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MOTION PICTURE REVIEWS
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MOTION ♦ PICTURE « REVIEWS
Published bi-monthly for
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Vol. XVIII JULY AND AUGUST No. 3
Copyright 1943 by Motion Picture Reviews
FEATURE FILMS
ALASKA HIGHWAY O O
Richard Arlen, Jean Parker, Ralph Sanford, Joe Sawyer, Bill Henry, Keith Richards, Harry Shannon. Edward Earle. Original screen play by Edmund T. Lowe and Maxwell Shane. Direction by Frank McDonald. Pine-Thomas Production. Paramount.
The family relations of a veteran engineer make complications when he is chosen to head the group of men building the Alaska Highway. One of his two sons wants to join the Army, and when both are persuaded to help in the big construction job, they fall in love with the same girl, becoming bitter rivals. The film mainly emphasizes the dangers encountered in building a great highway. It is no epic. While actual views of the road are excellent with huge tractors mowing down trees and cutting through natural obstructions, synthetic scenery is injected which detracts from the general impression. Direction and acting are mediocre, humor is forced, and the very melodramatic plot is inadequate for so important a subject. Adolescents, 12 to 16 Children, 8 to 12
Yes if interested. Harmless but not
worth much
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APPOINTMENT IN BERLIN O O
George Sanders, Marguerite Chapman, Onslow Stevens, Gale Sondergaard, Alan Napier, H. P. Sanders, Don Douglas, Jack Lee, Alec Craig, Leonard Mudie, Frederic Worleck, Steve Geray. Original screen play by B. P. Fineman. Direction by Alfred E. Green. Columbia.
Although “Appointment in Berlin” is not
an especially important picture or very original, interest is sustained by George Sanders’ smooth performance and the strong suspense characteristic of this type of film. It is the story of an R.A.F. flier, cashiered from the service because of outspoken criticism of the government and disorderly behavior at the time of the Munich Pact. The British Intelligence, realizing that because of this notoriety, he may be able to ingratiate himself with the Nazis, sends him on a dangerous mission to Berlin. He succeeds in his assignment, sending out valuable information, but in the course of his duties he falls in love with the sister of a German agent at the peril of both their lives.
Adolescents, 12 to 16 Children, 8 to 12
Yes, stresses loyalty Too mature
and courage
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BEHIND THE RISING SUN -0 O
Margo, Tom Neal, J. Carrol Naish, Robert Ryan, Gloria Holden, Don Douglas, George Givot, Adeline De Walt Reynolds, Leonard Strong, Iris Wong, Wolfgang Zilzer. Based on the book by James R. Young. Music by Roy Webb, Musical direction by C. Bakaleinikoff. Direction by Edward Dmytryk. R.K.O.
An unusual propaganda film shows two aspects of the Japanese character, represented by peace loving individuals and by those who glory in brutal militarism. In fact the dual motivation is exemplified by two members of the same family, a Harvard edu