Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1951)

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Buy it at drug or notion counter in 3 absorbencies: Regular, Super, Junior. Tampax by the Journal of the American Medical Association kV (A) The Desert Fox (20th Century-Fox) THIS is the story of German Field Marshal Erwin Eugen Rommel — “The Desert Fox” of the African campaign of World War II. His story is told impartially, even compassionately, and whether or not one holds with the idea of dramatizing an enemy, the fact remains that the picture is both strong and absorbing. The story opens when the tide of battle has turned against the ailing field marshal, played by James Mason. Rommel, whose astuteness as a soldier won him the respect of the men who fought against him and even a tribute from Winston Churchill, is faced with the problem of obeying a stupid and cruel command of Hitler’s or of using his own judgment and withdrawing his forces. He does the latter. It is the beginning of the end for an officer who, finally, through the firm conviction his country would best be served by Hitler’s death, joins the illfated assassination plot. Mason is outstanding in the role. Jessica Tandy is his wife, William Reynolds his son. Leo G. Carroll is Field Marshal Von Runstedt, Sir Cedric Hardwicke is Dr. Karl Strolin and Luther Adler plays the Fuhrer. Your Reviewer Says: An intelligent and inside approach to Nazi insanity. Program Notes: Producer Nunnally Johnson flew to Germany to collect additional data from Frau Rommel in W urttemberg. She turned over her husband’s famous dress baton and binoculars, ivhich were used by Mason in the story. Hitlers own 10,000 pound bullet-proof Mercedes-Benz, powered by a 230-horsepower engine, teas rented from its present owner. Christopher Janus, for use in the film. The desert site in the Anza desert of Southern California has just such a terrain as North Africa. It was in the Anza desert that General Patton trained the American soldiers who later joined the British in driving Rommel out of North Africa . . . With this picture Mason begins a new seven-year contract with Twentieth Century-Fox . . . Jessica Tandy teas the envy of every actress in Hollywood when chosen to play Rommel’s wife, being the only woman in the entire cast. PV' (A) Force of Arms (Warners) THE war again portrayed with such reality that seeing this movie we must appreciate the hardships, sacrifices and the valor of men and boys caught in it. Against the grimness of the campaign through Italy, the locale of this film, there exists a tender love story between William Holden (just about the finest young actor on the screen) and Nancy Olson, a WAC lieutenant. Meeting by chance in a cemetery, they see each other briefly while Holden, promoted to a lieutenancy, and his men are on leave. The pair discover suddenly they are deeply in love and, after a bitter campaign in which Holden’s commanding officer (Frank Lovejoy) is killed and Bill is hospitalized, the lovers are married at the home of Italian friends. A haunting feeling that he may have saved Lovejoy, sends Holden back into the fracas. When he is reported missing, Nancy, refusing to believe him dead, begins a long, heartbreaking search Your Reviewer Says: Tenderness against i backdrop of horror. Program Notes: Most of the battle scene were filmed in the rocky area of the Santi Susana mountains in California. The terri tory was so inaccessible Warners had U build an entrance road and then grade th> mountain trails to permit the heavy equip menl to move through . . . Holden sustainet so many cuts and bruises he looked like t walking band-aid ad ... The Department of Defense loaned Sgt. Wm. J. Crawford winner of the Congressional Medal o. Honor, to Warners to act as technical ad viser. 'Sv' (F) Flying Leathernecks (RKO) THIS is a story of the Marines during the siege of Guadalcanal in World War II. It is overly long, sometimes repetitious, but a powerful lot of movie for all that, John Wayne plays Major Kirby, a seemingly ruthless officer who takes command of the Marine squadron which Robert Ryan, as Captain Carl Griffin, had hoped to get. Friction develops between the officers, who later embark together on the dangerous mission of covering ground troops with air protection. Don Taylor plays “Texas,” Jay C. Flippen Clancy and William Harrigan Dr. Curan. Your Reviewer Says: Hard-hitting realism. Program Notes: For six months the company worked within Camps Pendleton and El Toro, famous bases near San Diego. Within the gates of Pendleton the crew erected a landing strip, the exact replica of the Henderson Field strip on the canal from which a handful of Marine planes desperately fought off unceasing Japanese attacks during those dark days of 1942. Actual wreckage of our planes scattered on Henderson Field were shot and duplicated in the film . . . Between scenes Wayne studied to pass his examination as an amateur radio “ham.” Slim Houghton, the sound engineer, taught Wayne the International Code for his new hobby. All members of the film company were placed under Marine Corps security restrictions during their location at the Marine camps. They were passed in and out by guards by showing their passes. V'S (A) His Kind of Woman (RKO) HERE’S a story teeming with oomph and sex, laden with sultry over and undertones, lightened with dashes of humor and with Bob Mitchum and Jane Russell the warmest pair of lovers this side of the furnace room. Mitchum, a gambler fresh out of money, is offered $50,000 to go to Mexico and find out what he’s to do to earn the dough. Meeting Jane, a singer posing as an heiress, Mitchum suddenly finds himself wading knee deep in murder. Tim Holt plays Mitchum’s friend. Vincent Price is outstanding as a movie actor. Your Reviewer Says: Bring an asbestos fan. ( Continued on page 98) Listen to Hollywood love story A complete romantic drama presented on each program. Cal York, famed PHOTOPLAY Magazine Reporter, digs into Hollywood’s love life for these heart-palpitating stories. Also latest Hollywood news. Every Saturday morning, 11 A.M. EST, NBC 32