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^ (F) Spirit of West Point (Film Classics)
THAT great American sport, football, is in the foreground here with that great American institution, West Point, serving as background. The leading players are the “touchdown twins” themselves: “Doc” Blanchard and Glenn Davis. Surprisingly enough, these giants of the gridiron make acceptable actors; especially Blanchard who, with his powerful build, ingratiating manner, soft Southern accent, seems at ease before the camera. However, it isn’t acting prowess that counts, but the All Americans’ sensational performances on the field. And when fame overtakes Blanchard and Davis, they must decide whether to switch to professional football with its financial advantages, or stick to Army careers.
You’ll get your fill of football, as played by experts, including the exciting Army-Navy game of 1944 with sportcasters Bill Stern and Harry Wismer giving a play-by-play description of the scrimmage. You’ll also get a glimpse of the grind — physical and mental — that’s part of the training of every would-be officer at the Academy.
It all adds up to a picture which for football fans is at once thrilling, compelling, entertaining.
Your Reviewer Says: A field day for football fans.
Touchdown : Glenn Davis, “Doc” Blanchard, Lee Bennett in “Spirit of West Point”
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^ (F) Ride the Pink Horse (UniversalInternational )
SEEMS Robert Montgomery — the kind of guy your big sister dreamed of dating — is competing with Bogart these days, in portraying hard-boiled characters. He played a disillusioned detective in “Lady in the Lake.” Again in the dual capacity of actor-director, he’s a tight-lipped gent who learns that revenge isn’t always sweet.
It’s primarily revenge for the murder of a pal by big-shot crook Fred Clark — and a bit of blackmailing on the side— that bring Montgomery to a little town in New Mexico. There he runs into a government detective Art Smith, also seeking to get the goods on the gangster, and the latter’s girl, Andrea King, a double-dealing doll as dangerous as she’s deceitful. By way of contrast Wanda Hendrix plays an enigmatic young Indian maid, wise beyond her years, who stubbornly sticks to Bob through thick and thin. Another who proves a friend in need is the owner of the town’s merry-go-round, Thomas Gomez, himself merry and round.
One and all perform their parts adroitly against the colorful background of a fiesta.
Your Reviewer Says: Hard-hitting gangster film.
Race for vengeance: Bob Montgomery, Wanda Hendrix in “Ride the Pink Horse”
Best Performances See Page 27. For Brief Reviews of Current Pictures See Page 29.
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