Screenland (Feb-Oct 1949)

The Dark Past Columbia WILLIAM HOLDEN is a psychopathic killer who escapes from a penitentiary. He and his gang, including girl friend Nina Foch, take refuge in the Summer home of a professor of psychology, Lee J. Cobb. It isn't until Cobb convinces Bill that he can clear up a recurrent nightmare which the killer has, that you start finding out what made Bill turn into a gun-crazy killer. There are several dream sequences and much talk about psychiatry. The suspense is consistent, and Bill's original blot on his life, which he committed as a youngster, is quite a shocker. The Countess Of Monte Cristo Universal-International THE only thing you can say is that this brings Sonja Henie back to the screen. Her skating with Michael Kirby and a small bit done by skater-comedian, Freddie Trenkler, are the main bright spots. The rest is a rather confused potpourri about Sonja, and her chum, Olga San Juan, who are barmaids in a small European kingdom. The girls get hold of a car and decide to palm themselves off as a countess and her maid — Sonja being the pseudo countess. While on the spree, Sonja meets and goes for a dashing lieutenant, Michael Kirby, but not without complications — each thinks the other is a crook. Anyhow, Sonja winds up with a movie contract and Michael. Lucky Stiff United Artists PLENTY of murder and plenty of laughs is the formula for Dorothy Lamour's latest. Along with Dotty, Brian Donlevy and Claire Trevor find themselves in some hair-raising situations which begin when a night club owner gets bumped off and Dotty is accused of being the guilty party. Since Brian thinks she isn't guilty, he decides to track down the real murderer. He also gets Dotty, who everyone believes has been electrocuted for her crime, to play the role of her departed spirit. The object is to scare the killer into making him, or her, confess. With Dotty scaring the daylights out of everyone, and several creepy scenes, one takes place in an undertaker's parlor, you're sure to enjoy yourself. Plus that — a surprise finish, too. Criss Cross Universal-International GrVES you an insight into the lives of some nasty characters and how they get nastier as time and the picture go on. With Burt Lancaster as the armed car guard, Yvonne De Carlo as the sexy female who has been divorced from him, is still in love with him, but married to Dan Duryea, things happen fast and furiously, natch. It's a rough, tough scramble of dirty deals and involved love. Both Dan and Burt get paid off for their crimes, and no one lives happily ever after. Ella Bids Au Revoir Continued from page 42 Eddie Albert, sitting across from us, "I've worked and slaved. During my last picture-making job, I was laid up for three weeks with mononucleosis, which could easily return if I don't take it easy for awhile. "And yet — and all because I'm pretty darned happy with Robin — I feel capable of a million jobs, tired or no. My new mental approach is perfect and translating energy into work is simplicity in itself. All thanks to a dreamy husband." Speaking of husbands, the last time we talked to Ella, she'd just been divorced and was trying to tie up the loose ends of her life. "I'm really glad," she said, during the present meeting, "that I was married before, because now I can appreciate what we have achieved. I couldn't be happier — all I expected of this marriage came true, plus a great deal I hadn't even dreamed of. "I knew that Robin was the one for nie, exactly three dates after we first met at Palm Springs. That evening, I remember, I'd been much taken with him and had asked, casually, about the three rows of ribbons on his uniform. It annoyed him, naturally, and he muttered something about getting them out of a box of Crackerjack. 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