Photoplay (Jan - Jun 1943)

The Gang's All Here! NATIONAL BARN DANCE STARS in LIVING PORTRAITS H [ERE at last are the pictures of this talented group who provide fun and melody on NBC's National Barn Dance program every Saturday night. Skyland Scott and Lulu Belle; Eddie Peabody and his trusty banjo; the Hoosier Hot Shots and the Dinning Sisters; Joe Kelly and Pat Buttram are all in the Living Portraits in February Radio Mirror. See them just as they look behind the mike when they put over those hot hillbilly mountain tunes. A grand collection of a grand gang — five full pages. OTHER HIGH SPOTS • Color Photograph of JACK ARMSTRONG. the Ail-American Boy hero of radio's exciting serials with photos of other members of the cast. • "MARRY ME," the dramatic story of a young girl's daring proposal. • RED SKELTON of "I dood it" fame in an autographed full color portrait that proves why everyone forgot to call him Richard years ago. These and many other splendid features, articles and regular departments in the big February issue of Get Your Copy Today! all sorts of German invasions. Evelyn Ankers is the pretty Limehouse girl who also help Holmes. It's pretty average fare. (Dec.) SIN TOWN — Universal: Bunco artists Constance Bennett and Brod Crawford arrive in a Western oil town looking for easy money, which they find when Crawford declares himself partner in Ward Bond's saloon. Anne Gwynne and Petric Knowles provide the love interest and Andy Uevine and Leo Carrillo romp around. The brawl between the two villains is really a lulu. (Dec.) \/ SPRINGTIME IN THE ROCKIES— 20th Century-Fox: Betty Grable is in love with Broadway actor John Payne, but when he misbehaves she pretends to love her new dancing partner Cesar Romero. From a New York stage play the group carry on their misunderstandings at Lake Louise. Carmen Miranda, Charlotte Greenwood and Edward Everett Horton aid in the mix-up in this Technicolor musical. (Dec.) THAT OTHER WOMAN— 20th Century-Fox: Pretty secretary Virginia Gilmore pursues her architect boss, James Ellison, who intrigues her with his disinterest. When Grandma Alma Kruger advises Virginia how to trap Ellison, the scheme works but not in the way expected. Janis Carter is cute as the persistent huntress. (Jan.) TIMBER — Universal: Sabotage in our timber regions, with Leo Carrillo and Andy Devine worrying about it until along comes Dan Dailey Jr., special undercover agent. He fires the saboteur and hires instead Edmund MacDonald who brings along his pretty sister, Marjorie Lord. (Nov.) \/THUNDER BIRDS — 20th Century-Fox: Informative, entertaining and colorful is this story about the training of English, Chinese and Americans at a desert flying school. Preston Foster, the instructor, and English student John Sutton are both rivals for the affections of lovely Gene Tierney, but all the players take second place to the" interesting flying sequences. (Jan.) l/V WAKE ISLAND— Paramount: Every American should see this authentic picture of the gallant stand of the Marines on Wake Island and their magnificent fight. Brian Donlevy plays the Major who commands the Island's defenses. Albert Dekker is a civilian engineer. MacDonald Carey plays a young flyer and Robert Preston and William Bendox play two Marine buddies. (Nov.) \/ WAR AGAINST MRS. HADLEY, THE— M-G-M: A honey of a picture, with Fay Bainter as the selfish, ingrown woman who refuses to alter her life or accept wartime alternation in the lives of others. Van Johnson, the redheaded, freckle-faced hero, is the best thing in the show, even surpassing Richard Ney, who plays the regenerated young man. Edward Arnold and Jean Rogers are good, too. (Nov.) i/' WHITE CARGO— M-G-M: The trouble with this picture of white men and a tropical seductress is that the story has become repetitious through imitation, but the performance of Walter Pidgeon, veteran of the tropical isle, gives great stability to the play. Richard Carlson and Frank Morgan are very good and Hedy Lamarr is certainly the most gorgeous Tondelayo. (Dec.) WILDCAT — Paramount: Never a dull moment in this story, with Richard Arlen playing a wildcat oil man who goes into partnership with Elisha Cook, Jr., gets buffaloed by Arline Judge. Elisha's fake sister, and fights it out with his enemy oil driller Buster Crabbe. (Dec.) \/\/ WINGS AND THE WOMAN— RKO-Radio: A fitting tribute to a gallant woman, Amy Johnson, is this story of her life, with Anna Neagle playing the first great woman aviatrix. Robert Newton as Jim Mollison. the flyer, who married Amy and lost her, is outstanding. Edward Chapman as her father, Joan Kemp-Welch as her mother, give beautiful performances, and Miss Neagle is superb. (Nov.) \/ YANK AT ETON, A — M-G-M: Mickey Rnoney gives life, color and laughter to a story that depends too much on its star and too little on its con tent. He's a typical American high-school football star who finds himseelf at Eton when his mother marries an Englishman and his trials and tribulations at the famous old English school form the bulk of the yarn. (Nov.) YOU CAN'T ESCAPE FOREVER— Warners: A remake of the Paul Muni picture, "Hi. Nellie," with George Brent, now playing the newspaper managing editor who uncovers a gang of racketeers operating behind a night-club front and a Lonely Hearts Club. Brenda Marshall is the girl reporter, Roscoe Karns the photographer, and Gene Lockhart and Edward Ciannelli the villains. (Dec.) YOUTH ON PARADE— Republic: That college show is here again, with Tom Brown and Martha O'Driscoll leading the talent parade. 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