Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1958)

pWp' EXCELLENT VERY GOOD /V GOOD ✓ FAIR A — ADULTS F — FAMILY NOW PLAYING For fuller reviews, see Photoplay for llie months indicated. For full reviews this month see contents page. V'/'/’'/ BIG COUNTRY, THE— U.A., Technirama, Technicolor: Gentle Gregory Peck, an Easterner out to claim the hand ol a tough rancher’s daughter (Carroll Baker), finds some fun among the fisticuffs. (F) September pw CERTAIN SMILE, A — 20th; CinemaScope, De Luxe Color: Another poison-portrait of a young French minx from the pen of Frun<;oise Sagan, made more palatable by Christine Carere; her unfortunate elders, Joan Fontaine, Rossano Brazzi. (A) September 'S'S'S'S GIGI — M-G-M; CinemaScope, Metrocolor: Lots of charm and gorgeous Parisian settings distinguish a fine musical. Demure teenager of 1900, Leslie Caron is groomed to he some rich man’s pet. Louis Jourdan wins her heart, but Maurice Chevalier steals the show. (A) June l/W GOD’S LITTLE ACRE— U.A.: Interesting study of a Deep South family, mixing pathos and rowdy humor, stars Robert Ryan as the father, neglecting his farm to seek buried gold. Aldo Ray is his unemployed sonin-law; Fay Spain, a daughter. (A) June i/i/p' HUNTERS, THE— 20th; CinemaScope, De Luxe Color: Fast air-action over Korea, as old-pro Robert Mitchum shows his softness (with lovely May Britt) and greenhorn Robert Wagner shows his hardness under fire. (F) September p'pV IMITATION GENERAL— M-G-M, CinemaScope: Glenn Ford and Red Buttons share the laughs in this hilarious poke at the Army set in post-war Normandy. Without a word of English, Taina Elg adds to the fun. (F) September '/'V'S INDISCREET — Warners, Technicolor: Gabby but funny romantic caper pairs Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman as partners in a mad London affair. Cary tells actress Ingrid he’s married, but his secret comes out. Her reaction is hilarious. (A) August V'V’V'V^ KEY, THE — Columbia, CinemaScope: Sultry Sophia Loren has William Holden, as a wartime rescue captain who inherits the key to her flat, later wonders if it was good or bad. The answer’s far from simple in this thoughtful, provocative tale. (A) September </'/'/ LIGHT IN THE FOREST. THE— Buena Vista, Technicolor: Refreshing story of youth in America of 1764. James MacArthur’s loyalties waver between bis white parents and the Indian tribe that stole and raised him. Carol Lynley is a pretty bond slave; Fess Parker, a friend. (F) August V'V'V'V MATCHMAKER. THE— Paramount, VistaVision: Shirley Booth, Tony Perkins and Shirley MacLaine prove that love can he a laughing matter in this bright farce about the adventures of a widow-turned-Cupid in the Yonkers of the Gay Eighties. (F) August V'V’V'V NAKED EARTH— 20th, CinemaScope: Hearty, witty adventure tale, set deep in Africa. Richard Todd, footloose Irishman, teams with voluptuous yet practical Juliette Greco in tobacco-farming, crocodile-hunting — and love. (A) August OLD MAN AND THE SEA, THE— Warners, Warnercolor: A super-AcademyAward job by Spencer Tracy and poetic camerawork combine to bring Hemingway’s prize novel of loneliness and manliness to rich fulfillment on the screen. (F) September pVP' PARISIENNE, LA— U.A., Technicolor: Flip French farce gives a generous view of sexy Brigitte Bardot. Suspecting bridegroom Henri Vidal of infidelity, she plays around with Charles Boyer, bored consort of a European queen. (A) August V'V'V' PROUD REBEL, THE— Buena Vista, Technicolor: Alan and David Ladd make an appealing onscreen father-son team, fighting hatred in post-Civil War Illinois. (F) July /VP' ROCK-A-BYE BABY— Paramount ; VistaVision, Technicolor: Three bawling babies and two luscious babes (Marilyn Maxwell, Connie Stevens) tangle with Jerry Lewis, as a glorified babysitter, out to do a good turn to bis childhood crush. Results, irresistible; gags, sophisticated. (A) September V'V^V^V' VERTIGO — Paramount; VistaVision, Technicolor: Hitchcock’s master hand sends chills down your spine again with a new weirdy, chock-full of phobias, mysticism and reincarnation. James Stewart is fine as a neurotic dick with a case on two-faced Kim Novak. (F) August PVV VIKINGS, THE— U.A.; Technirama, Technicolor: Roaring, gory yarn of those okllime sea raiders. Slave Tony Curtis loves princess Janet Leigh, who is captured by Kirk Douglas, son of Viking ruler Ernest Borgnine. Eye-filling spectacle. (F) August pV/' VOICE IN THE MIRROR— U-I, CinemaScope: Richard Egan makes the most of his first crack at a dynamic role, as an alcoholic artist who forges his own salvation, despite misguided efforts by his wife (Julie London) and doctor (Walter Matthau). A sobering case study in a low key. (A) September pV)/ YOUNG LAND, THE— Buena Vista, Technicolor: In a forceful western, sheriff Pat Wayne romances Yvonne Craig and tries to keep killer Dennis Hopper from escaping — or being lynched. (F) August it’s crystalclear! clearly unlike any shampoo you’ve ever seen before! White Rain is new, pure, that’s why it rinses twice as clean as any other leading shampoo. No hard-to-rinse oils. No artificial color. Nothing but rich, crystal-clear, liquid White Rain . . . to leave your hair gloriously clean . . . freshly laced with sunshine. THE FIRST AND ONLY CRYSTAL-CLEAR Famous White Rain lotion shampoo, creamy-rich, extra-gentle.