Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1947)

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The safe-and-sure deodorant PRODUCT OF LEHN 4 FINK PRODUCTS CORPORATION FABULOUS SUZANNE — Republic: Cinderella goes to town in this romantic rigmarole, starring beauteous Barbara Britton and daddy-of-crooners Rudy Vallee. The banal situations provide a goodly helping of hokum with Richard Denning, Bill Henry, Veda Ann Borg and Otto Kruger. (Apr.) ✓ FARMER'S DAUGHTER, THE — RKO: This is the way democratic politics should work, with Joseph Cotten, Loretta Young and Ethel Barrymore running things. Loretta is the servant Katy in Cotten’s home and what she does to the electorate makes an amusing make-believe evening. (June) l /^FRAMED — Columbia: Glenn Ford gets picked up, then let down by beautiful schemer Janis Carter and wicked Barry Sullivan. Filled with Ford’s special brand of acting that will keep you tensed up for the evening, this has plenty of what it takes. (June) 1/ GUILT OF JANET AMES, T HE — Columbia : Rosalind Russell is a neurotic war widow who walks through misty backgrounds trying to find out why her husband gave up his life in the war. Melvyn Douglas plays her guide; Sid Cesar gives the proceedings a shot in the arm with a takeoff on “psychological” films. You may like it. (May) HELLDORADO — Republic: Roy Rogers, with the help of George “Gabby” Hayes and Dale Evans, goes after the black market boys and makes ’em cry “uncle!” It’s a colorful show what with a rodeo, a treasure hunt and a pioneer parade but the spotlight belongs to Rogers and Trigger. (Apr.) y’HIGH BARBAREE — M-G-M: A money-maker with two favorite blondes. Van Johnson and June Allyson, who start out as a little boy and girl dreaming about a fabulous mountain, High Barbaree. It takes lots of homey incidents in an Iowa town, the war and Thomas Mitchell to get the two on the right road to the heights. (June) I’LL BE YOURS — Universal: Frilly little story about singer Deanna Durbin’s trip to the Big City, where she gets all mixed up with — and mixes up — waiter Bill Bendix, roue Adolphe Menjou and Lawyer Tom Drake. Not bad, but hope for better. (Apr.) y' IMPERFECT LADY — Paramount: Teresa Wright’s past, especially her little mix-up with Anthony Quinn, interferes with husband Ray Milland’s career in Parliament. You’ll have a good evening’s entertainment. Virginia Field and Sir Cedric Hardwicke are good, too. (May) \/IT HAPPENED IN BROOKLYN— M-G-M: As perky goings-on in Brooklyn as you’d want with genial Frank Sinatra as the ex-veteran who meets up with music teacher Kathryn Grayson. Jimmy Durante steals the show in his best linguistic manner and Peter Lawford is the nice Englishman who sees America through Brooklyn eyes. (June) l /IT HAPPENED ON FIFTH AVENUE — Allied Artists: Unpretentious and highly amusing, this has Victor Moore as a tramp-philosopher who borrows tycoon Charlie Ruggles’s Fifth Avenue mansion every winter while Charlie’s away. Lots of furn-thetable comedy that makes for homey fun. (May) IT’S A JOKE, SON! — Eagle-Lion: Kenny Delmar is of course Senator Claghorn of radio fame. He runs for office in the Deep South, booms out his quips in great style. But even with Una Merkel and June Lockhart, it’s on the weak-sister side. (Apr.) JOHNNY O’CLOCK — Columbia: Dick Powell is the slick young Johnny who gets mixed up • in the gambling business; Evelyn Keyes is his girl. The plot is neat; the gangster business isn’t overdone; and it’s all woven together in a way that makes things hum. (May) \/\/LATE GEORGE APLEY, THE — 20th CenturyFox: Ronald Colman moves to Beacon Street in Boston and emerges unquestionably as the famous Marquand hero. He’s hidebound by tradition though daughter Peggy Cummins and son Richard Ney do their best to shake him out of it. Boston had better be ready to laugh at itself because the rest of the country will. (May) LOCKET , THE — RKO: Your eyes keep getting bigger and bigger watching what Laraine Day does. Robert Mitchum and Brian Aheme know all about her past, which has lots of events in it that no lady should even think of. A psychological thriller done up in style. (June) LOST HONEYMOON— Eagle-Lion: Franchot Tone gets pulled into a bad situation in a not-so-good film. He marries an English girl overseas while he has amnesia; and just when he’s ready to commit bigamy in America over comes Ann Richards with his twins. Tom Conway tries to help everybody out, but it’s a lost cause. (June) ^ MACOMBER AFFAIR, THE — Bogeaus-UA: Ernest Hemingway’s novel about a man, his wife and their hired hunter in deep Africa will give you plenty of turns. Joan Bennett is Mrs. Macomber; Robert Preston, Mr.-, Gregory Peck, the professional hunter. What happens out on the veldt will give you something to wonder about. (May) l /\/MY BROTHER TALKS TO HQRSES — M-G-M : A happy and personable picture about life in old Baltimore with Jackie Jenkins as the little guy who talks to horses. Peter Lawford as his brother and Spring Byington, Edward Arnold and Charlie Ruggles adding to the good-natured fun. (Apr.) 14