Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1951)
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Brief Reviews
yyy (A) ALL ABOUT EVE — 20th Century-Fox: A brilliantly written and performed satire on the theater and its luminaries, with Bette Davis as a great star, Anne Baxter, Hugh Marlowe, Celeste Holm, George Sanders and Gary Merrill. (Dec.) yyy% (F) BLACK ROSE. THE— 20th CenturyFox: Spectacular is the word for this historical epic, which takes Tyrone Power from a not-so-merrie England to Cathay. Cecile Aubry is The Black Rose, Orson Welles a mighty Mongolian general. (Nov.)
(A) BREAKING POINT, THE— Warners: John Garfield is a bitter vet who rents his cruiser for fishing parties and gets involved with gangsters and siren Pat Neal. Phyllis Thaxter is superb as his wife in this rugged screen fare. (Nov.) yy^ (F) BREAKTHROUGH— Warners: A dramatic World War II epic — centering around the invasion of Normandy and the experiences of a group of men involved in the final push to victory. With David Brian, John Agar, Frank Lovejoy. (Jan.) yy (F) COPPER CANYON — Paramount: Confusing but colorful post Civil War story laid in the copper-rich West. Hedy Lamarr, Ray Milland supply the romance; Macdonald Carey, the villainy. With Mona Freeman, Harry Carey Jr. (Nov.)
(F) CRY DANGER — Olympic-RKO : Dick Powell stalks the men that framed him into serving a five-year term at San Quentin. With Rhonda Fleming, Dick Erdman. (Jan.)
yy (F) DARK CITY — Wallis-Paramount: Gamblers Charlton Heston, Jack Webb, Ed Begley are marked for murder by maniac brother of suicide Don DeFore whom they took for $5,000 in a card game. With Lizabeth Scott, Viveca Lindfors. (Nov.) yy (A) EDGE OF DOOM— Goldwyn-RKO: A grim melodrama with Farley Granger as an emotional boy who kills a priest. With Dana Andrews, Joan Evans, Mala Powers, Adele Jergens. (Nov.) yy (F) FIREBALL , THE— Thor-20th CenturyFox: A fast-moving story of the skating game with Mickey Rooney as a brash rink star. With Pat O’Brien, Beverly Tyler, Marilyn Monroe. (Nov.) yy2 (F) FULLER BRUSH GIRL. THE— Columbia: More panic than plot in this zany comedy which has Lucille Ball and Eddie Albert mixed up in murder, smuggling and slapstick. (Dec.) yy (A) HARRIET CRAIG— Columbia: This third production of “Craig’s Wife” stars Joan Crawford as the dominating matron who almost wrecks the lives of husband Wendell Corey and niece K. T. Stevens. A woman’s picture. (Dec.)
yy Vi (F) HARVEY — U.I.: Whimsical screen version of the famous play, in which Jimmy Stewart and a 6' tall invisible rabbit cause a lot of confusion for Josephine Hull, Peggy Dow, Cecil Kellaway. (Jan.) yy(F) HIGHWAY SOI — Warners: Fast action gangster yarn based on the robberies and killings of the real-life Tri-State Gang. With Steve Cochran, Robert Webber, Wally Cassell, Virginia Grey, Gaby Andre, Aline Towne. (Jan.)
yy (F) I’LL GET BY — 20th Century-Fox: A happy musical featuring top songs of World War No. 2, with Bill Lundigan as an ambitious song publisher, June Haver and Gloria De Haven as a sister act, Dennis Day and surprise guest stars. (Dec.) yyVi (F) JACKPOT , THE — 20th Century-Fox: A hilarious comedy about what happens to Jimmy Stewart and Barbara Hale after he becomes the lucky (?) winner of a gigantic radio quiz. With James Gleason, Patricia Medina. (Dec.) yyi/2 (F) KIM — M-G-M : Exciting screen version of Rudvard Kipling’s story of intrigue in India, with Errol Flynn as a British spy posing as a horse trader and Dean Stockwell as Kim. With Paul Lukas. (Dec.) yy (F) LET’S DANCE — Paramount: This somewhat plot-heavy musical has Betty Hutton and son as fugitives from stuffy Boston grandmother-in-law, Lucile Watson. Betty meets former IT.S.O. dance partner Fred Astaire and becomes a night-club star. With Ruth Warrick, Shepperd Strudwick. (Nov.) yy2 (A) LIFE OF HER OWN , A — M-G-M : A romantic drama concerning the rise of model Lana Turner and her emotional problems when she gets entangled with Rav Milland. With Margaret Phillips, Tom Ewell, Jean Hagen, Barry Sullivan. (Nov.') yy (F) MAGNIFICENT YANKEE , THE — M-G-M: Louis Calhern and Ann Harding star in this patriotic picture based on the Washington chapter in the lives of Supreme Court Justice and Mrs.
