Screenland (Feb-Oct 1949)

MOTHER I Be wise — give This Pleasant Laxative Op course you hate to force a nasty-tasting laxative on your child. Next time he needs relief, give him pleasant-tasting Ex-Lax — the dependable laxative many doctors use in their practice. Children love its delicious chocolate taste. Millions of mothers give Ex-Lax with confidence to their children. Ex-Lax is effective in a gentle way. Ex-Lax is still only 104. There is no better laxative at any price. When Your Child has a COLD . . . and needs a laxative, give him easy-acting Ex-Lax. It works gently, comfortably and effectively. When Nature 'forgets'... remember EX-LAX THE CHOCOLATED LAXATIVE BUY U. S. SAVINCS BONDS BEAUTY At a BUDGET PRICE $-j 00 meets the King. Sir Cedric Hardwicke, a sniffling hypochondriac, and a faire princesse, Rhonda Fleming. From then on, Bing transforms the Court and its royal occupants. In the process, he gets himself involved in a joust, the outcome of which will determine who gets the faire princesse. The fact that Bing foregoes his suit of armor in favor of a cowboy horse and lariat, makes this one of the funniest scenes in the film. By the time our hero is returned to the 20th Century, he saves the King, does away with the villainous conspirators, and kisses Rhonda goodbye — but not for long. Alias Nick Beal Paramount A FANTASY, and a very good one, too, about an honest district attorney. Thomas Mitchell, who, through the help of the Devil, Ray Milland, gets elected governor. The payment for the assistance being: one soul — Mitchell's. Though the theme is strange, there's nothing spooky here since the Devil is treated with 20th Century realism: he wears Brooks Brothers suits, drinks Barbados rum, and at one time has Audrey Totter make an ineffectual play for him. With Audrey and the Devil both working on Mitchell, it seems inevitable that he'll be handed a receipt: PAID IN FULL— THE DEVIL. However, good triumphs over evil and the debt is cancelled in a very interesting way. A Kiss In The Dark Warner Brothers LIGHT and breezy as a Spring day, the story concerns a pin-up girl, Jane Wyman, who converts a temperamental concert pianist, David Niven, into a real live man — grrrufffff! Assisting Jane in this metamorphosis, but in a slightly different way, is that cherubic pixie, Victor Moore, custodian of The Cleopatra Arms, an apartment house Niven owns. With the house, Niven also inherits its tenants, one of whom is Broderick Crawford, as nasty a character as you ever saw. Along with Crawford, Niven has his troubles with Wayne Morris, Jane's muscular fiance, and a crooked business manager. Only after Jane works on him and brings out his normal manly instincts, does Niven take care of the terrible three, and how! Incidentally, he also takes care of Jane, too. Cover Up United Artists FIRST-CLASS mystery about a smalltown suicide which turns into a plain case of murder. When an insurance investigator, Dennis O'Keefe, comes to town to look into the death, he realizes that his company's ex-client was murdered and also that almost every decent, upstanding character in town could have been guilty of the crime, including the easy-going, homespun sheriff, William Bendix. That O'Keefe falls in love with Barbara Britton, the daughter of the man who turns out to be the most likely suspect, complicates matters even more. Everyone, with special honors going to Art Baker, the father, turns in a fine performance. Miranda J. Arthur Rank — Eagle-Lion AN English version of "Mr. Peabody And The Mermaid," and just about as naughty as it is gay. A doctor, Griffith Jones, off on a fishing trip, latches onto a blonde mermaid, Glynis Johns, who is clad in nothing but a fishtail, and besides, hasn't a moral to her name. Unable to resist her — ahem — childish charms, Jones takes her back to London as a patient who is unable to walk. There, Claude Jarman, Jr., Lassie and Jeanerte MacDonald in "The Sun Comes Up." BRAS FREE: Write f°r "Bosom Beauty" Booklet. Dpt. 26 Mar-Gro Bras, 37 Wert 26 St., New York 10. 14 SCREEXLAXD