Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1948)

p ( Continued from page 102) Bing Crosby as the restless night club owner was never in better voice, and Joan Caulfield as heart interest for Fred and Bing is beautiful. (Oct.) Y BRIEF ENCOUNTER — Noel Coward-Cineguild: This British production deals with an emotional crisis in an English matron’s life. Celia Johnson plays the woman, Trevor Howard the man who provides a “brief encounter’’ with romance, forcing her into making her hardest decision. (Nov.) Y CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA — Pascal-UA : This is strictly in the limited-appeal category, although the settings are perfection and every detail of the period is meticulously observed. Claude Rains plays Caesar, the conqueror, given to dashing off philosophic remarks, and Vivien Leigh is the young Cleopatra whom Rains teaches to be queen. (Oct.) 1 /'CANYON PASSAGE — Universal: A true-to-form Western done in Technicolor, with Dana Andrews as the earnest young colonist, Brian Donlevy as a gambler and Susan Hayward as the feminine foil. There’s a touch of murder, some bloody fist fights and an Indian raid executed with wild abandon. (Oct.) \/Y CLAUDIA AND DAVID— 20th Century-Fox: A cozy little picture is this new episode of Claudia and David, played by Dorothy McGuire and Robert Young. Dorothy becomes jealous of Young and his client, Mary Astor, and Young in turn gets jealous of Dorothy and her new found friend, John Sutton. (Oct.) YY'CCOAK AND DAGGER — Warners: Starting off with some hold-your-breath scenes, this “now it can be told” film has Gary Cooper as an American chemist in German-occupied Italy. Gary takes time from his OSS activities for a bit of romancing with Lili Palmer. (Nov.) 1 /COCKEYED MIRACLE, THE — M-G-M: This has Frank Morgan and Keenan Wynn as two spirits who have a fine time observing their human counterparts. Morgan has a few earthly matters to clear up — financial affairs and the romance of his daughter, Audrey Totter, with Richard Quine. (Oct.) y'YDARK MIRROR, THE — Universal-International: Olivia de Havilland, Lew Ayres and Thomas Mitchell make the old idea of twin sisters — one good, the other bad — seem fairly fresh and believable. Both girls are suspected when a doctor-acquaintance is found fatally stabbed. (Dec.) DOWN MISSOURI WAV— PRC: A college-educated mule takes the lead in this. William Wright is a producer who comes to the Ozarks to shoot a motion picture on Martha O’DriscolTs farm. John Carradine, Roscoe Ates, Eddie Dean and Mabel Todd are all around the place. (Oct.) EARL CARROL SKETCHBOOK — Republic: William Marshall, who writes radio jingles, is beloved by Constance Moore, but goes for Hillary Brooks. Vera Vague reaps chuckles with her manhunting. Edward Everett Horton does his best. (Nov.) G. 1. WAR BRIDES — Republic: This spotty film is an attention-getter in parts. Anna Lee plays a stowa way on a boat of British war brides sailing to Ameri • ca. Carol Savage provides her with credentials so she can join William Henry. But along comes James Ellison to make , her change her mind. (Nov.) Y^^HENRY V— Two Cities-UA: Laurence Olivier brings a brilliant living classic to modern life, playing Shakespeare’s Henry V with restraint, humor and spirit. The battle of Henry at Agincourt will be long remembered. Renee Asherson stands out as Princess Katherine. A masterpiece of realistic color and action that spells topnotch entertainment. (Nov.) ^HOLIDAY IN MEXICO— M-G-M: This is full of color, interest and breath-taking melody. Against a storybook Technicolor background of the American Embassy in Mexico, Jane Powell plays the daughter of Ambassador Walter Pidgeon with Roddy McDowall as her infatuated swain. Jose Iturbi, Xavier Cugat and Ilona Massey contribute fun. (Nov.) \/HOME SWEET HOMICIDE— 20th Century-Fox: A fresh slant on whodunits with a look at three hellions — Peggy Ann Garner, Dean Stockwell and Connie Marshall— as they try to solve a murder. Lynn Bari is their mystery-writer mother, Randolph Scott and James Gleason detectives. (Oct.) IF I’M LUCKY — 20th Century-Fox: See this if Harry James’ trumpet and Perry Como’s songs “send” you, otherwise skip it. Carmen Miranda struts plenty of her stuff and Vivian Blaine