Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1952)

Brief Reviews yyt (F) ACROSS THE WIDE MISSOURI— M-G-M: A fairly interesting Technicolor Western with Clark Gable as a trapper who marries Indian maid Maria Elena Marques for selfish reasons and learns to love her and her people. (Dec.) /yy <F) AMERICAN IN PARIS , AN — M-G-M : Ex-G.I. Gene Kelly remains in Paris after the war and falls in love with pal Georges Guetary’s girl, Leslie Caron, in this gorgeous Technicolor musical. With Oscar Levant, Nina Foch. (Nov.) /i/ (F) ANGELS IN TLIE OUTFIELD — M-G-M : V charming fantasy in which tough baseball manager Paul Douglas inherits a guardian angel. With Janet Leigh, Keenan Wynn, Spring Byington. (Nov.) / (A) BANNERLIN E — M-G-M: The usual story nbout a cub-reporter whose daring and courage in•pire the townsfolk to wipe out a dangerous racketeer. With Keefe Brasselle, Sally Forrest. (Dec.) \/yy2 (F) BEHAVE YOURSELF— RKO: Shelley ‘Winters and Farley Granger co-star in this ridiculously funny mix-up about a missing dog, gangs of loodlums, murders galore and a nagging mother-ina\v. (Dec.) /(A) BIG NIGHT, THE — U.A.: A depressing Irama in which John Barrymore Jr. sets out to seek ; yengeance on the man responsible for the beating of iis father, Robert Preston. With Joan Lorring. (Jan.) (F) BLUE VEIL, THE— RKO: A tender I | pisodic story with Jane Wyman as a young widow : vho devotes her life to caring for other women’s hildren. With Charles Laughton, Don Taylor, Joan Rondell. Richard Carlson, Audrey Totter. (Dec.) F) CAVE OF OUTLAWS — U-I : A dull Western I n which ex-convict Macdonald Carey heads for the 'arlsbad Caverns to find gold hidden there years I iefore, and finds more glitter in Alexis Smith. (Dec.) /y (F) CLOSE TO MY HEART— Warners: leart-tugging drama in which Gene Tierney and (ay Milland face the complications of adopting a 1 bundling of unknown parentage. (Dec.) / y2 (A) COME FILL THE CUP — Warners: After psing both Phyllis Thaxter and his newspaper job ( y imbibing too much, James Cagney reforms and I ets out to put other alcoholics back on their feet. I With Gig Young, Raymond Massey. (Dec.) ; F) CROSS WIN DS — Paramount: An adventure lm with plenty of killings, double dealings, triple ichemings that has John Payne, Rhonda Fleming, 1 'orrest Tucker running around in circles. (Dec.) , /y (F) DARLING, HOW COULD YOU!— Paraj lount A cozy family type comedy in which Joan 1 ontaine and John Lund return after five years and re faced with some merry problems as they try to I ecome reacquainted with children Mona Freeman nd David Stollery. With Peter Hanson. (Nov.) 'y (F) DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL , > HE — 20th Century Fox: In this out-of-this:world Irama a messenger from Mars lands in Washington nd starts a series of exciting events. Michael Renie is the Martian. With Pat Neal. (Nov.) V (A) DECISION BEFORE DAWN — 20th i'entury-Fox: An unusual story about German prisoners of war who turned against Hitler to spy for le Allies. With Richard Basehart, Gary Merrill, Ians Christian Blech. (Dec.) V (A) DESERT FOX, THE — 20th Century| ox: James Mason portrays Rommel in this intersting biography with events covering the Field Marlal’s defeat in Africa, up to his liquidation by the fazis. With Jessica Tandy, Bill Regnolds. (Nov.) /yy (A) DETECT 1VE STORY — Paramount: A •rrific melodrama set in a midtown police station ith Kirk Douglas as a relentless detective whose :ck of leniency and understanding have a disastrous Ject on his marriage to Eleanor Parker. With Lee rant, William Bendix, Craig Hill, Cathy O’Donnell. 1 Dec.) v (F) DOUBLE DYNAMITE— RKO: There’s >ads of laughs when bank teller Frank Sinatra is [liven a fortune and is unable to explain. Jane RusL’ll and Groucho Marx are in on the fun. (Nov.) /y (F) FAMILY SECRET , THE— Columbia: John [j’erek accidentally kills his best friend and refuses » confess his crime — even when another man is reused of murder — in this serious melodrama. With ee J. Cobb, Jody Lawrance. (Jan.) V (F) FLYING LEATHERNECKS, THE— KO: An overlong and somewhat repetitious story if the Marine Air Corps during the siege of Guadaljinal. With John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Don Tay■r, Janis Carter. (Nov.) V' (A) FORCE OF