Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1945)

real one. Here they meet Bela Lugosi, a scientist (scientists the world over could sue, you know), and with the aid of a monkey and some serum, the boys return and turn Leonard into a zombie and here’s where we wash our hands of the whole sticky business. If you want to stay around, okay, but we’re leaving and taking Ann Jeffreys and Frank Jenks with us. They have no right to be left in a mess like this. Your Reviewer Says: We’ve gone— so goodbye. ^ Patrick The Great (Universal) Donald O’CONNOR, now in the service of Uncle Sam, left behind him one of his best pictiures and one of his very best performances in “Patrick The Great.” The story, the old show business one, has a cozy humorous reality about it that definitely lifts O’Connor and his team mate Peggy Ryan out of the jive kid group into a newer but never burdensome maturity in performance. The cast may have more than a little to do with the €■» joy ableness of the story. Donald Cook as Don’s father couldn’t be better, and lovely Frances Dee as the girl who loves him is of course just right — and so beautiful besides. Eve Arden gives a needed crispness to the tale in her role as Miss Dee’s secretary. Thomas Gomez who someday may get a role equal to his abilities almost achieves it in this one. The idea of a son feigning indifference to a stage role he really wants because his dad too has set his heart on it, is good to begin with. The idea of the son hoping to win the woman who loves his dad is good too, qnd Don goes to town on both scores. The music is frolicky and Peggy, still a paprika kid, along with Donald, makes the most of every single note of it. Your Reviewer Says: Very nice for summer weather. Those Endearing Young Charms ( RKO ) I ET’S be frank, shall we, and admit this *” is a bit on the silly side. The dialogue hovers between funny and stuffy with the plot hanging somewhere in the middle. In fact, it begins more or less as a comedy and ends up somewhere on the serious side. For one thing, we didn’t believe Robert Young such an avaricious wolf as pictured. And the puritanical stuffiness impKjsed on Laraine Day by the story and direction left us bored and stunned in turn. Where does a girl get off imagining just because she falls in love with a guy after one date he should reciprocate? It doesn’t always work that way, sister. Anyway, Laraine gets all in a huff when Yoimg admits he doesn’t love her (you’d think the guy had committed a crime) and of course when he discovers he really does. Day refuses to have any part of him. Ann Harding seems an antiquated mother for this day and age. Marc Cramer as Robert’s pal registered pleasantly, but Bill Williams, as Laraine’s other suitor, didn’t quite measure up to expectations. Anne Jeffreys, Glenn Vernon and Norma Varden go round for a tv/irl on the strangest movie sojourn we ever took. We aren’t sure whether to say nuts or hurrah — it’s that kind of a picture. Your Reviewer Says: Now don’t get us wrong — you may love it. ^ Flame Of Barbary Coast (Republic) I F San Francisco never spoke to Holly* wood again after all these Barbaric Barbary Coast epics, we wouldn’t blame it. And while this isn’t the worst of its kind we’ve seen (due to its good cast) we hope it’s the “last for a good long time. John Wayne is the big two-fisted hero this time, and Ann Dvorak (long time no see) the girl. Joseph Schildkraut is a smoothie of a heavy but good old horrible Marc Lawrence, just as trigger gay as ever, hasn’t enough to do. We do so love to see Marc go mad with a gun. The great earthquake or “fire” shall we say, is very well done. Fact is, it well nigh steals the show. William Frawley, Virginia Grey, Russell Hicks and Butterfly McQueen go back to the good old days with other members of the cast. And they can have them, too. 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