Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1950)

Brief Reviews Have you seen the new “channel” winners, girls? I’m talking about JOAN LANSING the television channel program winners you see on American Broadcasting Company Television Network shows . . . winners by a mile for great class and style. Just take a good look at the line-up of shows “in the swim” these nights on ABC-TV. The famous LONE RANGER rides into view as he and Silver, along with Tonto, fight for right and justice . . . and head into the hills for General Mills. THE LONE RANGER comes to a full STOP! as handsome BERT PARKS issues the call to STOP THE MUSIC! Now you can see this radio “sweetheart” on TV . . . and is he cute! BERT bounces along in a full hour of fun for everyone who tries to STOP THE MUSIC! Old Gold and Admiral are the sponsors. Business is booming at HOLIDAY HOTEL, so check in for a fine time at this* happy hostelry. DON AMECHE, the movie favorite, is the genial, general manager . . . with the entertainment-key to TV pleasure. Packard sponsors this ABC treat that’s ridin’ high with every girl and guy. You might find this same guy and girl still a-whirl for BLIND DATE. ARLENE FRANCIS femcees this wit-and-woo show that’s timed to perfect televiewing. Timed by Gruen, of course. ABC-TV channel activities get into terrific action with I COVER TIMES SQUARE. Follow newspaper ace, JOHNNY WARREN, as he covers the beat of these famous streets. There’s dynamite in the air ... as you watch I COVER TIMES SQUARE. Appropriately sponsored by Airwick. You’ll see more high-tension TV on ABC’s ROLLER DERBY ... a fastpaced, high-speed program that gives you lightning looks at the sport that’s sweeping the nation. It’s quite lady-like, too, to cool off with Blatz Beer while you watch the torrid whizzing! The great pig-skin pro, RED GRANGE, takes over your local ABC-TV Channel with his outstanding PREDICTIONS for football games from coast-to-coast. Florsheim Shoes “foots” the bill. You can see most of these programs on your local American Broadcasting Company Network Television Channel on Thursdays. However, there is some variation in many cities ... so please BE SURE to check your local newspapers’ television logs for exact day and time. 'tbon Loosing Advertisement yy2 (F) ABBOTT AND COSTELLO IN THE FOREIGN LEGION — LT-I : Bud and Lou, a couple of Brooklyn wrestling promoters, are railroaded into joining the French Foreign Legion. Fun if you like the zany comics. (Oct.) (F) BLACK ROSE, THE— 20th CenturyFox : Spectacular is the word for this historical epic, which takes Tyrone Power from a not-so-merrie England to the palaces of far off Cathay. Cecile Aubry is The Black Rose, Orson Welles a mighty Mongolian general. (Nov.) yyl/i (A) BREAKING POINT, THE— Warners: John Garfield is a bitter vet who rents his cruiser for fishing parties and gets involved with gamblers and siren Pat Neal. Phyllis Thaxter is superb as his wife in this rugged screen fare. (Nov.) yy (F) CONVICTED — Columbia: Better than usual prison story with Glenn Ford as the inmate — serving time for murder, Broderick Crawford as the D.A. who sent him up. With Dorothy Malone, Millard Mitchell. (Oct.) yy (F) COPPER CANYON — Paramount: Confusing but colorful post Civil War story laid in the copper-rich West. Hedy Lamarr, Ray Milland supply the romance; Macdonald Carey, the villainy With Mona Freeman, Harry Carey Jr. (Nov.) yy (A) CRISIS — M-G-M: In this grim drama, Cary Grant is kidnapped to perform a brain operation on Fascist dictator Jose Ferrer and is torn between his duty to his profession and to his wife Paula Raymond, held hostage by revolutionist Gilbert Roland, to be killed if Ferrer survives. (Sept.) y y (F) DARK CITY — Wallis-Paramount: Gamblers Charlton Heston, Jack Webb, Ed Begley are marked for murder by maniac brother of suicide Don DeFore whom they took for $5,000 in a crooked card game. Heston registers in his film debut. With Lizabeth Scott, Viveca Lindfors. (Nov.) 1/W (F) DESTINATION MOON— Pal-Eagle -Lion: A journey filled with out-of-this-world adventures takes