ARMS — Warners: Realistic id tender love story in which William Holden and Nancy Olson meet and marry in war-torn Italy. With Frank Lovejoy. (Nov.) (F) GOLDEN' HORDE, THE— Universal : An-, other Arabian Nights type of fantasy with Ann Blyth as a princess who tries to rid her city of Genghis Khan’s blood-thirsty conquerors. David Farrar is around to help her. (Nov.) l/V. (A) HIS KIND OF WOMAN— RKO: Fastmoving drama with some comedy relief in which Bob Mite hum takes a mysterious assignment in Mexico and becomes involved with Jane Russell and murder. With Tim Holt, Vincent Price. (Nov.) yyVi (F) I WANT YOU — Goldwyn : A stirring and adult drama about the effects of present-day world on the lives and love of every-day people as enacted by Farley Granger, Peggy Dow, Dana Andrews, Dorothy McGuire. (Jan.) y (F) LADY FROM TEXAS, THE — U-I : Howard Duff prevents Josephine Hull from being declared insane by unscrupulous characters in this corny dull comedy. With Mona Freeman. (Nov.) ^ (A) LADY PAYS OFF, THE — U-I : Linda Darnell, who resents being loved for “the mother in her” meets gambler Stephen McNally whose feelings aren’t maternal, in this corny comedy. With Gigi Perreau. (Dec.) (F) LADY SAYS NO, THE — U.A. An antiquated comedy about what happens when prudish young authoress Joan Caulfield meets breezy photographer David Niven. Who cares? (Jan.) yyiA {A) LAVENDER HILL MOB, THE— RankU-I : There’s sheer delight in this unusual and hilarious British comedy about a meek bank employee, Alec Guinness, who steals the bank’s gold and tries to get it out of the country in a most unusual way. (Dec.) yy (F) LET’S MAKE IT LEGAL— 20th CenturyFox: On the day of her divorce from Macdonald Carey, grandmother Claudette Colbert starts being pursued by ex-beau Zach Scott, much to the annoyance of daughter, Barbara Bates, and Robert Wagner. A happy comedy. (Jan.) yy (F) LIGHT 'TOUCH, THE— M-G-M: Pier Angeli, a young artist, is lured into copying a stolen masterpiece by Stewart Granger, in this exciting but overlong drama. With George Sanders. (Jan.) (F) MEET DANNY WILSON— U-I: Frank Sinatra, Shelley Winters and Alex Nicol star in a gripping story of a brash singer who hits the bigtime . . . and the effect it has on his ego. (Jan.) ^ (F) MEET ME AFTER THE SHOW— 20th Century-Fox: A typical Grable musical with Betty suffering from amnesia and being wooed again by estranged husband Macdonald Carey. (Nov.) 1^1/ (A) MILLIONAIRE FOR CHRISTY, A— 20th Century-Fox: A gay comedy in which Eleanor Parker decided to marry Fred MacMurray sight unseen and proceeds in a mad and merry way to do it. With Richard Carlson. (Nov.) yy (F) MY FAVORITE SPY — Paramount: Burlesque clown Bob Hope is called upon to impersonate foreign agent, Bob Hope, and becomes involved with siren Hedy Lamarr and dangerous international spies in this breezy bit of slapstick. (Jan.) y/ (F) ON THE LOOSE — RKO-Filmakers : Neglected by her parents, Joan Evans makes some mistakes that almost lead her to suicide. With Melvyn Douglas, Lvnn Bari, Bob Arthur. (Nov.) yy2 (F) PAINTING THE CLOUDS WITH SUNSHINE— Warners: An outdated musical with Virginia Mayo, Lu9ille Norman, Virginia Gibson as three ambitious young entertainers who go to Las Vegas to snag a millionaire. Dennis Morgan, Gene Nelson and Tom Conway are the men. (Nov.) (A) PEOPLE WILL TALK— 20th CenturyFox: A strange comedy in which Cary Grant and Jeanne Crain fall in love and marry under some unusual circumstances. With Hume Cronyn. (Nov.) yy (F) RACKET , THE — RKO: Rough, tough, action film attempting to show links between politicians and criminals with Bob Mitchum as a fearless police officer out to get hoodlum Robert Ryan. With Liz Scott, Brett King, Robert Hutton. (Jan.) yy2 (A) RAGING TIDE, THE — U-I : Murderer Richard Conte takes refuge on fishing boat owned by Charles Bickford and Alex Nicol and proceeds to complicate everyone’s life in this rather trite story. Shelley Winters plays Dick’s girl; Stephen McNally, the detective on his trail. (Dec.) yyVi (F) RED BADGE OF COURAGE, THE— M-G-M: Audie Murphy is a frightened young farm boy who, thrown into battle, overcomes cowardice in this moving Civil War story. (Nov.) yy2 (F) REUNION IN RENO— U-I : A sentimental comedy-drama in which Gigi Perreau asks attorney