Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1957)

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Tampax Incorporated, Palmer, Mass. Invented by a doctor — now used by millions of womer. For fuller reviews, see Photoplay for the month / l/ ABANDON SHIP! — Columbia: Arresting idea, not loo adroitly handled. After a shipwreck. Ty Power commands an overloaded lifeboat, must decide which people may stay aboard. Mai Zetterling's a nurse in love with Ty. (F) June V'V'V'V' AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS— U. A.; Todd-AO, Eastman Color: Colossal! Yet it’s light and entrancing. Stuffy Britisher David Niven does the globe-circling jaunt on a bet in 1872, with Mexico’s great Cantinflas as his valet, big stars in bit parts. (F) January \/V'V' BEAU JAMES — Paramount; Vista-Vision, Technicolor: Bob Hope's both funny and convincing as Jimmy Walker, good-time New York mayor of the twenties. Alexis Smith's his wife; Vera Miles, his girlfriend. (A) July ^|/ BUSTER KEATON STORY, THE— Paramount. VistaVision: Old-time Hollywood returns to life, with Donald O'Connor neatly portraying the dead-pan comic. Ann Blyth loves him. but he thinks lie loves Rhonda Fleming. (Ft July /V COUNTERFEIT PLAN. THE— Warners: British-made crime thriller. Killer Zacli Scott forces engraver Mervyn Johns to turn counterfeiter. Peggy Castle’s also held captive. (F) June i/kVl/ DESIGNING WOMAN— M-G-M: CinemaScope. Metrocolor: Lively marital farce teams Gregory Peck and Lauren Bacall as a sports writer and a fashion designer, battling problems that include a gangster. Another Woman. (Ft May k^k^k^k^ DESK SET — 20th: CinemaScope, DeLuxe Color: Crackling comedy of office life, with smart teamwork by Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. Romance blooms while she defends her job against his efficiency-experting. (FI July yyv’ DRAGOON WELLS MASSACRE— A. A.: Satisfying Western. A chance-met group besieged by Indians includes officer Dennis O'Keefe, adventurer Barry Sullivan, spoiled Mona Freeman, gallant Katy Jurado. (F) June i/kW FEAR STRIKES OUT— Paramount: Tony Perkins does a first-rate job as baseball player Jim Piersall, driven toward breakdown by his over-ambitious father. Karl Malden. Norma Moore is sympathetic as Tony's wife. (F) May kV GARMENT JUNGLE. THE— Columbia: Over-simplified melodrama. Kerwin Mathews, with Gia Scala's help, fights racketeers preying on pop Lee Cobb’s clothing firm. (A) July GUNFIGHT AT THE O.K. CORRAL— Wallis, Paramount: VistaVision, Technicolor: Handsome frontier drama. Marshal Burt Lancaster tries to draft gambler Kirk Douglas to help smash an outlaw gang. Rhonda Fleming, Jo Van Fleet are their sweethearts. (F) June k'kVk' HAPPY ROAD, THE— M-G-M: Honey of a movie, combining heart and hilarity. American widower Gene Kelly and French divorcee Barbara Laage trail their runaway children across France. Both small kids are charmers. (F) April /Vk' LITTLE HUT. THE— M-G-M. Eastman Color: Mild farce strands pompous Stewart Granger, wife Ava Gardner and her admirer, | David Niven, on a tropic island. (A) June indicated. For reviews this month see contents page. l//" MAN AFRAID — U-I: Modest but effective suspense story. Minister George Nader, defending wife Phyllis Thaxter, kills a young burglar and is pursued by vengeance threats. (F) July l/l/l/ MONTE CARLO STORY, THE— U.A.: Technirama, Technicolor: Light-hearted and luxurious. Gamblers and fortune-hunters both, Marlene Dietrich and Vittorio De Sica go after a rich American family on the Riviera. (F) July 1//V REACH FOR THE SKY— Rank: Forthright saga of courage. Kenneth More ably takes the real-life role of airman Douglas Bader, who fought and flew on after losing both legs. Muriel Pavlow is his loyal love. (F) July V'V'V'V' SAINT JOAN — U.A.: Fine version of Shaw's noble and witty tribute to Joan of Arc, played with deep sincerity by young Jean Seberg. Richard Widmark is the weakling Dauphin; Richard Todd, a gallant soldier. (F) July l/kV SHOOT-OUT AT MEDICINE BEND— Warners: Agreeable Randolph Scott item. To get crooked James Craig, Randy and two fellow Civil War vets pose as peaceable Quakers. (F) June /Vl/ SOMETHING OF VALUE— M-G-M: Vigorous, violent close-up of conflict in Africa, shot there. Boyhood friends. Rock Hudson and Sidney Poitier become enemies when the Negro turns Man Man. Dana Wynter is Rock’s wife. ( A) July V'V'V'V SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS, THE— Warners; CinemaScope, Warnercolor: True story of great adventure. As young Lindbergh, Jimmy Stewart dares transatlantic flight in 1927. (F) May 1/1/ STRANGE ONE, THE— Columbia: Youthful Ben Gazzara does a striking debut as a bully in an overdrawn drama of a southern military school. George Peppard's a likable cadet. (A) May k^l/ TARZAN AND THE LOST SAFARI— M-G-M. Technicolor: African locales add interest as jungle-wise Gordon Scott aids plane-wreck survivors, Betta St. John among them. (FI June V'V'V'V' TEN COMMANDMENTS. THE— Paramount: VistaVision. Technicolor: Overwhelming DeMille epic of Biblical times, forcefully acted by Charlton Heston as Moses, Ytil Brynner as Pharaoh. many other stars. (F) January 1/j/l/l/ THIS COULD BE THE NIGHT— M-G-M. CinemaScope: Fresh, sly romantic comedy casts Jean Simmons as a prim teacher hired as a secretary by night-club owner Paul Douglas. Anthony Franciosa scores; so do dancer Neile Adams, singer Julie Wilson. (A) June kV/V 12 ANGRY MEN — U.A.: Tense, intelligent jury-room drama. Henry Fonda maneuvers prejudiced fellow jurors into serious judgment on a boy’s trial for murder. (F) June kV UNTAMED YOUTH— Warners: Odd melodrama set on a sort of prison farm, brutally run. Lori Nelson and rock 'n’ rolling Mamie Van Doren are befriended by Don Burnett. (A) June s/V'V'V' YOUNG STRANGER, THE— U-I: Teenager James MacArthur scores in a thoughtful study of family relationships. Kim Hunter's bis mother; James Daly, his movie-producer dad, who fails the boy in a crisis. (F) March