Oliver Wendell Holmes. (Dec.,)
^y (F) MILKMAN, THE — U-I : A Grade A comedy starring Donald O’Connor and Jimmy Durante as dairy deliverers who meet up with Piper Laurie, Joyce Holden and some bad men too. (Nov.)
(F) MINIVER STORY. THE— M-G-M: Disappointing sequel to “Mrs. Miniver” concerned with the post-war problems of Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon. With Cathy O’Donnell, John Hodiak. (Jan.) y'y'y' (F) MISTER 880 — 20th Century-Fox: A heart-warming comedy in which counterfeiter Edmund Gwenn drives Secret Service agent Burt Lancaster and the Treasury Department to distraction. Dorothy McGuire’s the love interest. (Nov.) yyA (F) MR. MUSIC — Paramount: One of Bing’s best, this gay musical stars Crosby as a songwriter who’d rather loaf than labor until Nancy Olson comes along. With Ruth Hussey, Charles Coburn, Bob Stack. Tom Ewell. (Dec.)
(F) MY BLUE HEAVEN— 2 0th CenturyFox: A modern musical starring Betty Grable and Dan Dailey as a famous TV team who try to adopt a baby. With David Wayne, Jane Wyatt. (Nov.) yy (F) NEVER A DULL MOMENT — RKO : When sophisticate songwriter Irene Dunne marries cowhand Fred MacMurray and is taken to his ranch to take care of chores and his kids Gigi Perreau, Natalie Wood, the fun begins. (Jan.) yy (A) NO WAY OUT — 20th Century-Fox : When hate-ridden Richard Widmark’s brother dies after treatment by negro intern Sidney Poitier, Dick enlists sister-in-law Linda Darnell’s help to incite race riot. An explosive anti-prejudice film. (Nov.) yy (F) PETTY GIRL, THE — Columbia: Easy on the eyes is this Technicolor tale about prim college professor Joan Caulfield who forgets higher education when she meets Petty Girl creator, Robert Cummings. With Elsa Lanchester. (Nov.) y\S'A (F) ROCKY MOUNTAIN— Warners: An outdoor drama with action — and heart. Errol Flynn, as a confederate soldier, falls for Patrice Wymore, fiancee of Union Lieut. Scott Forbes. (Dec.) yy (A) SCARF, THE — Gloria-U.A.: Suspenseful story of insane asylum escapee John Ireland’s attempt to discover whether he committed a brutal murder. Mercedes McCambridge, James Barton befriend him. With Emlyn Williams. (Jan.)
yy2 (A) SEPTEMBER AFFAIR — Paramount: Reported dead when the plane they missed crashes in Italy, Joan Fontaine and Joseph Cotten decide to start anew together — and discover love isn’t always all. With Jessica Tandy, Francoise Rosay. (Jan.) yy (A) SOUND OF FURY, THE — StillmanU.A. : A hard hitting drama of mob violence with Frank Lovejoy as an ex-G.I. who teams up with Lloyd Bridges and becomes involved in kidnapping and murder. With Richard Carlson. (Jan.) yyVz (F) STATE SECRET — Columbia: First rate thriller in which Douglas Fairbanks, invited to a mid-European country to receive a scientific award, finds himself forced to flee for his life. With Glynis Johns, Jack Hawkins, Herbert Lorn. (Jan.)
(F) TRIPOLI — (Pine-Thomas-Paramount) : A not too convincing historical adventure, supposedly revealing how the Marines conquered the Tripoli pirates. With Maureen O’Hara, John Payne. (Dec.) yft (F) TO PLEASE A LADY— M-G-M: A routine story which has more auto racing than romance — despite co-starring of Clark Gable, Barbara Stanwyck. (Dec.)
yy (F) TWO FLAGS WEST — 20th Century-Fox: A Civil War era Western with Joseph Cotten, a Confederate prisoner-of-war freed to help Union officers Cornel Wilde and Jeff Chandler fight off Indian attacks. Linda Darnell’s the girl they love. (Jan.) yy (F' TWO WEEKS WITH LOVE — M-G-M: A gay nostalgic musical with Jane Powell a seventeenyear-old romantic who yearns for a corset and Ricardo Montalban while sister Debbie Reynolds just yearns for Carleton Carpenter. With Phyllis Kirk, Ann Harding, Louis Calhern. (Jan.)
(F) WALK SOFTLY. STRANGER— RKO: A romantic melodrama in which Joseph Cotten, a smalltime crook, tries to reform for the love of Alida Valli. With Paul Stewart, Spring Byington. (Jan.) yy (F) WOMAN ON THE RUN — Fidelity-U-I : Ann Sheridan enlists Dennis O’Keefe’s help in tracking down her husband, Ross Elliott — an innocent witness to a killing. Suspenseful mystery. (Dec.)
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