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GO OUT TO A MOVIE
by JANET GRAVES
THE CARETAKERS
U.A. ; Producer-Director, Hall Bartlett (Adult)
who’s in it? Robert Stack, Polly Bergen, Joan Crawford. Robert Vaughn. what’s it about? The new head of a mental hospital insists on progressive methods, in spite of opposition. what’s the verdict? If you enjoy TV’s assorted medical shows, you'll probably be satisfied with this highly colored story of emotional illness and its treatment. though it’s hardly reassuring to anyone in contact with the real thing. Players — patients and staff alike — act away like mad from beginning to end.
GONE ARE THE DAYS!
Hammer Brothers; ProducerDirector, Nicholas Webster (Family)
who’s in it? Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, Alan Alda. Sorrell Booke, Beah Richards. what’s it about? Wishing to start a church, an ingenious Southern Negro schemes for money to buy the property. what’s the verdict? While it’s too obviously based on a stage play (“Purlie Victorious”), the lines and the acting supply the vitality that the technique lacks. Wildly funny and seemingly fanciful. it makes humor a sharp weapon. Ruby’s a delight to eye and ear, overplaying her accent till each word sings.
WIVES AND LOVERS
Paramount; Director, John Rich; Producer, Hal Wallis (Adult)
who’s in it? Shelley Winters, Janet Leigh, Van Johnson, Martha Hyer. what’s it about? A writer’s first hit starts a marital war, as his head swells and his neglected wife rebels. what’s the verdict? At its start and finish, this domestic comedy leans too much to gabbing and just plain hollering. But sequences in between are well worth the admission price in hilarity, thanks to bright lines and Shelley’s still brighter acting. Slimmed down and dressed up, she’s a prime picture-thief.
THE CONDEMNED OF ALTONA
20th; CinemaScope; Director, Vittorio de Sica; Producer, Carlo Ponti (Adult)
who’s in it? Sophia Loren. Maximilian Schell. Fredric March, Robert Wagner. what’s it about? Marrying into a rich German family, an Italian girl uncovers a living relic of the Nazi past. what’s the verdict? With its arresting theme and powerful cast, it grips the attention — and then lets I he grip slowly loosen, while all the life is talk-talktalked out of a fantastic story. March and Schell come off best; poor Sophia has to play author’s mouthpiece too often: Wagner’s ’way beyond his depth.
RAMPAGE
Warners; Technicolor; Director, Phil Karlson; Producer, William Fadiman (Adult)
who's in it? Robert Mitchum, Jack Hawkins, Elsa Martinelli, Sabu. what’s it about? In the Malay jungle, a zoo trapper’s quest is complicated by a trigger-happy hunter and a girl. what’s the verdict? Take it as adventure, with lush scenery and graceful beasts. Take it as romance, a triangle of interesting personalities. But never mind the vague symbolism. And don’t get nervous — remember, movie animals have always been fine judges of character. good or bad. (Continued on page 14)
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