Screenland Plus TV-Land (Jul 1959 - May 1960)

Coming I Attractions BY RAHNA MAUGHAN Alias Jesse James i • . — |NLY AN insurance salesman like Bob I " Hope would sell a $100,000 paid up J urance policy to a westerner, T. J. oes, visiting New York City for a day. ■ d this James, played by steely-eyed ' ?ndell Corey, is none other than Jesse, j o names "loved one" Rhonda Fleming beneficiary but intends to collect the ; ney himself. Once the horrible mis j e is discovered, Hope must find James 1 buy back the policy or his company I I go bankrupt The resulting trek out st is a gaudy Technicolored circus of j lacy and incompetence, but on Hope tt sort of thing fits like buckskin tches. Fortunately, in a surprise finish it includes getting Rhonda and the licy, more than one sharpshooter had aded west Strictly for laughs, this de nds heavily on Hope's curled-lip brand humor. (United Artists.) Pork Chop Hill FS ONE thing to fight in a battle knowing exacdy why you are willing to die; reason always makes sacrifice easier, it Army Lieutenant Gregory Peck has thing but the order to take and hold a >rthless Korean hill from the Communist linese. The explanation to why he and s men face certain death doesn't come easy, especially with truce at Panmunjon only hours away. Against incredible odds, Peck and his men proceed to carry out orders in the bloody, costly "mop-up operation." To the Communists, human life is dirt cheap, therefore, it's up to us, who hold life so dearly, to show we're not afraid to pay the price in a vicious chess game of nerves and "cold" war. Based on fact, this tremendously moving account of men in battle is reenforced by some highpower acting from Harry Guardino, Rip Torn and George Shibata. As this points out, heroes don't rate monuments nowadays, their glory, if they live to feel it, is just in knowing that they did what they were supposed to. (United Artists.) Count Your Blessings FTOOK centuries for the French to develop their philosophy on love and marriage, so it's small wonder Englishwoman Deborah Kerr has some adjustments to make after she marries French nobleman Rossano Brazzi. Actually, she has little time to know her husband. After a honeymoon of three days, following an equally brief courtship, Brazzi dashes off to war leaving Deborah pregnant and pensive. It isn't before the baby grows into a fine lad of 9 that Brazzi returns from various wars. Judging from his accumulation of female interests, not all the battles STORY of the grim last battle of Korean War, "Pork Chop Hill" stars Gregory Peck. MEETING the famous outlaw inspires Bob Hope to emulate him in "Alias Jesse James." were military skirmishes. One of the fancier souvenirs was brought back from Indo-China and set up in an extravagant flat in Paris. As soon as Deborah gets whiff of Mistress Mary, she retreats willynilly to England, Daddy, and a sterner moral code. While uncle-in-law Maurice Chevalier tries to bring about a reconciliation, Deborah and Brazzi's child figures if he can keep his parents apart, neither will spare any expense to win over his affections. Enjoyable Technicolor souffle, with a highly improbable ending, that gives Deborah a chance to showcase a very definite talent for comedy. (MGM.) The Nun's Story AS A BOOK, this reached the bestseller lists. As a movie this has gentleness and grace, with Audrey Hepburn playing the nun who discovers more is demanded of her than purity, goodness and self-sacrifice. Trained as a nurse in tropical medicine, by the church, Audrey skirts the rules by placing human life and feelings above convent law. Once in the Belgian Congo, where she's assigned to Doctor Peter Finch's operating room, she tries to forget the sharp, but true, observacontinued on page 68 55