Mark Stevens to secure her a divorce from parents Frances Dee, Leif Erickson. With Peggy Dow. (Dec.) yVz (F) SILVER CITY — Paramount: Fast-moving Western built around the search for silver and the romance between Edmond O'Brien and Yvonne De Carlo. With Barry Fitzgerald. (Jan.) V/ (F) SLAUGHTER TRAIL— RKO: A dull Western in which soldiers chase robbers and Indians chase soldiers to the constant accompaniment of distracting off-screen singing. With Brian Donlevy. Robert Hutton. (Jan.) (F) SON OF DR. JEKYLL, THE— Columbia : A lot of nonsense about events that occur when Louis Hayward tries to prove Papa was a great humanitarian instead of a murderous fiend. With Jody Lawrance. (Dec.) yy (F) STARLIFT — Warners: An all-star cast including Doris Day, Gene Nelson, Ruth Roman, Gordon MacRae, Virginia Mayo, Gary Cooper. Jane Wyman in a gay musical about the way the stars build morale of servicemen. Janice Rule and Ron Hagerthy carry the plot. (Jan.) yy2 (F) STRANGE DOOR. THE — U-I : A real chiller-diller in which Charles Laughton plans to marry niece Sally Forrest to scalawag Richard Stapley in order to avenge the marriage of his brother to the girl he loved years before. (Tan.) yy2 (A) STRIP, THE — M-G-M : Mickey Rooney becomes involved with racketeer James Craig, nightclub dancer Sally Forrest and a killing in this mild melodrama with a Sunset Boulevard setting. (Nov.) (F) SUBMARINE COMMAND— Paramount: Thrilling story of submarine warfare and of the men who live and die encased in steel beneath the sea. With Bill Holden, Don Taylor, Nancy Olson. (Dec.) yy2 (F) SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET— Columbia: Frankie Laine and Billy Daniels again co-star in a pleasant little musical. With Jerome Courtland, Terry Moore, Audrey Long. (Nov.) t/ (F) TALL' TARGET, THE — M-G:M : Detective Dick Powell prevents an assassination attempt on President Lincoln in fairly interesting story supposedly based on a chapter in American history. With Marshall Thompson, Paula Raymond. (Nov.) yi/2 (F) TANKS ARE COMING, THE— Warners: Steve Cochran ignores orders of superior officers Phil Carey, Robert Horton — through the push from France to Germany — as he rules his crew, Paul Picerni, Robert Boon, Eugene Baxter with an iron fist; tries to win the war single-handedly. With Mari Aldon. (Jan.) yx/ 2 (F) TEN TALL MEN — Columbia: Tongue in cheek French Foreign Legion adventure with Burt Lancaster as a tough sergeant who kidnaps princess Jody Lawrance and proceeds to lead the Arabs a merry chase over the burning sands of the Sahara. With Gilbert Roland. (Jan.) yy (F) TEXAS CARNIVAL— M-G-M: A riproaring musical with Red Skelton and Esther Williams as carnival performers who are taken for Texas tycoons by Howard Keel and Ann Miller. With Keenan Wynn. (Dec.) yy2 (A) TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY— Warners: Ex-convict Steve Cochran meets dime-adance girl Ruth Roman, becomes involved in a death which forces the couple to turn fugitive. (Nov.) yy (F) TOO YOUNG TO KISS— M-G-M : June Allyson poses as child prodigy in order to obtain an audition with concert manager Van Johnson — and the inevitable happens in this frothy comedy. With Gig Young. (Jan.) yy (F) TWO TICKETS TO BROADWAY— RKO: A happy talent-laden musical in which Tony Martin, Janet Leigh, Gloria DeHaven, Ann Miller, Barbara Lawrence, try — with the misguidance of Eddie Bracken — to crash T.V. (Jan.) yyy2 (F) WESTWARD THE WOMEN— M-G-M: Robert Taylor escorts Denise Darcel and 137 other women across the plains to a new life in California in this absorbing drama of pioneer days. With John Mclntire, Tube Bishop. (Jan.) yyy2 (F) WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE— Paramount: A fascinating science fiction epic in which forty-three people are chosen to escape in a rocket before the earth is destroyed by another planet. With Peter Hanson, Barbara Rush. (Dec.) yy2 (F) YOU CAN NEVER TELL— U-I : Confusing but fanciful little comedy in which Dick Powell plays a German Shepherd dog who comes back to earth to expose Charles Drake who is after Pegg}' Dow’s money. With Joyce Holden. (Nov.) Your Favorite Actor ly name My age \our Favorite Actress Mail to: Readers’ Poll Editor, c/o Photoplav. 205 East 42nd St., N. Y. 17, N. Y. P 21