John Archer. Warner Anderson, Dick Wesson and Tom Powers into space. (Sept.) yy (F) DUCHESS OF IDAHO— M-G-M: A gay Technicolor musical concerning the romantic mix-ups of Esther Williams, Paula Raymond, Van Johnson, John Lund. Plenty of stunning Sun Valley scenery and Esther’s aquatics to entertain. (Sept.) ✓✓ (A) EDGE OF DOOM — Goldwyn-RKO : A grim melodrama with Farley Granger as an emotional boy who kills an old priest. Dana Andrews, a young priest, tries to help Farley. With Joan Evans, Mala Powers, Adele Jergens. (Nov.) yy ( F) EYE WITNESS — Coronado-Eagle Lion: New York lawyer Robert Montgomery goes to England to defend a former war buddy unjustly accused of murder in this interesting but easy-going Britishmade drama. (Oct.) yy (F) FANCY PANTS — Paramount: This is strictly slapstick as Bob Hope goes West to be butler to nouveau riche Lucille Ball and gets mistaken for an English earl by gun-toting Bruce Cabot. (Oct.) yy (F) FI REBALL, THE — Thor-20th CenturyFox: A fast-moving story of the skating game with Mickey Rooney as a brash rink star who, struck by polio at the height of his career, finally learns humility With Pat O’Brien, Beverly Tyler, Marilyn Monroe. (Nov.) yyy (F) FLAME AND THE ARROW, THE— NormaWarners : Burt Lancaster leaps, jumps and flies through the air in the grand manner of Douglas Fairbanks to make this Technicolor tale of the dashing adventurer and the noble lady (Virginia Mayo) first-class entertainment. (Sept.) yy (A) GLASS MENAGERIE, THE — Warners: Gertrude Lawrence makes her Hollywood debut in poignant story of a mother’s frustrated efforts to find a husband for crippled daughter Jane Wyman. Arthur Kennedy is magnificent as her dreamer son. Kirk Douglas plays “the gentleman caller.” (Oct.) yy2 (F) GOOD HUMOR MAN, THE — Columbia : Slapstick cops-and-robbers comedy with Jack Carson as an ice-cream salesman who gets into a jam. With Lola Albright, Jean Wallace. (Sept.) 1^1/ (F) GREAT JEWEL ROBBER, THE — Warners: Authentic case history with David Brian as a jewel thief. Marjorie Reynolds, Claudia Barrett, Jacqueline de Wit are gals he done wrong. (Sept.) yy (F) HIGH LONESOME (LeMay-TempletonEagle Lion) An off-beat Western with John Barrymore Jr. as a youth unjustly accused of murder. With Lois Butler, John Archer. (Nov.) yy (F) IT’S A SMALL WO RLD— Castle-Eagle Lion: An intelligent treatment of the midget problem which has Paul Dale mixed up with crooks Lorraine Miller and Steve Brodie. (Sept.) yyy2 (F) king Solomon’s mines— m-g-m: A fabulous adventure story with Stewart Granger as a guide who leads Deborah Kerr and Richard Carlson through the wilds of darkest Africa. Vivid animal sequences are worth the admission. (Oct.) yy (A) KISS TOMORROW GOODBYE— G agneyWarners: Rough, tough gangster yarn about stick-up man Jimmy Cagney whose yen for both Barbara Payton and Helena Carter causes him more trouble than the police. With Luther Adler, Steve Brodie, Ward Bond. (Oct.) (F) LADY WITHOUT PASSPORT, A— M-G-M: Immigration inspector John Hodiak is torn between love and duty when he falls for Hedy Lamarr, who’s trying to enter the U. S. illegally with the help of smuggler, George Macready. (Oct.) yy (F) LET’S DANCE — Paramount: This somewhat plot-heavy musical has Betty Hutton and son as fugitives from stuffy Boston grandmother-in-law, Lucile Watson. Betty meets former U.S.O. dance partner Fred Astaire and becomes a night-club star. With Ruth Warrick, Shepperd Strudwick. (Nov.) yVz (A) LIFE OF HER OWN, A — M-G-M: A romantic drama concerning the rise of model Lana Turner and her emotional problems when she gets entangled with Ray Milland. Margaret Phillips is excellent as Ray’s crippled wife, Tom Ewell, Jean Hagen, Barry Sullivan fine in lesser roles. (Nov.) yy ( F) MILKMAN , THE — U-I : A Grade A comedy starring Donald O’Connor and Jimmy Durante as dairy deliverers who meet up with Piper Laurie, Joyce Holden and some bad men too. (Nov.) yyy (F) MISTER 880 — 20th Century-Fox: A heart-warming comedy in which counterfeiter Edmund Gwenn drives Secret Service agent Burt Lancaster and the Treasury Department