Variety (Aug 1944)

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Itu.f^lniifm VjKii Jl's' lieiiifall.; liiiilVry' I'avnPll.' l'"<?rl'lH, iravlor, .K'pii (.'iDiiil.T; <iu>".1*' 13n,nei'y,,An- t.oiiui- lfiian.a. ,IUUIa.-l'|j)<VTii;:M,. .loseulv.Ji. <!vniine'. <.5us.miiKSTi\ivP, ilSl.l|>h:l>lin.n, U.il«i4-, ■tilitt iTnTlf.-'a'oW •• ll«»ftf*. rJWlW .lii"'"l0l(.ill, .IpSS .-1,m; Hi iiliUs, H.rad(lril . ,)a,mSs.; Vri'llllK' jVa wsutf, . l,iii'i\<:v-MivOP"ni, ::iloali' :.H!u.-auv. ■'j;a1.)/li i.lfVii.-.'.liii.'.i '.■lin-li.. IfaPcilir.'S.'.hUnlfeT liicypr,' l'5il' ;1Imi"Iv; ..AulVvpy MalhPr.. .I.ppae Clvavpt-. 'D'c.t HfiidP.i'ifi". ai,il\n".^V'1i'li- «I«>n* .i(nl)i('Ws.,s1t.liii--\V,hl1iifly,' '.l.lalM'y ;i;ylp,r. .VS'il,. ■•Wilson" js :a r'alavah, i-Qlisirig, .lQO':'o Aijiericari eiUiehainiTient .whieh, .jipst- ' wki'v can .be. .1ls .oW'.tt ..Yankee-'gooa-:. , \vi!l-.i;ettpr abroad, perhaps ot a ■ .vaUje transcending MatesiTiailship or 'leiiid-lease:.-' For . domestic consump-. tiori/ jt'i a;.iTms.t. .It will: mop up .at » the boxoffice.. : .'..v -l' : li s • thrinine sa.^a of an. .^mor- • icati president , \vhose World War I k problems seem so sriarp'.v echoed in our ovvii tim'es'.'. ■ On% ..fcpnld alniost substitute Fraijftliiv Dei;ano .Roosevelt for Thomas. Wood row , Wilson and. :make it a page out Of .19,44 .history,. - . ■Yef -it has- nothing to do with tlie ': .New' Deal dr .fourth term iiropagiin- da. it's Amerioaii .state'smaniihip then : as how, all. tor .the.comnioh American . wellave. ■, ■paradoxifially, he.r^i., histdry.-that ' is eiitertaihmEiTt^ As.:Dairryi-;F. Za- nttek, H^iiry. King'.anct:Xanigr\^^ '.prdduced, dirScted and ■ authored" '■Wilson" ' for, 20th'Poj{.'; it stres-ses . a new avciiiie' oi biographical eiiter- taiiimeht .vvhich liiay. be,'1,fi*; ansxver. . , td;.all' Ihj;: prayers- ol th(B'';''yiisual . \ education" exponents. ■ - ■.: , History .that As; .,payt. ot'.pur iiv.es, ; tliat is. vibrant: with all the; .fictional : emotions '6f..= c6ri<li:ct,'. romance; ahd. adventure;-, hi.sfory: that is.-.-ivfivld-in--. \ fl^uehclhg; aiid ctnciiiaturgy thalr, :is as newsy as a travelog,: a).'e..CiaptUretl; in tliis production. '-'j^y'r^r.'.y'^ : On. a brilliaat Technicolor. caHvas. ■wKi-ch .artist-CairiGramah. Leon Sham- . ..;'roy 'designed, right before yo.Ci. are .•■ -"brought -the.. iTitifinacics- arid wunders ■-.bt ;the-. White House ; W^th .all, .its ■rooms', iJs.social functions, and diplo-l ■■V .•..iraalic. spisnddr. Bvoviglif io. you is a. '■: i'eplici) .o£ the-.grpat hall of the palace f. ■ ..j)£ V6&ail!es NVhere'-'Wilsoifs 14 R '.'and drea'rfis^df .a League^^of .lsiations :Were ■ laid, dowri, .but-;- ■''al.aijk,' ii5i.ver fully rc.