Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1950)

Brief Reviews l/V (F) ALL THE KING’S MEN — Columbia: Powerful political drama tracing a rabble-rouser’s career. Broderick Crawford scores in the leading role; newcomer Mercedes McCambridge clicks as his hardboiled assistant; John Derek is his adopted son. Joanne Dru, John Ireland and Shepperd Strudwick are also involved. (Feb.) /J4 (F) ALWAYS LEAVE THEM LAUGHING — Warners: This provides a field day for Milton Berle’s fans with Mister B giving his all to his public. He receives substantial aid from Ruth Roman, Virginia Mayo, Bert Lahr, Alan Hale and Lloyd Gough. It’s 116 minutes of pure Berle. (Feb.) (A) AND BABY MAKES THREE— Columbia : This featherweight farce, poking fun at matrimony, motherhood and divorce, teams Robert Young and Barbara Hale, supported by Bob Hutton and Janis Carter. (March) / (A) BACKFIRE — Warners: An exciting whodunit brimming over with false clues. Gordon MacRae is in this, but he doesn’t sing a note. He’s too busy :rying to find his pal Edmond O’Brien. Dane Clark, Virginia Mayo and Viveca Lindfors are also on hand. (March) / (F) BAGDAD — U-I; An oriental intrigue with Maureen O’Hara cast as an Arabian princess out to ivenge her father’s murder. Vincent Price is a wily I Lurk, Paul Christian a romantic young prince with the proverbial cat’s nine lives. John Sutton and Jeff Corey are part of the proceedings, too. (March) (A) BARRICADE — Warners: A savage account of criminals and crime in a desert mining camp. Raymond Massey plays a cruel tyrant who cracks the whip over Dane Clark, Ruth Roman and Robert Douglas. Not a pretty tale. (April) LF) BELLS OF CORONADO — Republic: Routine Western in Trucolor with troubleshooter Roy Rogers >ut to thwart a gang of hijackers. Dale Evans, Pat Brady, Grant Withers, and Foy Willing and his boys ire also on hand. (April) Vy/ (A) BLACK HAND — M-G-M : Taut fact-ficion crime meller woven around gangsters known i is “Black Hand” in New York of 1908. Italian immigrant Gene Kelly and Detective J. Carrol Naish isk life and limb to expose the terroristic band. With Teresa Celli, Marc Lawrence. (April) / (F) BORDERLINE — U-I: Fred MacMurray and Claire Trevor engage in a swift game of tag with lope peddlers Raymond Burr and Roy Roberts while Lu pi a smirks knowingly on the sidelines. Entertaining enough. (March) V (F) BUCCANEER’S GIRL— U-I: Phillip Friend s the bold pirate who steals Yvonne De Carlo’s heart ;.nd Robert Douglas’s ships to the distress of fiancee Vndrea King. Colorful in a synthetic sort of way. April) j/lA (F) CAPTAIN CHINA — Paramount: A roarng sea thriller with the spotlight on two-fisted he-man rohn Payne who proves to Gail Russell that a man Ian be down but not out. A strong supporting cast features Jeffrey Lynn, Lon Chaney, Edgar Bergen, Michael O’Shea. (March) \/y2 (F) CHAIN LIGHTNING — Warners: An exiting action film with test pilot Humphrey Bogart loing nip-ups in a jet-propelled plane when he isn’t feooing pretty Eleanor Parker. With Richard Whorf, femes Brown. (Feb.) /*/ (F) CINDERELLA— Walt Disney-RKO: Ye Me Disney magic turns this favorite fable of child Iood days into an all-cartoon musical decked out in fezzling Technicolor. Romantic and tuneful. (Feb.) (F) CONSPIRATOR — M-G-M : Dramatic tale f a young American girl who discovers her British ridegroom is secretly aiding the Communist Party ,nd that her own life is in peril. Liz Taylor brings reat beauty and talent to her role; Robert Taylor is (he man who loves and loses her. With Robert 'lemyng. Honor Blackman. (March) V (F) DANCING IN THE DARK— 20th Cenury-Fox: Here’s an enjoyable movie about an exInovie star and a would-be one. William Powell is ery suave, Betsy Drake very beguiling and Mark Stevens very nice. Good entertainment. (Feb.) sy2 (F) DEAR WIFE — Paramount: Bright, cheery equel to “Dear Ruth,” again presenting Bill Holden, oan Caulfield, Mona Freeman, Billy De Wolfe and Mward Arnold. Pleasantly diverting. (March) /y' (A) D.O.A . — Popkin-UA: This unusual whounit has Edmond O’Brien solving his own murder, mpossible? Go see for yourself, Pamela Britton is ie love interest, Luther Adler the villain. (April) y2 (A) EAST SIDE, WEST SIDE— M-G-M: A lick domestic drama with a topnotch cast including tarbara Stanwyck as a wronged wife, James Mason ,'s her erring mate, Ava Gardner as the designing lemale who comes between them and Van Heflin as Barbara’s gallant admirer. (March) V (F) FRANCIS— U-I : Wacky farce about a talkiig army mule which beats the big brass at war trategy. This superior critter gets soldier Donald •’Connor into the darndest mess. With Patricia ledina, Zasu Pitts, Ray Collins. (March) A ) GAY LADY, THE— Rank-Eagle Lion: UltraIritish romantic comedy about a Gaiety Girl and her vo suitors. Lavish sets and costumes are in strikig contrast to a run-of-the-mill story. With Jean ent, James Donald, Andrew Crawford. (April) '14 (A) GLASS MOUNTAIN, THE — Renownfegle Lion: An absorbing romance effectively blendig legend and reality, and interspersed with operatic irs superbly sung by Tito Gobbi. A capable cast eludes Valentina Cortesa, Michael Denison, Dulcie .Iray. (April) v (F) GREAT RUPERT, THE— Pal-Eagle Lion: .fere’s a whimsical comedy about a dancing squirrel ad the confusion he causes in the lives of Jimmy itarante, Terry Moore, Tom Drake, Queenie Smith ■n§r' * 1 Iui a(uc, i ci i j itjuju ic, iuiii i/i dive, ^^ueeTiie oinnt nd their sundry neighbors. Mildly diverting. (April) V (F) GUILTY OF TREASON — Wrather NEW S * NEWS The new-shape lantern sleeve is news because it’s the most enormous you’ve seen in years. Puffed widely and softly, it lends important “top heaviness” to the silhouette. Emphasizes this year’s slim, straight look by dramatic contrast. Yes, there’s an idea behind the design. The new-shape Modess box is news because it, too, has an idea behind the design! 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