TV Radio Mirror (Jan - Jun 1957)

Showing this month ABE LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS (RKO) : Absorbing, inspiring study of Lincoln's early years, with Raymond Massey as Abe, Ruth Gordon as Mary Todd. The Lincoln-Douglas debate (Gene Lockhart as Douglas) seems rousingly up-to-date. ASTONISHED HEART, THE (UI): Adult, witty treatment of a marriage problem, from the English angle. Psychiatrist Noel Coward, happily wed to placid Celia Johnson, grapples with a sudden infatuation for dashing Margaret Leighton. BERLIN EXPRESS (RKO): Vigorous melodrama of Europe just after World War n. Set mostly on a Germany-bound train, the action involves American Robert Ryan, German scientist Paul Lukas and secretary Merle Oberon. BIG STREET., THE (RKO): Lucille Ball does an excellent dramatic job in the Damon Runyon story of a gangster's exsweetie, crippled, yet rebuffing the friendship of bus-boy Henry Fonda. CORN IS GREEN, THE (Warners) : Another strong Bette Davis portrayal. She is a spinster schoolteacher in Wales, advancing the career of student John Dall, though Joan Lorring interferes. COUNTER-ATTACK (Columbia): Dating back to times when U. S. A. and U. S. S. R. were allies, this effective war drama casts Paul Muni as a Soviet soldier who subtly pumps captive Nazis. DESPERADOES, THE (Columbia): Lively Western. Glenn Ford's the ex-outlaw who can't avoid trouble; Randolph Scott, the sheriff; Claire Trevor, the good-hearted dance'-hall gal: Evelyn Keyes, nice gal. HOME OF THE BRAVE (U.A.) : Pow erful study of race prejudice. James Edwards is a Negro GI; Lloyd Bridges and Frank Lovejoy, fellow soldiers on a dangerous Pacific-island mission. IF YOU COULD ONLY COOK (Columbia) : Up from the Goldfen Age of movie light comedies comes a pleasant yarn about Depression days. Unemplojsed, Jean Arthur thinks tycoon Herbert Marshall is also jobless. Both go into domestic service. INTERMEZZO (U.A.) : Touching romance-with-music stars the young Ingrid Bergman and the late Leslie Howard, as a pianist and a violinist, whose illicit love is brief. KISS AND TELL (Columbia) : The teenaged Shirley Temple sparkles in a hilarious, slyly suggestive story of youthful high-jinks. Jerome Courtland's her innocent beau; Walter Abel, her dad. LADY TAKES A CHANCE, A (RKO) : A charmer of a comedy. On a Western vacation, Jean Arthur tries her best to lasso rodeo cowboy John Wayne. Fine character job by some guy named Phil Silvers, as the good-time conductor of a bus tour. MADELEINE (U-I): Interesting British mystery, based on a real case. Ann Todd is the Scottish lass who may or may not have poisoned her French lover. MR. BLANDINGS BUILDS HIS DREAM HOUSE (RKO) : Any homebuilder will laugh (tears in eyes) at Gary Grant's efforts to get his house finished, with wife Myrna Loy supervising. MURDER, MY SWEET (RKO): Fast, tough whodunit casts Dick Powell as private eye seeking a stolen necklace and a missing night-club doll. With Claire Trevor, Mike Mazurki. PARADINE CASE, THE (Selznick) : Another Hitchcock special. Lawyer Gregory Peck's defense of accused murderess Valli affects his marriage to Ann Todd. With Charles Laughton, other top-flight players. ROARING TWENTIES, THE (Warners) : Lusty re-creation of a wild decade casts Jimmy Cagney as a likable bootlegger and Humphrey Bogart as a murderous racketeer. With Priscilla Lane. SO LONG AT THE FAIR (Eagle-Lion) : Fascinating English version of a popular legend. At a 19th Century Paris exposition, Jean Simmons seeks a missing brother — only to be told that he never existed. Artist Dirk Bogarde comes to her rescue. SPIRAL STAIRCASE, THE (RKO): Splendidly photographed, well-acted thriller. Servant to Ethel Barrymore, Dorothy McGuire is a mute who solves a mystery involving Rhonda Fleming. STEEL TRAP, THE (20th) : Taut tale of suspense. Bank employee Joseph Gotten tries looting the vault as an experiment, gives in to temptation and takes off, deceiving wife Teresa Wright. STRANGER, THE (RKO): Neat twists m a post-World War H melodrama. Nazi Orson Welles hides out in a New England college town, with Loretta Young as his innocent wife, Edward G. Robinson as the government man on his trail. TONIGHT AND EVERY NIGHT (Co lumbia) : Show business goes on in blitztorn London. Rita Hayworth and Janet Blair are gallant show girls; Lee Bowman, a naturally amorous flyer ; Marc Piatt, dedicated dancer. Fine musical. TOO LATE FOR TEARS (U.A.) : In a rough action story, Lizabeth Scott plays a dame who just loves money. Arthur Kennedy's her honest husband; Dan Duryea, a hood who's not as tough as Liz. TRAIL OF THE VIGILANTES (U I) : Highly enjoyable horse opera, with dashes of satire. Tenderfoot Franchot Tone arrives to investigate lawless goings-on in a frontier town. Brod. 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