--pc(.",.od. ^■■:\ ,^}"^ '■:< -■'-:' . Right before you. :is mirrored the legislat,i.ve 'llfe.pt pur'-rtafiQn---ils po- litieal • convention.^ . its- political chi- caneries ■■■.arid ; skulld.uggery, and its :. political -alii'ui.sn-!.-' :Biglit^; to'.you' is . .. .brought;the heartsiejc travail; which : ages..aiiy n-fiin i.iT .the..:White- ;Hp.use .many more' ycflr,s --than his'-:' perio,dic.. foiu'-yeaf I'eiifi.s 'of .dfl'it He.-.ai>.- -:peases,. dciiberales, Avoi^rie.si.. fight's, ■ parries-^all for; the wellbciiig' .of h.H :-',; 'nation..: ■■ -->■";:■.' :c-■'; -■ Out - of yesterday's--yes. and lo- - c'ay'.s—headlines con-^e names like .: William Gibbs fflcAddo, , Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Cloinenceau, the ,,. Tig^r of; jPfenicCi; WilUatn .Jfienhihgs. • Bryan, the VtrcacMetoiis. .Gourit' von' .;;; Bernstorff. the .sinking of the Lusi- .' . tailia,. .iJewton. 'D. ' ,Baker,'.; Gdl. ; .E. M. House. .Admiral Graysphi - Mrs. ■'.Edith Boiling Gal!. Josephus Dai:iels, Wilson's three. . datighters, . Barney ■'Bartich, the;cabinet mpmbcrs, aiid.aJl the rest. ■.:-..■■.'■"■-.•;■■■:".'.'.'■■• v-f;-''- : And then there arc '.he human a«- . pects of our 28ih president, jhc cii-. ..' schoolmaster. His love ot football . ' as he cheers a lp..sin.g, Prineetpn team. .'■;., His ■ enthu.-iasn-i tor v;ludeville—a.n, ; -, his{brip:!,fact^C!ipeeially \vhfiii .Eddie :' .■; Foy and Lew tjock.stiidter are the headliners ' .(both reenactcd >. His .- penchant for parlor , liarmphy' with ■ ' .hi? wife and daughters. •And later (here is his .concern ,for .; the '>va'i' - to, end, war: his rbpoatcd, ef-. . forts to keep u.s out of the ]!)17 b!ood- ■ shed, - and his eons!aiit - concern over the casualty lists as they came ni;' . .-..X-. Zaniick, Kijig, Trotti, et;;al. have. . captured all this in: sweeping, ,dra- '. matic touches which may well be transmuted to the 1944 scene. There is the Isolationigtie paen of "I Didn't ' .IlMse My Boj? to Be a;:Sdldier'';»nU " the equally' articulate inu.siu hall ohansph;.tbat "I'm G iving My Boy to Uncle, Sani." ",' -,, /:, Wilson reads an editorial which paints the President tasia blacKguaril ot the deepest dye—only it's an ex- cerpt froni a report on Lincoln wi-ien the,. Great Emancipator first look office.. And it's an edi.tp,ria! ...whic'h seemjngly fits any \Vhite House in- qunibent hot of your ciioiee. '- There are-dyjianiic siiowi-n'ahship: scenes, as! when Wi.l.Hai-i;.