Motion Picture Herald (Nov-Dec 1946)

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traded to build. "Dagwood" arouses his employer's ire, and is fired. Later the owner of the only suitable lot, an orphan who is a schoolmate of "Dagwood's" son, refuses to sell to anyone but his chum's father, and the latter is reinstated when the deal is brought to a successful conclusion. I'LL BE YOURS (Universal-International) PRODUCER: Felix Jackson. DIRECTOR: William Seiter. PLAYERS: Deanna Dur bin, Tom Drake, William Bendix, Adolphe Menjou, William Brooks, William Trenk. ROMANTIC DRAMA. A young girl meets and falls in love with a lawyer. To help him, she poses as his wife, and thereby induces a wealthy man to give the lawyer a job to keep him busy, while the wealthy man entertains the girl. The lawyer learns of the situation, and leaves the tycoon's firm, at the same time refusing to see the girl. The tycoon discovers that the lawyer has saved his firm a great deal of money. He finally persuades the lawyer to return to the firm, and patches up matters between the lawyer and the girl. THE LONE WOLF IN MEXICO (Columbia) PRODUCER: Sanford Cummings. DIRECTOR: D. Ross Lederman. PLAYERS: Gerald Mohr, Eric Blore, Jacqueline DeWit, Bernard Nedell, John Gallaudet, Winifred Harris, Sheila Ryan, Nestor Paiva. MELODRAMA. The croupier of a big gambling casino in Mexico City is murdered, and a reformed jewel thief is suspected of the murder. The wife of a wealthy diamond merchant is also killed, and it is some time before the reformed thief can prove his innocence, and bring to justice the smuggling ring responsible for the murders. RAIDERS OF THE SOUTH (Monogram) PRODUCER: Scott R. Dunlap. DIRECTOR: Lambert Hillyer. PLAYERS: Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Evelyn Brent, John Merton, Reno Blair, Marshall Reed, Eddie Parker. WESTERN. An army officer is assigned to get evidence of raids against carpetbaggers by a gang led by a widow. He discovers that the widow is being used as a pawn by a crooked attorney. Although the attorney attempts to rid himself of the gang as well as the law, he is outwitted and brought to trial. STAGECOACH TO DENVER (Republic) PRODUCER: Sidney Picker. DIRECTOR: R G. Springsteen. PLAYERS: Allan Lane, Bobby Blake, Martha Wentworth, Roy Barcroft, Peggy Stewart, Emmett Lynn, Ted Adams, Edmund Cobb, Tom Chatterton. WESTERN. The owner of the local stagecoach line is illegally acquiring all the valuable land in and around Elk Horn. When the land commissioners arrive in town to check the property he threatens them with the loss of their lives unless they cooperate with him. Red Ryder (Allan Lane) sees through the swindler's scheme and finally exposes him. THE FALCON'S ADVENTURE (RKO Radio) PRODUCER: Herman Schlom. DIRECTOR: William Berke. PLAYERS: Tom Conway, Madge Meredith, Ed Brophy, Myrna Dell, Phil Warren. MELODRAMA. An inventor who has discovered a formula involving the use of industrial diamonds is killed. The Falcon offers to help the inventor's niece by delivering the formula to a man in Miami. The latter is killed, and the Falcon slugged when he arrives, but the Falcon retains the formula, and turns it over to the niece, who arranges to deliver it to a manufacturer. The latter plans to destroy the formula and kill the girl, but the Falcon arrives in time to prevent this. HELDORADO (Republic) ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Edward J. White. DIRECTOR: William Witney, PLAYERS: Roy Rogers, George (Gabby) Hayes, Dale Evans, Paul Harvey, Barry Mitchell, John Bagni. WESTERN. A captain in the Rangers Reclamation Service which patrols Boulder Dam takes a vacation, planning to join in the celebration of Heldorado Week at Las Vegas. While there, he uncovers a counterfeit gang, and turns its members over to the local police. SHORT SUBJECTS TEN PIN MAGIC (Col.) Sports Reels (8802) The subject reveals some professional secrets on the making of difficult spares as demonstrated by champions Tony Sparendo, Val Michael and Marty Cassio. Also shown are shorts of the new pin-setting machine. Narration by Bill Stern. Release date, October 24, 1946 10 minutes THE FISTIC MYSTIC (Para.) Popeye the Sailor (£5-7) Popeye and Olive, wandering through an Oriental bazaar, fall into the ken of a mystic, and presto, before you can say Jack Robinson, Popeye is turned into a parrot. What is more, Olive is stuffed into a basket and prepared to be cut in half. It's Popeye's energy-laden spinach that eventually saves the day. Release date, November 29, 1946 6 minutes SO YOU WANT TO SAVE YOUR HAIR (WB) Vitaphone Variety (3401 ) All the comic possibilities