Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1951)

Brief Reviews hair-do mV every day all day wear the new modern OUL^iaL HAIR NETS I ✓✓✓ (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.) ✓✓ (F) AMERICAN GUERRILLA IN THE PHI LIPPINES — 20th Century-Fox: This World War II adventure in Technicolor has Tyrone Power shipwrecked on an island populated by vicious Japs and French widow Micheline Prelle. With Tom Ewell, Bob Patten. (Feb.) ✓✓✓ (A) BORN YESTERDAY— Columbia: Hilarious screen version of smash Broadway play highlighting Judy Holliday as the dumb blonde who's interested only in Brod Crawford and minks — until Bill Holden comes along and teaches her about democracy and love. (Feb.) ✓✓ (F) BRANDED — Paramount: Alan Ladd is a renegade who passes himself off as the kidnapped son of rich Arizona rancher Charles Bickford — until he falls for his “sister” Mona Freeman. Peter Hanson makes an impressive debut as real son in this intriguing Technicolor melodrama. (Feb.) ✓✓ (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, lohn Agar, Frank Lovejoy. (Jan.) ✓54 (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.) ✓✓✓ (F) CYRANO DE BERGERAC— KramerUA: Faithful screen version of classic 17th Century romance with Jose Ferrer as the poet with the protruding proboscis. Mala Powers as the girl he loves and woos — for William Prince. (Feb.) ✓✓ (F) DALLAS — Warners: Rowdy tongue-incheek Western starring Gary Cooper as an ex-Confederate colonel who goes to Texas to take care of some unfinished business with villainous Yankees Steve Cochran, Raymond Massey, Zon Murray. Ruth Roman’s the gal in the case. (Feb.) ✓ 54 (F) DOUBLE CROSSBONES— V1: Donald O’Connor’s songs and dance routines save this nonsensical comedy about 18th Century pirates. With Helena Carter. (Feb.) (F) EMERGENCY WEDDING — Columbia : A trivial comedy about the complications that arise when millionaire playboy Larry Parks weds hard-working doctor Barbara Hale. With Eduard Franz. (Feb.) ✓✓ (F) FRENCHIE — U-I: Sheriff Joel McCrea finds it impossible to keep law, order and a state of bachelorhood when Shelley Winters hits the western town of Bottleneck to avenge her father’s murder. Fun — and Technicolor too. With Elsa Lanehester. Paul Kelly, John Russell. (Feb.) ✓ 54 (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.) ✓✓ (F) GOLDBERGS , THE — Paramount: Heartwarming screen version of popular TV show with Gertrude Berg, Philip Loeb, Arlene McQuade, Larry Robinson in their original roles — and Eduard Franz, Barbara Rush, Peter Hanson as a triangle Mrs. Goldberg helps square Also Eli Mintz as Uncle David. (Feb.) ✓✓ (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.) ✓✓54 (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.) ✓✓(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.) ✓✓ (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 DeHaven as a sister act, Dennis Day and surprise guest stars. (Dec.) ✓✓!4 (F) JACKPOT, THE— 2 0th Century-Fox: A hilarious comedy about what happens to Jimmy “PERMANIZED" • RUN RESISTANT (o Gayla exclusive!) Grooms Hair-dos — Saves Waves Invisible — Tru-Golor Hair Shades more women use f dfsjS (■Jciijlci* viff&a HOLD BOB9 bobby pins than all other brands combined hold hair-dos better ^S$l. SAI10I0 MDDUCTS, INCOtPOBATEB. CHICASB, III. , Stewart and Barbara Hale after he becomes the lucky (?) winner of a gigantic radio quiz. With James Gleason, Patricia Medina. (Dec.) ✓✓ (F) KANSAS RAIDERS — U-I: Technicolor story of Civil War days and the early careers of the West’s most fabulous bad men — played by Audie Murphy, Richard Long, Tony Curtis, Brian Donlevy. With Scott Brady, Marguerite Chapman. (Feb.) ✓✓54(F) KIM — M-G-M: Exciting screen version of Rudyard 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.) ✓✓ (F) MAGNIFICENT YANKEE, THE — M-G-M : Louis Calhern and Ann Harding star in this patriotic picture based on the Washington chapter in the life of Oliver Wendell Holmes. (Dec.) ✓ (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.) ✓✓54 (F) MR. MUSIC — Paramount: One ot Bing’s best, this gay musical stars Crosby as a song writer who'd rather loaf than labor until Nancy Olson comes along. With Ruth Hussey, Charles Coburn. Bob Stack, Tom Ewell. (Dec.) ✓✓ (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, Na talie Wood, the fun begins. (Jan.) ✓✓54 (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.) ✓✓ (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.) ✓ 54 (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.) ✓✓ (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.) ✓✓54 (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.) ✓ 54 (F) TO PLEASE A LADY — M-G-M: A rou tine story which has more auto racing than romance — despite Clark Gable, Barbara Stanwyck. (Dec.) ✓✓ (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 llariiell’s the girl they love. (Jan.) ✓✓ (F) TWO WEEKS WITH LOVE— M-G-M A gay nostalgic musical with Jane Powell a seventeen year-old romantic who yearns for a corset and Ricardo Montalban while sister Debbie Reynolds just yearns tor Carleton Carpenter. With Phyllis Kirk, Ann Harding, Louis Calhern. (Jan.) ✓✓ (F) UNDERCOVER GIRL — U-I: A fast moving drama with Alexis Smith as a policewoman who becomes involved with narcotics peddlers in order to solve her father’s murder. With Scott Brady. (Feb.) ✓ 54 (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.) ✓✓ (F). WEST POINT STORY, THE— Warners: The famed military academy provides the setting for this lilting musical with James Cagney, Gene Nelson and Virginia Mayo doing some fast stepping; Doris Day, Gordon MacRae ably handle vocals. (Feb.) ✓✓ (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.) IT’S YOUR BID . . . for the stars youd like to see in color in Photoplay. But get your votes in early. Your Favorite Actor AND Your Favorite Actress Your Favorite Pin-Up Girl Mail now. to: Readers Poll Editor, c/o Photoplay, 205 East 42nd St., N. Y. 17, N. Y. lb