sings in this trumpedup story of politicians and crooners. (Nov.) INVISIBLE INFORMER, THE — Republic: The gross total of this supposedly scary story about a stolen emerald necklace is boredom. A gloomy Southern plantation with a bog for hiding bodies is the set-up for all the dirty work. Linda Stirling and Bill Henry can’t make this anything. (Nov.) Y\SJ’VE ALWAYS LOVED YOU— Republic: You’ll enjoy this provided it’s up your musical alley. It introduces a lovely new star, Catherine McLeod. The story of her infatuation with her famous pianistteacher (Philip Dorn) and her marriage to a simple farmer (William Carter) is told in Technicolor to the music of Beethoven, Wagner, Rachmaninoff. (Dec.) l/l /S/J OLSON STORY, T HE — Columbia : A life story with plenty of life to it, this Technicolor film will leave American audiences aglow. A1 Jolson’s heydays are brought back magnificently by Larry Parks and a splendid supporting cast, including Evelyn Keyes and William Demarest. (Nov.) \/YKILLERS, THE — Universal: Here’s a fast action thriller with a Hemingway plot that will make strong men quiver. Two killers enter a town at night, and one man is murdered. There’s good oldfashioned gangster play-acting with Edmond O’Brien as an investigator, Ava Gardner as a moll and Burt Lancaster as the murdered man. (Nov.) ^ LADY LUCK — RKO: You’ll get some uninhibited laughs at Frank Morgan’s antics as the incurable gambler who’s reduced to a three-dollar-a-week allowance from his granddaughter Barbara Hale. Robert Young’s another gambler whom Barbara marries thinking he’s reformed. (Oct.) STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP. MANAGEMENT. CIRCULATION. ETC.. REQUIRED BY THE ACTS OF CONGRESS OF AUGUST 24, 1912. AND MARCH 3. 1933. of PHOTOPLAY combined with MOVIE MIRROR, published monthly at Dunellen, N. 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Y. ; Managing Editor, Helen Gilmore, 205 East 42nd Street, New York 17, N. Y. : Secretary, Meyer Dworkin. 205 East 42nd Street, New York 17, N. Y. 2. That the owner is: (If owned by a corporation, its name and address must be stated and also immediately thereunder the names and addresses of stockholders owning or holding one per cent or more of total amount of stock. If not owned by a corporation the names and addresses of the individual owners must be given. If owned by a firm, company, or other unincorporated concern, its name and address, as well as those of each individual member must be given.) Macfadden Publications, Inc., 205 East 42nd Street, New York 17, N. Y. Stockholders owning or holding one per cent or more of total amount of stock in Macfadden Publications. Inc.: Orr J. Elder, 276 Harrison Street, East Orange, N. J. ; Henry Lieferant, 54 Riverside Drive, New York, N. Y. ; (Mrs.) Elizabeth Machlin, 299 Park Avenue, New York, N. 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That the average number of copies of each issue of this publication sold or distributed through the mails or otherwise, to paid subscribers during the twelve months preceding the date shown above is (This information is required from daily publications only). (Signed) MEYER DWORKIN Sworn to and subscribed before me this 25th day of September, 1946. (SEAL) TULLIO MUCELLI, Notary Public. Bronx County, No. 137, Register No. 90M8. Certificate filed in N. Y. County No. 284, Register No. 317M8. Commission expires March 30th, 1948. LAST BOMB , THE — Warners: Made in cooperation with U. S. Army Air Forces, this Technicolor short is an awe-inspiring spectacle of the huge striking force used against Japan early in 1945. As a permanent record of how our Air Forces accomplished their great mission, this first-rate documentary film outdoes any fiction the screen writers can devise. (Dec.) yyMAN I LOVE, THE ■ — Warners: Ida Lupino never looked more glamorous than she does in this tale about a night club singer who carries a torch for Bruce Bennett, and who is pursued by wolfish .Robert Alda. Andrea King handles the role of Ida's sister sympathetically, but it’s La Lupino's picture plus some Gershwin and Kern song hits. (Dec.) yMONSIEUR BEAUCA1RE — Paramount: A Bob Hope comedy in which he plays a barber from the court of Louis XV of France who’s forced to