of a bald-headed man trying to grow a head of hair are explored in this short of Joe McDoakes, who one morning finds some loose hairs on his hairbrush. All the lotions, potions and mechanical contrivances fail to grow the desired bushy brush and Joe resorts to a wig. Release date, December 7, 1946 10 minutes STORK CRAZY (Paramount) Speaking of Animals (Y 6-1) Some of the recent arrivals in animal land deposited by the stork are visited in this Jerry Fairbanks' "Speaking of Animals" series. Fond mothers and their offspring of the _ cat, dog, skunk, cow, hippo, camel and pig families are visited. Though the baby monkeys are seen to be extremely funny-looking, the mother reassures the audience that they all look like humans when they're first born. Release date, October 25, 1946 10 minutes RHAPSODY RABBIT (WB) Bugs Bunny Special (2725) Bugs, a gifted pianist in this one, gives a recital playing Listz's Hungarian Rhapsody. And he does pretty well too, until a little mouse, holed up in the piano, decides to have some fun. Release date, November 9, 1946 7 minutes RUBBER RIVER (WB) Technicolor Adventures (3802) The jungles of Central America made the scene. The collection of rubber is the story. At Managua, Nicaragua's capital, a party of explorers load a plane that will carry them into the jungles to the rubber trres. These trees are tapped, the latex collected and the crude rubber is shipped down rubber river toward America. Release date, November 16, 1946 10 minutes MOUSE MENACE (WB) Merrie Melodies Cartoon (2710) Porky Pig is pestered by a mouse he can't seem to get rid of. He finally resigns himself to defeat, however, when the mouse plants dynamite in the mouth of a mechanical cat that Porky invented. Release date, November 2, 1946 7 minutes CUPID RIDES THE RANGE (RKO) Ray Whitley Western Musical (73,502) Ray Whitley is in love with Lolita, daughter of a rich ranch owner. But the ranch owner has promised his daughter to the manager of the ranch. Ray does some fast thinking, confesses to stealing a horse and has Lolita named as accomplice. Both are jailed, to their mutual delight. The ranch manager is tricked into marrying Lolita's maid and Ray and Lolita thus have the way cleared for their own marriage. Release date, October 11, 1946 18 minutes LES ELGART AND ORCHESTRA (Col.) Thrills of Music (8953) Les Elgart, his "singing" trumpet and his orchestra are featured here and start off with a jump version of "Mabel, Mabel" featuring vocalists Howard Duffy, Jo Jean Rogers and Terry Parker. Other music includes "Either It's Love Or It Isn't" and "Liza Jane." Release date, November 28, 1946 10 minutes DOUBLE DRIBBLE (RKO Radio) Walt Disney Cartoon (64,114) In the subject, two famous basketball teams meet for a championship game and the clash is heard throughout the stadium. Everything wild, zany and imaginative happens with little Merithew winning the game after he unties the string of a player's shorts. Release date, November 29, 1946 7 minutes LOCO LOBO (Columbia) A Color Rhapsody (8501) The big, bad wolf chases the poor little rabbit but winds up none too happy about it. First the wolf gets tangled in his own trickery, then literally runs into a stone wall, and finally winds up in quite a surprise. Release date, October 31, 1946 6 minutes HONEYMOON BLUES (Col.) All Star Comedy (8422) Hugh Herbert, erstwhile detective, is assigned on his wedding night to get some letters in the possession of a curvaceous blackmailer. As a ruse, Hugh tries making love to her, all of which gives rise to some troublesome misunderstandings. In a hilarious ending, Hugh gets the letters and everything is explained. Release date, October 17, 1946 17 minutes BOWLING FEVER (RKO Radio) Sportscope (74,303) Bowling has grown to a sport of tremendous popularity. In the subject, Mrs. Catherine Fellmeth, women's all event champion, instructs youthful novices, gradually leading them to a point of high efficiency. Other experts are introduced and they perform with dazzling technique and deftness. Release date, November 15, 1946 8 minutes SLAPPILY MARRIED (Columbia) All-Star Comedy (8433) This two-reel comedy features Joe De Rita, a dim-witted husband who is superstitious about Friday the 13th. On such a day he stays home from work so he can avoid bad luck. But everything turns out for the worst at home. Joe almost destroys the kitchen, innocently gets caught up with another woman, his wife leaves him, he's caught trying to sneak into a woman's hotel and in fact just about everything that can go wrong does go wrong. Release date, November 7, 1946 16^ minutes 3348 PRODUCT DIGEST SECTION, DECEMBER 7, 1946