-talks . dow'h. the;-arfogahf :.V,bn. BfeTustpr^ the Germans-.and '^iill '.heir evil; plans." which is certainly out of ;o- (iay's headlines. ^:,'''';."; ;' , .There are .newsreel excerpts of the 1<U7-18 day.-;—incider.tii'iy tin; only black-imd-white tpotage amidst, the esttraotd.iriarily. line Tephriicdlor—' .which;, is ''a'.TO^ertipra.bilia 'sa'ga all, its; own. By itself that's a featurelie ,pj no .small potericy. But so cleverly is it Interspaced aS';pai't o,ti(life; ,theh'; U. S. scene, that:it becomes current, ri.thcr than historic. ' ■ There ari' authentic Wilsonian speeches^all of; tliem true experpts from his talljS-^W'liieh; vvill he ropf- raisei's. The applause is bour.d to be .spbiitaneous..- , J;iist.;-;as' -there wi(l. .be: some ami fefeling in the isolationislic sectors. ":':;■-'''-■;-' ''-,;, ,'-';' ,'.■: ;,'':; ; Through It ai r stalks' a poien! per- sonality in Alexander Knox, a;liew- born star (now 50-50 owned by '20.1 h and Columbia, where he slartedi, supported by a flawless east. Ruth Nelson and Geraldih(; ,Fit54gerald as the first and second Mrs,, Wilson; are both capital. Thonjas-Mitehell,;as. }6s Tumulty: Mflry Anderson . as the ;Sp,rightly :Eleanor;Wilspn;-Sir Cedi'jc; Hardwicke"as,'Senato,r ' Henry Cabot Lodge; Charles Coburn ;.s the Presi- dent's . prdfessbrial ; friend,;,- Charles Halton as Col. Hoii.?e: Vincent Price as McAdoo, and down to the Smallest bit-rail are expertly cast. Wi.seiy. .B£^ruch-,i!s-«nly a walk-tiu'ough bit. The prddttction-ls said to cost over .S3,000,000 and looks it. 'When; there are crowds in the Senate, at the sun dry ■ political conveistinns, in t'le Palmer Studium. on il-.e campus, they are there ,in staggering, sizable, numbers. '''■'■■•'^ '■ ':''-- , ,; , When the period of 1912-1920 is re- created in 'rechni(!olor It is as au- thentic as it IS spiendiferpus. Aill' the detail of the-White. Hotise.. deiipr ■ of- the ' Wilsoii adthihijtra-ti'ott; •;aii; the local color of the era and the day are -faithflilly brought To the canviis in a nostalgic. aut!u.'n'.:c fa-;hion. In fact, that.is the keynote of "Wi'son" . authority, ■ warlnth. ■. idoiilism. .a' search .fOT;'a better wrorld,: As it is tp-^ day,-artd will be always. .Abe'. '.: Miniature Reviews "Wilson" (Technicolor): (20th). A sma-^h. v"; ' '•'■ ■ ■': - ' ;.' ;■: "Casanova Brown" tlnt'l- RKOt. First of the Bill Goetz- ' Leo Spaz productions augurs ■ strong b.o.; Gary Cooper starred, '. "Barbary Coast Gent" tSongs ) . ■ Al-G '. Standard Wallace Berry s;i,: rer to ;oll up usual profitable "' ; biz 'fpr'"regular runs. ' ■■ ^ V' ■' "Sweet and I.owdo%vn" 'Musi- cal) (20'ih.», . Benny Goodman starrer s^od b;0, ;for the jive; ' trade. '^; ... ;':;-';;:'.