Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1951)

Brief Reviews hair hard to manage? BE PROUD OF YOUR HAIR WITH dollar value giant size... 69? Finest creme shampoo you have ever used... or money back. Why pay a dollar? Guaranteed by Helene Curtis-foremost name in hair beauty. large size tube 49 <£ (F) ALICE IN WONDERLAND— DisneyRKO : All the beloved characters of the Lewis Carroll fantasy are brought to the screen through the magic animation of Walt Disney. A must for children of all ages. (Sept.) l/l/ (F) AS YOUNG AS YOU FEEL— 2 Oth Century-Fox: Monty Woolley, automatically retired at sixty-five, dyes his beard and cuts up with Constance Bennett — ex-boss Albert Dekker’s wife — to prove that there’s life in the old boy yet. A cute comedy with Jean Peters, Marilyn Monroe, David Wayne. (Aug.) I/' J/2 (F) BEST OF THE BAD MEN— RKO: The Younger Brothers and the James boys are riding and shooting again — this time along with Robert Ryan, an exArmy major out to avenge a false murder charge. With Bob Preston, Claire Trevor, Jack Buetel. (Aug.) 'Ss/ ! 4 (F) CAPTAIN HORATIO HORN BLOWER — Warners: Gregory Peck, Virginia Mayo find romance and adventure during the Napoleonic War against England in this Technicolor classic. (July) l/V (F) COMIN’ ROUND THE MOUNTAIN— U-I : Bud Abbott and Lou Costello take to the hills to find some buried gold when night-club singer Dorothy Shay discovers that Lou’s a long lost member of the feudin’ McCoys. (Aug.) (F) EXCUSE MY DUST— M-G-M: Fairly entertaining Technicolor musical with Red Skelton, as an inventor who tries to perfect the horseless carriage, providing the laughs; Sally Forrest, the dances and romance; Monica Lewis, the songs and Macdonaid Carey some necessary plot complications. (Aug.) (F) FIGHTING COAST GUARD— Republic: An oft-told plot involving Ella Raines, Brian Donlevy, Forrest Tucker, bogs down the worthy effort of showing the work and purpose of the Coast Guard. But the action shots are exciting. (Aug.) (F) FIRST LEGION, THE— Sedif-U.A.: A warm story about Jesuit Fathers and their reactions to what appears to be a modern miracle. With Charles Boyer, Barbara Rush, Lyle Bettger. (July) \/\/ FORI WORTH — Warners: Plenty of shooting and fighting in this epic of old Texas after Randolph Scott discovers that David Brian hired him to run his newspaper tor strictly varminty purposes. With Phyllis Thaxter, Helena Carter. (Aug.) 'S'\/ (F) FOUR IN A JEEP — U.A.: An unusual movie laid in post-war Vienna with Ralph Meeker, Dinan, Yoseph Yadin and Michael Med win as the soldiers of four nations who patrol the International Zone together and Viveca Lindfors as the Austrian girl who seeks their help. (Sept.) l/V (F) FRANCIS GOES TO T HE RACES— U-I : Francis the mule, and Donald O’Connor get back into civilian life and become involved with turf racketeers and pretty Piper Laurie in this not quite so funny sequel. (Aug.) FROGMEN , THE — 20th Century-Fox: Richard Widmark, Dana Andrews and Gary Merrill star in a spine-tingling tale of men in World War II wHo faced death in the ocean’s depths. (Sept.) (A) GUY WHO CAME BACK, THE— 20th CenturyFox: Amusing screen fare in which Paul Douglas, an ex-football star, is persuaded by siren Linda Darnell that his days as a champ and a Great Lover are not over — much to the distress of wife Joan Bennett. (Aug.) (✓V (F) HAPPY GO LOVELY— RKO: VeraEllen’s terrific dancing keeps this British-made Technicolor musical from getting too bogged down by that old, tired, mistaken identity plot. With David Niven, Cesar