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(A) Another Part of the Forest (Universal-International )
IF you can stand the society of the avaricious and hateful Huhhards of Alabama, you’ll find their story genuinely absorbing. Except for Mrs. Hubhard, the characters are a wicked and worthless lot. As played by Florence Eldridge, she’s a gentle soul relegated to the background by her heartless husband, Fredric March, and her three children.
There’s Dan Duryea, a weakling; Edmond O’Brien, a schemer; and Ann Blyth, her father’s favorite. They dare not make a move without papa’s consent (the year is 1880) and he’s a Southerner but no gentleman, for all his cultured tastes. To their mother’s understandable distress, they are constantly plotting against each other. The boys are after the old man’s money while Ann seeks his approval of John Dali as a son-in-law. That young man, however, entertains other ideas.
Dona Drake is the dancer Dan wants to wed and Betsy Blair stands out as an impoverished aristocrat.
Your Reviewer Says; Intrigue with a Southern accent.
Sinister plotting: A wicked Southern family vividly portrayed by Edmond O’Brien, Dan Duryea, Ann Blyth and Fredric March
Who’s who: Love and confusion are all a tangle in this musical funfest starring Jack Carson and pretty newcomer Doris Day
Romance on the High Seas (Warners)
Dressed up in dazzling Technicolor and enlivened by tuneful numbers, this marital mix-up has detective Jack Carson shadowing Don DeFore’s wife, Janis Paige, supposedly off on a South American cruise. Actually, Janis fools her jealous hubby by staying home and hiring night club singer, Doris Day, to sail instead. Green-eyed Janis wants to catch Don in case he starts holding hands with his beautiful blonde secretary. Her little plan, however, backfires with amusing results.
Janis is a mighty attractive dish but it’s newcomer Doris Day who makes the most of a juicier role. Doris displays a genuine talent for comedy and knows how to hit those blue notes. Oscar Levant scores as her piano-playing, wise-cracking boy friend. Also involved in the musical monkeyshines are Avon Long, Sir Lancelot, The Samba King and The Page Cavanaugh Trio. S. Z. Sakall is thrown in for good measure.
Your Reviewer Says: A musical funfest.
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BY ELSA BRANDEN