■ - -.' ;' ';;-.;■' ; "Heavenly Days" (Songl :RKO>. "Fibber McGee and ' Molly" i.Iim and Marion Jor- dan) in en.!oyable comedy. "Mademoiselle Fill" (RKOi. ■•■ Fair melodran-ia of the 1870'.s, , ;. -s;iflr.i;ing .Siitione Siition; a'dU£(le.r. •'Atlantic City" (Musical* ■; (Rep ). Will do all right on slrengtli of its mnrqUee nainesl - „.;, "Biide by , .Mistake" (RKb). l.i.:;htwe!sht dualer starring Alan . .\:i;:-<!i;l ;i!id Laraine Day., ,' "Shadows in ilie Night" (Col). - Bettcr-lhaii-average meller in .. tiie "Crime Doctor" series. "Three Little Sisters" (Son,gs) iReo). Mildly ■ entertaining hot- - weather tare; ''';';''■ :"':' , ■,', "Ijonlier Outlaws" (PR CI. . V.ei-y gopd. western with.• swell comedy relief. ;^''^' v-i:- i MVaterfiont" (PRC). Nazi, esr pionag* item of fai^ entertain- ment value. . ; , -7-■ \ "Give '„Us' the Mooii" . (Brit); i , Absurd,' unlikely b.P. comedy : stai;i}in.g-. liilai-garet ;Lpckw(5od aird;. ;,:;'Vjc;'CJtiv,er. ;-;'■;-,•■';'■;;; ;;-',:;- "Two Soldiers" tSongs) (Sp- ; vie'-niadet. ;,: Talky - ■'rambling .story lin-iiis appeal to Rus.siau- speaklng audiences. ..,';;:;;■; -.; '; Tl'M<ly- \N"l lfi<l'l; il<at' ;St(M-tlri^;i;,,,.v,i,-v: i.'tiiw.y;. ilt),hi!(iy ;il.ir('l.-t. -. -j;. , (..e.'i.lpj;. ,Bar.n>?s .'.;iJi.\ip';Ka(ik:--.--.' ,:.'.'.; -.St,-;*?pl S'" .M i'< 'ti'iari ii'ly, (-Jpm;);;!'! Ciiu-H [(-'.fia-Pt,-..' ,'I'01)-.V'i'tirrll ., v-i .-';;.-- ;'.',' iiPipiv.Mirv'n-,.,.;,..,'(.:.,; ' .vii-.s.', ■i;'>i,ci''ii'-- ..-'>■-.,,. .' ■Noi tlia',n" VyiXsutr... .... ■ iVM-(mp.f, ,■'.-,■...', ..-■,;'.-V. J ,- (■.iil(-uiet. ^WiHPhjfltv 'I'iyo]] ;d,\v,rip|. -'; '.\L:i ,l l-n-i|,- .',1 nini^itp.,J,.,.,'. C'a!$ian»va Brown , ' ' t!KO t-iilea.^fi' of -tntPrriallonal- - I'a'iurp,-'i (N-VMTiiait.y.'.luhfisoiP Tii'oi[iH'ti(ih. sfni'-s, 'Jitry-. ,0.<iii'iH^r, 'Pai,:p>:;a ,\VriK,Ii'l:, fpiUiii*p.s .,t'''i-a,ilk,; ,SIi)>'Han'. -' AiTi(;i' T.palse.' I>alrit:.i^t.','( Vttli'ti'mP. riU-Pji,;t.<-il. ..Iiy.; Main- W"0<]. ; l^'r-oiiv ,Hl-ay ; lijr: '(■'l.oyt'l .t>Ml„-an'iI, ;rll(niiarf ai,H'-,tjia^- :->>'iihi,vafi;f' ; .U^iiijioir. , oir'nor,- -;i'i>(i,tnas- .NPlT: fiJthPi'a;- '-.ToUrl- Spilx. V^i'pviPwi'ii ;i(i ^;. r...iiiiy ^T.■,•'■t^. lun.i.ii uii».. 9» .minx. a nava -Q. i'-ti\y n V Ivabtl--iVi-iiry,,;..:.'. .Mi;. ' liVl-l*. ;;.. .;. .J;.'; . .Ma(lK>'. t;>i-i'is'.r..;...; Sim: |,)rui'y-.; . ., •Mr; T)i-iii-y..-..v;...i.'.. pv. -Kfrvipi-lve.;; Mnl)i('-;i ....... . ...... .(•'l-ttllH;.. Mif -.'-' imvlM; .tt'M.-.-*, Uiillfr'.-. .J-iii . i ;..; .c^ary .''onlwr :-. .