Romero. (Sept.) // (F) HARD, FAST AND BEAUTIFUL— RKO: Claire Trevor is a greedy mother who’d stop at nothing to turn her daughter, Sally Forrest, into a champion in this behind-the-scenes story of “amateur” tennis. With Robert Clarke. (Sept.) ^ (A) HE RAN ALL THE WAY — U.A.: Wanted for a hold-up murder, John Garfield hides out in Shelley Winters’ home hoping to keep her family as hostages until he can make a getaway. A suspenseful drama. With Wallace Ford, Selma Royle. (Sept.) *// (A) HOLLYWOOD STORY, THE — U-I : Richard Conte, as a movie producer, sets out to solve a twenty year-old Hollywood murder. With Julia Adams, Richard Egan and many yesteryear screen favorites. (July) 1/54 HOUSE ON TELEGRAPH HILL, THE— 20th Century-Fox: A suspenseful melodrama with Valentina Cortesa as a Polish D.P. who comes to America, marries Richard ^ Basehart, and discovers she’s marked for murder. With Bill Lundigan. (July) (A) IRON MAN, THE — U-I: A dynamic fight film with Jeff Chandler as a hard-hitting boxer whose murderous temper makes him the most thoroughly hated man in the ring. With Stephen McNally, Evelyn Keyes, Rock Hudson. (Sept.) \/s/\/ (F) I WAS A COMMUNIST FOR THE F.B.l. — Warners: Exciting true story of a man rejected bv friends and family when he becomes an undercover agent to expose the Red menace in America. With Frank Lovejoy, Dorothy Hart. (July) l/l// (F) JIM THORPE— ALL AMERICAN— Warners: Story of the great Indian athlete which covers his early days in college, his rise and fall as a champion and his eventual rehabilitation. Burt Lancaster’s in top form and Steve Cochran’s a nice guy for a change. With Phyllis Thaxter, Charles Bickford. (Aug.) 'S)/V2 (A) KIND LADY — M-G-M: The classic Shakespearean actor, Maurice Evans, makes his screen debut as a charming and evil ringleader in a plot to take over the home of Ethel Barrymore by convincing everyone of her insanity. A shocking thriller. With Betsy Blair, Keenan Wynn, Angela Lansbury. (Sept.) L// (F) KON-TIKI — Art-Film — Sol Lesser — RK' Documentary films of actual 4,300-mile sea voya taken by raft by Thor Heyerdahl and five comp; ions. Not for the easily sea-sick. (July) /V (F) LAST OUTPOST, THE— Pine-Thom: Paramount: Still another Civil War era Weste with Yankees, rebels and Injuns shootin’ it up. W Ronald Reagan, Rhonda Fleming. (July) (A) LONG DARK HALL, THE— U.A.: British import with plenty of suspense revolvi around trial and conviction of Rex Harrison for 1 1 murder of Patricia Wayne. Lilli Palmer, Mrs. H rison off-screen, plays his faithful wife. (Aug.) fc/l/ (F) MAN WITH MY FACE, THE — Gardn. U.A.: Barry Nelson is forced to prove his o\ identity after he returns home one night to find . double in possession of his wife, his home and 1 dog. With Carole Matthews. (July) (F) MARK OF THE RENEGADE — U A fast moving adventure film set in olden gold ! California with Ricardo Montalban, Cyd Charh and Gilbert Roland involved in fiestas, duels, intrig and romance. (Sept.) l/ (F) NEW MEXICO — Allen-U.A. : A scenica beautiful Western with Lew Ayres as a Union c; tain, who, after attempting to defend maltreat Indians, is forced to track them down. With Maril Maxwell. (July) (A) PEKING EXPRESS — Paramount : ]| trigue in the Orient with UN doctor Joseph Cott<i French singer Corinne Calvet and missionary I mund Gwenn held as hostages by black markets Marvin Miller. (Sept.) I/Vi/ (A) PLACE IN THE SUN, A— Paramoui The three stars give superlative performances in tl heartbreaking and modern screen version of ui American Tragedy,” with Monty