Motion Picture Herald (May-Jun 1946)

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SHORT SUBJECTS reviews and synopses (Running thnes are those quoted by the distributors.) SCREEN SNAPSHOTS (Col.) No. IQ—Series 25 (7860) The subject goes on an informal visit of Hollywood's famous fathers and their sons. Among the father-and-son teams seen are : Bing Crosby, Glenn Ford, Pat O'Brien, George Burns, Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Jack Haley, Alan Mowbray, Noah Beery, Sr., Noah Beery, Jr., Bob Burns, Charles Starrett, Jack Holt, Tim Holt, Phil Regan, Hoagy Carmichael, Jerry Colonna, Johnny Mack Brown, Bill Goodwin and Ken Murray. Release date, Jxme 10, 1946 minutes GET ALONG LITTLE ZOMBIE (Col.) All Star Comedy (7426) Hugh Herbert, as a real estate agent, finds himself in a lot of trouble. Not only does he find himself in a compromising situation with the wife of a prospective client, but the house he is trying to sell seems haunted. It all constitutes a hilarious episode in Hugh's life. Release date. May 9, 1946 17 minutes DIVING ACES (Col.) Sports Reel (7808) Bill Stern takes the audience on a visit to the South to see some aquatic sports. Some of the world swimming and diving champions seen in action are Patricia Fairbrother, Pete Desjardins. Earl Clark and Sam Howard. Release date. May 30, 1946 9 minutes COMMUNITY SING (Col.) Series 10— No. 10 ( 7660) Dick Leibert at the organ, with the vocal assistance of the Song Spinners, renders such tunes as "Lily Belle," "Full Moon and Empty Arms," "Gee, It's Good to Hold You," "Lover." and "Let It Snow." Release date, June 13, 1946 9 minutes JIGGERS, MY WIFE (Col.) All-Star Comedy (7438) There are many ways to get in trouble with the wife ,and Shemp Howard in this subject shows he apparently knows them all. Just because he was out late one night playing poker with the boys, Shemp thought he would tell the little woman that he was working. And that's the beginning of his troubles. Release date, April 11, 1946 18 minutes SNAP HAPPY TRAPS (Col.) Phantasies Cartoons (7703) Beset with mice in his cave, Friend Bear hires a cat to catch the invaders. Matters really worsen when the cat turns on his employer and aids the mice in making life miserable for poor bear. Release date, June 6, 1946 6J4 minutes PICNIC PANIC (Col.) Color Rhapsody (7503) The subject has a boy, a girl and a mule meet a temperamental volcano. With such ingredients, almost anything can happen, and does, in Technicolor. Release date, June 20, 1946 6 minutes SCREEN SNAPSHOTS (Col.) No. 9— Series 25 (7859) The reel brings to the screen Judy Canova in her regular NBC radio program. Judy lives up to all the expectations of her fans, laughing and joking her way through the subject. Release date. May 23, 1946 11 miwutes FILM-VODVIL (Col.) No 6, Series 3 (7956) The subject highlights the music of Dick Stabile and his orchestra and features the singing of Del Casino and the dancing of Miriam La Velle. "Let Me Love You Tonight" is rendered by Del Casino. Release date, June 16, 1946 9 minutes POPULAR SCIENCE (Para.) (J5-5) On display is the popular science kitchen in which arduous kitchen duties are greatly simplified. Also shown are the wonders of electric power heating and America's fastest plane, the jet-propelled P-80. Release date, June 21, 1946 10 minutes UNSURE RUNTS (Col.) Fox and Crow (7753) The Crow in this subject is an insurance agent. While we all know how persistent these pests can be, none has ever been as bad as the Crow, who finally succeeds in putting the Fox into a hospital in his eagerness. Release date. May 16, 1946 7>^ minutes KONGO ROO (Col.) Phantasies Cartoon (7702) FuzzyWuzzy finds out in this reel that getting mixed up with cannibals is no sport for any man. Hunting the cannibal on his pet ostrich, the Fuzzy-Wuzzy meets him, to his regret. Release date, April 18, 1946 6 minutes ROCKET TO MARS (Para.) Popeye the Sailor (E5-5) When Popeye is whirled on to Mars on a rocket ship, he finds the inhabitants, led by his arch-enemy Bluto, are about to attack and destroy the earth. However, even on Mars, spinach does things to Popeye, and he soon nips the impending assault in the bud. Release date, Augtist 9, 1946 6 minutes AIN'T LOVE CUCKOO? (Col.) All-Star Comedy (7410) When Gus Shilling and Dick Lane, two