Swing (Jan-Dec 1946)

SWINGIN' WITH THE STARS Metro-Goldwyn Mayer THE GREEN YEARS — Charles Coburn, Tom Drake. Beverly Tyler, Dean Stock well. Screen adaptation of A. J. Cronin's best seller, giving the account of a sensitive Irish lad sent to live with a strict Scottish family. There he finds a staunch friend in his great-grandfather and an unreasoning ruler in his greatgrandmother. The boy strives to obtain an education and to carry on his beliefs in spite of handicaps. His romance with a childhood sweetheart is woven throughout the story. EASY TO WED— Van Johnson. Esther Williams, Lucille Ball, Keenan Wynn. A singin", dancin', romancin' Van Johnson woos both Esther Williams and Lucille Ball and finds himself in a marital triangle with the two. Keenan Wynn, as a slap-happy newspaper reporter lends his bit by arranging Van's marriage to both. It takes some hilarious fixing before the comedy of matrimonial errors can be straightened out. Warner Brother* HER KIND OF MAN — Dane Clark, Janis Paige, Zachary Scott, Faye Emerson. Tale of a gambler, his gal, and the cinema version of a newspaper columnist. Janis Paige is the gal who loves the ne'er-do-well gambler, Zachary Scott. While Zach is riding a rare streak of luck to big money, back in the late Twenties, Dane Clark tags along trying to edge in on Scott's girl. "The law and vengeful associates finally catch up with Scott, relieving Janis of the problem of choosing between him and Dane Clark. RKO Radio Pictures BADMANS TERRITORY — Randolph Scott. Ann Richards, George Hayes. There are badmen to boot in this western thriller — the James boys and the Daltons. Belle Star and a horde of desperadoes, bank busters and train robbers. Randolph Scott, as the fearless law officer, mingles with the desperadoes under a sort of truce. Ann Richards portrays a fiery she-editor of a small town newspaper, crusading to have the early-west territory brought under Federal control, and meeting fierce opposition along the way. Scott more than adequately takes care of both — the outlaws and the shf editor. • Tentative Schedule for Films Showing In April In Kansas City NEWMAN THE BLUE DAHLIA THE WELL GROOMED BRIDE ESQUIRE, UPTOWN, FAIRWAY DO YOU LOVE ME? CLUNY BROWN RKO ORPHEUM BADMEN'S TERRITORY HEARTBEAT LOEW'S MIDLAND THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE THE GREEN YEARS Paramount THE WELL GROOMED BRIDE — Olivia de Havilland, Ray Milland, Sonny Tufts. Milland is again struggling for a bottle, this time a magnum of champagne instead of a fifth of rye. Ray needs the magnum to christen a ship; Olivia wants it to christen the palate of her returning war hero. Sonny Tufts. Olivia gets the magnum of champagne, but Ray, undaunted, appeals to her patriotism, offers her money, lures her to dinner, even makes love to her — all to get the champagne back. As you might have guessed, he not only gets the champagne, but also Olivia! THE BLUE DAHLIA — Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix. Not a flower show, bv any means, but a mystery shocker of the first order. Alan Ladd. as a returned war veteran, finds his wife (Doris Dowling) a drunkard and involved with a night club owner. Disgusted and disillusioned, he walks out on her and into the life of Veronica Lake, who later turns out to be the estranged wife of the night club owner. Ladd's wife is found shot to death, and the plot races bruisingly through his efforts to clear his name and that of his war-buddy, William Bendix. Twentieth-Century-Fox CLUNY BROWN — Jennifier Jones, Charles Boyer, Reginald Gardiner. Richard Haydn. One of the more delightful comedies of the year in which Jennifer Jones portrays a young lady whose sole ambition is to become a plumber. Through a quirk of circumstance she becomes a housemaid instead. Charles Boyer is a Ctech liberal in the pre-war English setting, who befriends the housemaid as a>ell aa tend* to her romantic affairs.