Clift as the cc fused young man whose ambition and love for I Taylor leads to Shelley Winters’ undoing. (Sep 1/ (F) PRINCE WHO WAS A THIEF, THE U-I . Tony Curtis comes into his own as a star this Technicolor Arabian Nights tale about a ro.' infant reared by renegades, who finally claims Ij birthright. With Piper Laurie. (July) l// (F) SEALED CARGO — RKO : When Da Andrews. >wner of a small Canadian fishing be during World War II sights a wrecked Dani schooner, he becomes involved in intrigue and mi der. With Carla Balenda, Claude Raines. (July) l/VV (F) SHOW BOAT— M-G-M The third a Technicolor screen version of immortal Jerome Kei Edna Ferber operetta starring Kathryn Grayson Maqnolia, Howard Keel as Gay, Ava Gardner Julie. With Joe E. Brown, Agnes Moorehead a; that sensational dance team Marge and Gov Champion. (Aug.) 1//4 (A) SIROCCO — Columbia: There’s politic and amorous intrigue in this not too successful c;bon copy of “Casablanca,” with Humphrey Boga Marta Toren, Lee I. Cobb. (Sent.) \ZVz (A) ST. BENNY THE DIP— U.A.: Amusi! story of three hoodlums who don ecclesiastical ve ments in order to evade the police, and how ea finds regeneration in his own way. With Di Haymes. Roland Young, Lionel Stander, Nina Fo> (Sept.) I/W (A) STRANGERS ON A TRAIN— W ners Neurotic Robert Walker meets tennis rhai Farley Granger in a club car, discusses a diaboli scheme for a double murder and then, without F ley’s knowledge, carries out his end of it. W1 happens next makes this a chilling, thrilling adv< ture. With R”th Roman, Pat Hitchcock. (Aug.) l/W (A) STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, A\ Warners: Magnificent screen version of the p( about a tragic Southern belle Vivien Leigh, Mar Brando, Kim Hunter and Karl Malden give Acadei Award caliber performances. (Sept.) lA/ (F) STRICTLY DISHONORABLE— M-GA light-weight but entertaining comedy filled w . complications when middle-aged opera star Ezio Pii falls for naive Southern girl Janet Leigh. W Maria Palmer. (Sept.) t/V54 (F) TAKE CARE OF MY LITTLE GIRL 20th Century-Fox A controversial but straig forward expose of cruelties of college sorority sn I ishness. With Jeanne Crain, Dale Robertson, Mi Gaynor, Jean Peters. (July) \/\/ (F) THAT’S MY BOY — Paramount : Yoi laugh till your sides split when stringbean Jei Lewis sets out to be a football star with the help college hero Dean Martin. With Ruth Hussey, Mar Marshall. (Sept.) (A) THING, THE— RKO: A chilling scien * fiction adventure about a “thing” from another pla that lands at North Pole in a flying saucer with i intention of destroying the earth. With Ken Tob Dewey Martin. Margaret Sheridan. (July) V'V2 (A) TWO OF A KIND — Columbia: Rout melodrama in which Liz Scott and Alexander Kr conspire to have Edmond O’Brien pose as long-1 son of a millionaire in order to make some e; money. With Terry Moore. (Sept.) /'J'2 (F) WARPATH— Paramount : A rough 2. vigorous Western in which Edmond O’Brien enli as a private in the Seventh Cavalry to track do the men responsible for his fiancee’s death. W Polly Bergen, Dean Tagger, Forrest Tucker. (Sep1 \/yZz (F) WHEN I GROW UP — U.A. : Bol Driscoll plays a dual role in this tender fam portrait about a boy, his dad, and grand-dad a ‘ problems two of them faced in their youth. (Au ^1/ (F) WHISTLE AT EATON FALLS, THl ! Columbia: A lecture on labor problems with Lie Bridges as a union leader who is made president the factory and is forced to do the very things had fought against in the past. With Dorothy Gi Carleton Carpenter, Diana Douglas. (Sept.)