to distraction. Dorothy McGuire’s the love interest. (Nov.) (F) MY BLUE HEAVEN— 20th CenturyFox: A modern musical starring Betty Grable and Dan Dailey as a famous TV team who try to adopt a baby. With David Wayne, Jane Wyatt. (Nov.) yy (A) NO WAY OUT — 20th CenturyFox: When hate-ridden Richard Widmark’s brother dies after treatment by negro intern Sidney Poitier, Dick en lists sister-in-law Linda Darnell's help to incite race riot. An explosive anti-prejudice film. With Stephen McNally. (Nov.) 1 y (F) OUTRAGE — Filmakers-R KO : This con trived story of the after-affects of a criminal attack on small-town girl Mala Powers misses its mark despite good performances by Todd Andrews, Robert Clark. (Oct.) yy (F) PANIC IN THE STREETS— 20th Century-Fox: Health officer Richard Widmark and police captain Paul Douglas join forces to round up Walter Palance and Zero Mostel. carriers of a deadly plague. Exciting. With Barbara Bel Geddes. (Sept.) yy ( F) PETTY GIRL, THE— Columbia : Easy on the eyes is this Technicolor tale about prim college professor Joan Caulfield who forgets higher education when she meets Petty Girl creator, Robert Cummings. With Elsa Lanchester. (Nov.) J yy (F) PRETTY BABY — Warners: Advertising executives Dennis Morgan, Zachary Scott are floored when their bachelor-girl secretary Betsy Drake is mistakenly believed to be a mother. A cute comedy. With Edmund Gwenn. (Oct.) (F) ROGUES OF SHERWOOD FOREST— Columbia; John Derek as the noble son of Robin Hood goes out to right the wrongs inflicted by villainous George Macready. With Diana Lynn. (Sept.) yy (F) SADDLE TRAMP — U-I: The inevitable happens in this story of the West when Joel McCrea. a shiftless cowpoke, is forced to look after his dead pal’s four kids — and Wanda Hendrix. (Nov.) yy (F) STELLA — 20th Century-Fox: A slightly far-fetched but gay farce about a daffy family. Ann Sheridan, David Wayne and Evelyn Varden, who bury a black sheep uncle and get involved in complications unlimited. With Vic Mature. (Oct.) yyy (F) SUMMER STOCK— M-G-M: Loads of songs, dances and laughs as Gene Kelly makes a star of farmerette Judy Garland and a successful theater of her barn. With Eddie Bracken, Gloria DeHaven. (Oct.) I/VJ4 (A) SUNSET BOULEVARD— Paramount: Gloria Swanson returns to the screen in a gripping story of a faded star who lives in the past. With Bill Holden and Nancy Olson. (Sept.) yy vF) TEA FOR TWO — Warners: A nostalgic musical of the ’Twenties concerned with the efforts of Gordon MacRae, Doris Day, Gene Nelson and S. Z. Sakall to put on a Broadway show. (Oct.) yyy (A) THREE HUSBANDS— G loria-UA: A sophisticated comedy of domestic relations with Howard da Silva, Shepperd Strudwick, Robert Karns as the husbands; Eve Arden, Ruth Warrick, Vanessa Brown as their wives and Emlyn Williams as a millionaire who causes their marital mix-up. (Oct.) yy (F) THREE SECRETS — Warners: Eleanor Parker, Ruth Roman and Patricia Neal each believe that a child trapped on a mountaintop after a plane crash is their son. A suspenseful and heart-tugging drama. With Frank Lovejoy, Arthur Franz. (Oct.) yyy2 (F) TREASURE ISLAND— Disney-RKO: The magic of this famous adventure story is captured in Technicolor and superb live-action performances by Bobby Driscoll, Robert Newton. (Sept.) yy (F) UNION STATION — Paramount: Exciting chase film in which William Holden, Nancy Olson and Barry Fitzgerald join forces to capture Lyle Bettger, kidnapper of Allene Roberts. (Oct.) yy2 (A) WHERE DANGER LIVES — RKO : Faith Domergue on the verge of madness meets Doctor Robert Mitchum and almost ruins his love life (Maureen O’Sullivan) and his medical career. Not a pretty picture. With Claude Rains. (Sept.) yyy* (A) where the sidewalk ends— 20th Century-Fox: A taut, violent drama with Dana Andrews as a detective who accidentally kills Craig Stevens and tries to cover up his deed. With Gene Tierney, Gary Merrill, Tom Tully. (Sept.) yy (F) WINCHESTER .73 — U-I : Action-packed Western, complete with Indian raid, bank robbery and ambush. With Jimmv Stewart, Stephen McNally, Shelley Winters. (Sept.)