■ .■|:p'i-'pp!'i. WriKtit , :,. .'I'l at'ik;, iM.it.ia'l)- ,. .-. ..,;.;\nii!!'-].faii.sp.- . .-,i'.;'-,l rN;ii) ;i,;uin'il(;-i>, .;. Kihiio.i'Wl ; l^'i'Ctin, . ... it.'.!tit.'. Kstuon.*!-. Ma.T',v' .'t'.i""^'?! : >'.... liialifit -T'll^on-i.' .Hiiltiiv;^,!!' IJ.o)itii'S' ; tnti;rfetioti9l ■Pibt.dreii (Bill Gocsz- te'o .Spitz;)'''te*s. 6(t with a str;aiglit long- drive. with its first for RKO, "(Sa.sanPva Brovvn." and looks to hole o.it on the ISth- green with a piir scoi-e or close. While; the romont:c ;:otncd.y i.sri't quifo .sensational, it is exceedingly diVerting entpr'.riinn:cnt. very miich on tllp.escapist ..side.' and, will do slrongl.y at the -; boxofTiee. That goes for big towns as well as the small. '-v: ;;;^'v,-'"; ;;';:>■';.>, ; ' : ■ Xunnally .Tohnson. who produced, lias fashioned a s(;ript that rolls along at :.a: merry pace and carries dialog that bri.stles, while Sam Wood's ca- pable direction, and' cast perform- anCes round out the 93 minutes Of re- laxation ill a ;thoroiJgh1.y:'; agreeable; .i-fijuli-ujr. .Prod.ltclidn Itself is all that, iiiiiy be desired'but ■bacitgyou.ndsv'sir'e of a simple rather than ah eiaboi ate .character,:-suggesting ^oft 'tli^ that the-budget. (J.idn'tvso ovferboiii-d: (5ary Cooper gives a splendid per- forinance.:.in'a r'art wliiclVcalls;.uppn;; liini to play nurse to a bab.y a very cute little thing at that, lie's a shy ■ yoti.iig .tiedagogite:;; who ■■■ rctui:ns ; to Rossmorc, 111., and hi.s smalltown .fiancee, played, by Anita Louise. Com - plications arise as he's.about to be married w hen Cooper receives'a let- ter from the head of a maternity 'hdspital; in. -Chicago; ro<.|ue.'--iing Per-- tn;)i vital information of him. . A cut- back, lays the groundwork for what all this may mean, carrying Cooper back past to a ■\VfhliUWilid cbniitshlp' ■ \yith Teresa Wrighti Sfthoni he niar- ries. Til ore's a; very' funny sequence in w'lich the girl'ii parents, iikludr ing a mother who's bu.s;s on astrol- ogy, look tipon the marriage' as. a tragcdy^artd the buriiiiig.pf her fplks' home accidentally., .'Annulment of the tnarria.tfe fol- lows but at, the ' Chicagp niaterinty hospital, which Cooiier : yisits,,., his fdriner ,Wil:e :has. :ju:St given, birth to' ,fi, baby. Under -amusing-. ;Oirc;um-; stances. Cooper ;f;ill;s for the baby gii'l and kidnaps her- because he thinks she's to be turned over for .aijbptiori, What ensues, as he , tries to nurse the kid behind closetl doors in ; a - ;hotfel-!rppni, tnakes for very .amusing' light comedy. Rcu nion pt Cooper and Miss Wright winds things" u;p--,:With ,'a