Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1955)

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Detective Cornel Wilde smashes Richard Conte’s gang. (A) June pW CELL 2455, DEATH ROW— Columbia: Coolly detached, fact-based story of a youthful criminal. William Campbell’s fine as the delinquent who becomes an incorrigible. (A) June k^pV CHIEF CRAZY HORSE— U-I; CinemaScope, Technicolor: Victor Mature’s the great Sioux warrior; Suzan Ball, his wife. The story’s substance and Dakota’s weirdly beautiful Black Hills counterbalance routine handling. (F) April pW DADDY LONG LEGS— 20th; CinemaScope, De Luxe Color: Magical musical romance. Millionaire Fred Astaire’s the unknown benefactor who puts French orphan Leslie Caron through college in the U. S. (F) July VVW EAST OF EDEN — Warners; CinemaScope, WarnerColor: Brilliant drama, charged with emotion. Moody, youthful James Dean hungers for the love of his father (Raymond Massey), covets his brother’s sweetheart (Julie Harris). (A) May V'V'V END OF THE AFFAIR, THE— Columbia: Thoughtful movie set in wartime London. Deborah Kerr’s illicit, unhappy romance with Van Johnson leads her to examine her beliefs. (A) June pW ETERNAL SEA, THE— Republic: Simply told saga of real-life heroism. Admiral Sterling Hayden, crippled in World War II, demands active duty. Alexis Smith is his wife. (F) July pV 5 AGAINST THE HOUSE— Columbia: In a tense but implausible story, three college students plot a gambling-house holdup, drawing Guy Madison, Kim Novak into the scheme. (F) July p'W GLASS SLIPPER, THE— M-G-M, Eastman Color: Charming musical version of the Cinderella story, with Leslie Caron as the slavey, Michael Wilding as her prince. (F) May p'p'' JUMP INTO HELL — Warners: Well-intended but not too forceful tribute to Dienbienphu’s defenders. Jack Sernas, Kurt Kasznar are Frenchmen fighting in Indochina. (F) June VW LIFE IN THE BALANCE, A— 20th: Distinctive suspense movie, filmed in Mexico. Ricardo Montalban, unemployed musician, fights a murder charge, romances Anne Bancroft. (F) May p'V' LOOTERS, THE — U-I: After a mountain plane crash, survivors and rescuers (including Rory Calhoun, Julie Adams) brawl over cash in the cargo. Not always believable. (F) June VVW LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME— M-G-M; CinemaScope, Eastman Color: Unusual music drama casts Doris Day as Ruth Etting, singer of the Twenties. James Cagney’s first-rate as a racketeer who backs her, wants her love. Cameron Mitchell also loves her. (A) July PW MAN CALLED PETER, A— 20th; Cinem; Scope, De Luxe Color: Affecting inspirations drama. Richard Todd is magnificent as a Scottisl born minister who attains fame in the U. S. Jea Peters is sympathetic as his wife. (F) Jun p'pV MAN WITHOUT A STAR— U-I, Techn color: Lusty Western. Drifter Kirk Douglas an protege William Campbell get embroiled in rancl er Jeanne Crain’s battle to rule the range. (F) Ma VVW MARTY — -U.A.: Wonderfully warm, fut ny and sympathetic big-city love story. A lonesom bachelor (Ernest Borgnine) and a drab schoo teacher (Betsy Blair) find each other — but famil problems come up. (F) Ma VVW MOONFLEET — M-G-M; CinemaScopi Technicolor: Richly colorful adventure yarn < 18th century England. Little Jon Whiteley adopi gentleman smuggler Stewart Granger as a guari ian. With Viveca Lindfors. (F) Jul p'V'PRIZE OF GOLD, A — Columbia, Technicolor Vague suspense film, shot in Germany. GI Richar Widmark, for Mai Zetterling’s sake, tries to ste: a shipment of gold bullion. (F) Jul k/pV PRODIGAL, THE— M-G-M; CinemaScop Eastman Color: Spectacular melodrama of anciei times. As the Prodigal Son, Edmund Purdom fo sakes sweetheart Audrey Dalton, is led to ruin t pagan priestess Lana Turner. (A) Jur k^pV PURPLE PLAIN, THE— Rank, U.A.; Ted nicolor: Action, gentle romance, vivid war scent combine in a story set in Burma, but shot i Ceylon. Gregory Peck, neurotic RAF flyer, fim healing in a Burmese girl’s love. (F) Februai VW RUN FOR COVER — Paramount; Vist Vision, Technicolor: Engaging horse opera aboi the results of a near-lynching. James Cagney’s i old hand; John Derek, a bitter youngster. (F) M; VV SEVEN ANGRY MEN— A.A.: Powerful ide unimaginatively presented. Raymond Massey pla John Brown, trying to end slavery by force, wii the aid of son Jeffrey Hunter. (F) Jui P'PV STRANGE LADY IN TOWN— Warner CinemaScope, WarnerColor: Nice offbeat Wei ern. Rival doctors Greer Garson and Dana A drews compete vigorously in a frontier town, the finish face danger together. (F) Ju I/IPV STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND— Pai mount; VistaVision, Technicolor: Imposing p ture of our air defenses, with Jimmy Stewart as pilot, June Allyson as the waiting wife. (F) Ju p'pV THIS ISLAND EARTH— U-I, Technicolo Visually exciting science-fiction. Jeff Morrow lea lofty-browed aliens who draft Earth scientists interplanetary war. (F) Jn kPW TIGHT SPOT— Columbia: Neat, brig crime film. Attorney Edward G. Robinson, deti tive Brian Keith try to persuade Ginger Rogers testify against a vengeful gang boss. (F) Ju k^pV TO PARIS WITH LOVE— Rank, Techi color: Airy farce with lovely locales. Dignifi Alec Guinness and son Vernon Gray try to arran Paris romances for each other. (A) Ju VW VIOLENT SATURDAY— 20th; Cinen Scope, De Luxe Color: Taut thriller. A we planned bank robbery affects modern mining-to’ citizens, including Victor Mature. (A) Jt 12