A Stolen Life (Warner Bros.) (1946)

Voted the outstanding new star of 1946 in the Motion Picture Herald's Exhibitor Poll, Dane Clark has a chance to prove his versatility in an unusual role in Warner Bros.’ "A Stolen Life," coming to the Strand on Friday. Bette Davis stars in the film, which also features Glenn Ford, Walter Brennan and Charlie Ruggles. MAT NO. 2C Hollywood Yarn Starts And Stops In Studio One of this war’s greatest human interest stories had its beginning and ending in Hollywood. The yarn involves two former small-part actors, Glenn Pollock and Tom Ashfield, now appearing in Warner Bros.’ “A Stolen Life,’ starring Bette Davis, at the Strand. The two men entered service at approximately the same time and were together when their transport was torpedoed on February fe 1943. Both managed to find safety on a raft, but before they were sighted by a coast guard cutter Ashfield was swept overboard, presumably lost. Set. Pollock, after months in a hospital and more service overseas, was eventually discharged, and returned to Hollywood to resume his acting career. He could hardly believe his eyes when, on the set OL. a Stolen Life,” he came face to face with his old friend Ashfield. Ashfield had been picked up by a submarine for questioning, LOVABLE Charlie Ruggles returns to the Strand screen tonight playing an important role in Warner Bros. “A Stolen Life," the Bette Davis starring film which also features Glenn Ford, Dane Clark and Walter Brennan. MAT NO. IM packed off to a German prison camp and eventually expatriated on a prisoner exchange to this country. He too had found work as an extra in “A Stolen Life.” ORDER: 3-Col. Bette Davis Fashion Mat paign Plan Editor, 321 West 44th St., Hollywood Style Virtue Pays Off Handsomely Virtue may be its own reward elsewhere but in Hollywood it pays off handsomely. The bad girl in movies who wins critic’s kudos is a thing of the past and is far more likely to get a tomato for her sins than an Oscar. Gone are the days when the husband-killer roles like that of Bette Davis in “The Little Foxes,” andIda Lupino in “They Drive By Night,” are the prizes that go only to the film capital’s top ranking stars, and whose portrayals of these roles bring fame, fortune, and often an Academy Award. ‘Good Girls’ Win If a girl is “good” at the art of acting these days, moviemakers will reward her with virtuous roles, and the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences will very probably hand her that mark of approval so dear to the heart of every actress—the Oscar. Even Bette Davis, now starring in Warner Bros.’ “A Stolen Life” at the Strand Theatre, although she has blazed a movie trail of greed, jealousy, hate and all the other cardinal sins in the past, has recently substantiated her position as first ae lady of the screen by undergoing a complete change of character. In “The Corn Is Green,” she portrayed a noble and selfsacrificing maiden school teacher working among the coal miners of Wales. Currently Miss Davis is doing double-starring duty as the twin sisters in “A Stolen Life.” Indicative of the trend in motion pictures toward virtue is the fact that it is the good sister who gets both the man and the star’s share of the film footage. Alexis Smith, white hope of Warner Bros. studio, probably topped good women roles for all time by coming right out and portraying an angel in “The Horn Blows at Midnight.” As such, she not only looked to the excellence of her own behavior but kept a steadying hand on her less meritorious co-angel, Jack Benny. All this sweetness and light, of course, can be carried too far with a screen character encountering the law of diminishing returns. There is, as an example of virtue too rampant on the screen, Rosalind Russell who, in the role of Louise Randall Pierson, in “Roughly Speaking,” lost her first husband for that very reason. 2.Column Fashion Mat Gair ano G2 arm Bette Davis, currently starring in Warner Bros.” “A Stolen Life”, is an advocate of that school of (Above) Persian lamb is used to effect wide flange shoulders and roomy pockets in a straight-cut black coat. fashion which combines comfort with style. Here the star poses in three new fall models, all of which boast practical warmth as well as eye-appeal. (Left, top) A 36” nutria coat features wide balloon sleeves with buttoned cuffs. (Left, bottom) A flattering great cape of beige wool is generously fronted with wide leopard panels. 642—301X—from Warner Bros.’ CamN.¥. tol WY, ee” 7