who knows the secret of the hidden treasure. Overpowering his enemies, Sinbad acquires the treasure, and marries the adventuress who had at first opposed him. THAT WAY WITH WOMEN (Warners) PRODUCER: Charles Hoffman. DIRECTOR: Frederick De Cordova. PLAYERS: Sydney Greenstreet, Martha Vickers, Dane Clark, Alan Hale, Herbert Anderson, Craig Stevens. COMEDY-DRAMA. A retired auto magnate secretly purchases a half-interest in a gas station, going into partnership with a young veteran. Although gangsters try to ruin the business, it eventually prospers, and the veteran marries the magnate's daughter. MY BROTHER WHO TALKED TO HORSES (MGM) PRODUCER: Sam Marx. DIRECTOR: Fred Zinneman. PLAYERS: Peter Lawford, Beverly Tyler, "Butch" Jenkins, Spring Byington, Charles Ruggles, Edward Arnold. RACETRACK COMEDY. A small boy claims the power of conversing with horses and proves it by picking the winner of every race. One horse is a special friend of his and, in order to prevent him from being claimed by someone else, the little boy's brother claims the horse, only to see him break a leg. The brother, hoping to recoup his losses, takes the little boy to the races again, but the lad has lost his supernatural powers. Nevertheless, he picks the right horse and the brother makes up his losses. DICK TRACY VERSUS CUEBALL (RKO Radio) PRODUCER: Herman Schlom. DIRECTOR: Gordon Douglas. PLAYERS: Morgan Conway, Anne Jeffreys, Ian Keith, Douglas Walton, Rita Corday, Jimmy Crane, Jason Robards. MELODRAMA. A messenger for a jewelry firm is murdered and robbed of $300,000 worth of diamonds. Dick Tracy sets out to find the killer, who is one of a band of jewel-thieves. The thieves quarrel among themselves, and two more killings result. Tracy finally recovers the diamonds, locates the killer, and chases the latter to his death under the wheels of a train. THE MISSING LADY (Monogram) PRODUCER: Joe Kaufman. DIRECTOR: Phil Karlson. PLAYERS: Kane Richmond, Barbara Reed, George Chandler, Joseph Crehan. MELODRAMA. "The Shadow" solves a series of mysterious killings which are linked together by a jade statuette of Kwan Yin, the Chinese Goddess of Mercy. MOTION PICTURE HERALD, JUNE 8. 1946 3031