impersonate the court playboy. With Patric Knowles, Joan Caulfield and Marjorie Reynolds. (Oct.) MR. ACE — UA: A second-rate movie in which politician Sylvia Sidney, running for governor, seems to worry more about her hats and her love affairs than her campaign. As the political boss, George Raft employs all his usual gangsterish tricks. (Oct.) NIGHT IN PARADISE — Wanger-Universal: This ridiculous story has Turhan Bey unhappily playing a juiced-up version of Aesop, the fable teller, who falls m love with Princess Merle Oberon. The prin cess is about to marry Croesus when Turhan reveals that he’s really a handsome young man (Oct.) NO LEAVE, NO LOVE — M-G-M: Not so good film with \ an Johnson as a Marine homeward bound to marry his girl who has wed another. Keenan Wynn, Pat Kirkwood and tycoon Edward Arnold are in it. (Nov.) yy NOTORIOUS — RKO: Intrigue south of the border, beautifully packaged by Alfred Hitchcock and delivered by competents Ingrid Bergman, Cary Grant and Claude Rains. Cary and Ingrid set off for Rio where they meet intrigue and danger. (Oct.) \/ y RAIDER. , THE — -English Films: Fact and fiction are blended in this picture with a cast of non-professionals, formerly attached to the allied navies. Most exciting scene is a duel between a German U-boat and an English ship, seeking to rescue men adrift in a lifeboat. (Dec.) I /RENDEZVOUS WITH ANNIE— Republic : This light farce offers a look at a soldier’s life with Eddie Albert playing the homesick husband and Faye Marlowe the bride he left behind. Some big laughs over little incidents with Eddie Faye, Gail Patrick, Philip Reed and Sir C. Aubrey Smith. (Nov.) SHOW-OFF, THE — M-G-M: The rich humor of George Kelly’s play is lost here. Red Skelton struggles with the role of Aubrey Piper whose in-laws find him hard to take. Marilyn Maxwell is the wife who loves him, and Marjorie Main plays Mom. (Nov.) yy SISTER KENNY — RKO: The story of Sister Kenny’s discovery of a new treatment for infantile paralysis and her lifelong fight to get that treatment recognized. It’s a remarkable film, with Rosalind Russell, Alexander Knox and Dean Jagger. (Oct.) STEP BY STEP — RKO: Step by step, this gets more and more implausible. The mysterious goings-on include the disappearance of blonde Anne Jeffreys and a corpse on the sofa. Handsome Laurence Tierney is unhappily involved. (Nov.) yy STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS, THE — Wallis-Paramount: Dramatic fare with Van Heflin as a hardened veteran who picks up probationer Lizabeth Scott, gets beaten up by thugs and comes back in order to discover why his childhood girl, Barbara Stanwyck, and her husband, Kirk Douglas, want to get him out of town. (Oct.) yyTHEY WERE SISTERS — Rank-Universal : James Mason is at his sadistic best as the man whose dark moods leave a sinister effect on the lives of three sisters. (Oct.) yyTHREE LITTLE GIRLS IN BLUE— 20th Century-Fox: “Delightful” is the word for this musical treat starring June Haver, Vivian Blaine and VeraEllen. June is a husband hunter; Vivian plays her secretary, Vera-Ellen her maid, and George Montgomery and Frank Latimore are playboys of 1908 vintage. Brisk and bouncing all the way. (Dec.) yTIME, THE PLACE AND THE GIRL, THE — Warners: A trite tale about a rich gal who leads a sheltered life until she tangles up with some night club entertainers. Dennis Morgan gives Martha Vickers a whirl; Jack Carson and Janis Paige are pals; S. Z. Sakall is Martha’s grandpa. (Dec.) yyTWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST— Paramount: Dana’s famous saga of men and sailing ships comes to the screen in strong-armed fashion with Brian Donlevy playing Dana effectively and William Bendix cracking a merciless whip over the seamen. Alan Ladd is the ship owner’s son, shanghaied aboard his father’s vessel, with Howard de Silva, Barry Fitzgerald and Esther Fernandez. (Dec.) UNDER NEVADA SKIES— Republic : The big point of this is that the atom bomb is here to stay, having finally caught up with the Roy Rogers series. With Dale Evans and Gabby Hayes. (Nov.) y WHITE TIE AND TAILS — Universal-International : What happens when a gentleman’s gentleman steps out of his class is amusingly told here. With Dan Duryea and Ella Raines. (Dec.)