Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1957)

LET'S TO THE MOVIES WITH JANET GRAVES VVy'S EXCELLENT VERY COOD COOD ^ FAIR In a furious showdown, Joanne tells husband Cameron that she’ll go out alone, and his desperation leads to horror BEST ACTING: CAMERON MITCHELL, JOANNE WOODWARD P /Vo Down Payment 20th, cinemascope V'V'VV' Fresh backgrounds are the theme of the film month. Featuring talented young players, this outspoken drama looks through the picture windows of model ranch houses to see what underlies a supposed idyl of married life. Newcomer Jeffrey Hunter and his over-ambitious wife, Patricia Owens, soon get to know the neighbor couples. Sheree North and Tony Randall quarrel over Tony’s wild dreams of quick money. Barbara Rush and Pat Hingle, well-balanced, differ over questions of civic responsibility. The most powerful scenes focus on Cameron Mitchell and Joanne Woodward. Apparently genial, Cam is a brute — yet pathetically unsure. Flamboyant in manner, equally insecure, Joanne sorrows over an yarly tragedy in their life together. adult Off duty, Doris aims singing gibes at beloved enemy John Raitt The Pajama Game warners, warnercolor V'V'V'V' Full of life and laughter, this hearty Doris Day musical bounces out of the tune-film rut, far from the glittering environs of show business or luxurious society. Its locale is, of all places, a pajama factory in the Midwest. Here Doris and her pals stitch away, happy but for the fact that they want a raise and stubborn boss Ralph Dunn won’t give it to them. When John Raitt is brought in as new superintendent, he’s eager to make good; but he has a union fight on his hands. John and Doris are attracted to each other, though she warns him that they’re fated to become a Romeo and Juliet in this industrial feud, because she speaks for the union. Carol Haney does a neat comedy job, teamed with Eddie Foy, Jr., a fellow factory worker. family 20