G.I.'s are informed their wives, one a nurse, and the other a WAC, are missing in action, both boys get panicky. To compound the confusion and release the hilarity, both wives are informed the husbands are missing. The slapstick pops when the four meet at a hotel. Release date, June 6, 1946 19 minutes ADVANCE SYNOPSES SHADOWS ON THE RANGE (Monogram) SUPERVISOR: Charles J. Bigelov/. DIRECTOR: Lambert Hillyer. PLAYERS: Johnny Mack Brovm, Raymond Hatton, Jan Bryant, Marshall Reed, John Merton, Steve Clark, Terry Frost. WESTERN. A cowboy comes to the aid of a girl whose father has been murdered. She is unable to cope with a band of cattle rustlers, and is advised by her ranch foreman to sell out. The cowboy, however, discovers that the foreman heads the rustlers, and eventually brings him and his followers to justice. RED RIVER RENEGADES (Republic) ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Bennett Cohen. DIRECTOR: Thomas Carr. PLAYERS: Sunset Carson, Peggy Stewart, Tom London, Ted Adams, LeRoy Mason, Kenne Duncan, Bruce Langley. WESTERN. Two postal inspectors are assigned to stop robberies which have been taking place in the Red River district. One of them is murdered, but the other succeeds in tracking down the thieves, and bringing his companion's murderer to justice. ABIE'S IRISH ROSE (UA Crosby Producers) PRODUCER-DIRECTOR: Eddie Sutherland. PLAYERS: Michael Chekhov, Joanna Dru, Richard Norris, Vera Gordon, George E. Stone, J. M. Kerrigan, Art Baker, Emory Pamell. COMEDY-DRAMA. Based on the wellknown play by Anne Nichols, this is the story of a Jewish boy who meets and marries an Irisli Catholic girl. Bitterness arises between the parents of the young couple, which is only resolved by the fortuitous arrival of twins. CUBAN PETE (Universal) ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Will Cowan. DIRECTOR: Jean Yarbrough. PLAYERS: Desi Arnaz, Ethel Smith, Joan Fulton, Don Porter, JacqueUne de Wit, Beverly Simmons, The King Sisters, Igor and Yvette. MUSICAL DRAMA. A woman who manufactures perfume seeks Desi Arnaz and his Cuban band for her forthcoming radio show. After much persupasion, he comes to New York with his band and the King Sisters. The perfume manufacturer, who thinks she can sing, schemes to get rid of the King Sisters. Her trick backfires, and she lands in jail. Eventually she agrees to forget her vocal aspirations, and the opening broadcast goes over. THE MIGHTY McGURK (MGM) PRODUCER: Nat Perrin. DIRECTOR: John Waters. PLAYERS: Wallace Berry, Edward Arnold, Aline McMahon, Dean Stockwell, Cameron Mitchell, Dorothy Patrick. PERIOD DRAMA. A bouncer in a Bowery cafe in the early 1900s is sent to meet his employer's daughter, returning from England. There he encounters a young English orphan, and undertakes to deliver the boy to his uncle. The boy takes a fancy to the bouncer, and pretends he does not remember where his uncle lives. The bouncer takes the boy home, hoping to get a reward from the uncle if he can find him. ■ He is disappointed when the uncle, a loan shark, refuses to take the boy. The boy ryns away, but eventually all is straightened out, and the bouncer adopts the lad. YOU'RE FOR ME (20th CenturyFox) PRODUCER: Bryan Foy. DIRECTOR: Lewis Seiler, PLAYERS: Vivian Blaine, Harry James, Carmen Miranda, Perry Como, Phil Silvers, Edgar Buchanan, Reed Hadley. MUSICAL COMEDY. A bandleader cannot get a good radio job because he is comparatively unknown. In order to get publicity, he enters into a political campaign. When the candidate discovers that he is merely a tool for a political machine, he disappears. The machine substitutes the band's vocalist, who wins the gubernatorial race, and also the hand of the bandleader's girl. LITTLE IODINE (UA-Comet) PRODUCERS: Buddy Rogers and Ralph Cohn. DIRECTOR: Reginald LeBorg. PLAYERS: Jo Ann Marlowe, Marc Cramer, Eve Whitney, Lanny Rees, Irene Ryan, Hobart Cavanaugh, Leon Belasco, Emory Parnell, Sarah Selby, Jean Tatriquin. COMEDY-DRAMA. A meddlesome child comes close to breaking up her parents' marriage by trying to make it appear that her father is having an affair with another woman. Only after the father has been thrown into jail does he find courage to assert himself and straighten matters out [Additional synopses on page 3076} 3066 PRODUCT DIGEST SECTION, JUNE 29, 1946