wealth - pi; 'Wann'tlj' and Rflection. -'■- ■:- ','„-,; ',',' :;: ■ Though the picture is Cooper's from the start, the support from Miss W'riglit, -Frank'Morgan, Anita Louise, Patricia CoUinge and others is of ex- treme" iinpdrtahce. Morgan islands out ,sti-ongly as a smalltown man of lei- .sure who married lor, money and is Mi.ss Louise's; faither. The mother is Isabel Elsom but relatively unimpor- tant. iVlLss Coljiiigei.not.in tnUch foot- age either, isgrgat; while, she's there. However;,; Mary :-:Treeri has ' a good patt; ;well done, as a hotel servant aidin.g- Cooper.in caring fi?r the baby and nciiriv marrying him. Emory Pat'nell contribUtps sofiRe comedy, re- lief. '. .;-■■;.■;;;';;•^"■:.■^-:'■■■ . chor. ■;-; Bjiriba ivf ;15<»ast; iGeiiit (ONF. .SONG) ^-; ;:';■„■; ,',,,■;,-,■;:'',;, , ;':'\'-- Hollywood, Aug. 1. .,Mi^trij-VPlpa>i(*'«[-f>'i,'vllle.0.iDutl iiioilu ;:i,i;ai;.s ;..W.alJa.^M-:, .-lipp^'ii':;^ reaturp.s ;.;Biiji)ie 'Ua;t'np'f--. ,lt»h-ii;,i''a.i-.!;ailiiiei-'Bi'Ut'e ^altoj?*f'.-'-J>j-. i' u( 'iiv-" ttii.f ^; L>,J1.; nuth;.- - Sfi^iniiliw- - liy: .WilUaiii ')!; - l,.i|Mii-an;-;o-raiit (3cii,!r'e'(f.;:,'Mafi!y: tvUKi, i-ii-; l:Ni.-;''il ;i,ii -(n'iR:ih-iil: ly,y ; ]jipi)tfip;-|4iMl -ti;;-i.'i:t,.i;i t; f..a.-i>,ii t;;!. ('"liarle-K .'Salerno, .li'.;' ptli- Inr, .-.^fj,t:ituii":--l''a-/.a-n. TradPi^hONyn 'Tj.' -.\; ...lUla. .■l,-,'-.M,-i;.--.lli'iiliiiti(?;-i;iWie-.'.»7--Ail'NS.. :,;,..; .. H<(HP.W:' 1 'li'l.Ai ;■ rti-M timtii. V .■, v .-Wiillii.<i^ ■ 1 ;i>aiiiti.ii:...,.;;..'...;;.'.-.'..';:.'.-nimite.;Bai-tiPs , tH'U'p ;CI(;."l , i...... jrthn-. -dflW'fi,(H;n'o -.fii iiiiru'i /) (■:(, tiaiii,\ III...... .';TJrure Tvp,lloe;ff; t*rn iiji Ati':ir.\ : . .,...I'^rhtKip.^ ltafrpi'.i'y CJl>9-«r 'I I it-Ill.|-\\;,;i-.;... .; .■.-.ChiH. .VViU.s: I ■( f p - 1 inntlii. i:„-..,:.-.,, .'■i.:,.!..: Htm h'-Beory: Sr; r(.:i,(OPl -\\;:rl i'nuf.; ... i. ; . .;>l'pni'y („r .\'pju; .Itihnn'v ,.v.;a-i.'p ;.:';..,. .■. .;;.: ,Ilu.v, ,('ql'liiis A Iff- .Ipr. . ;;;■. .... .■■.-.•iVIOr'ci.l. ;\uli l'iim: HiiiiH'cl-il' llrllairiy I .. .. v..;.. :;t)onalil .MP.tll \^-!hIp Mr lie. liii;-;,.'. . i....: Acid i sail Mip|liu'(i.'^! ,l-:,lias fN'i^tj-i-;: ; <:....-...'...Ilarry. IJ.'iydPn "niii .<iic";.'...;;;;.;..,--...■;'. j;..irttui,.K'. -puro's .l;.it<p;.i-'.iiniiV,iiii,..,:,■;.,.:,,,.;«:.-.,,,paul JJiir.Kl, '.'11 i;l-^' . sif-l^f;. ^ ^'j-v;-. *i".'.. -..:Vit'tov f\ ilian -.lai-li •(•b(i!i. I. .-,..-..-. ;V-.. ..ftllff ; (Itiirtc ■,!;'p.'.|.t li'a..'.,; ; ia-,.-,;.-,.-;..T..p;"uise ,Bi?;ivC!'s Mw'tpwi anil V.,<m-«lowii (MUSIC.4LI :^;;;, ;.*r;wp'rilit:tli--l'*;«.v- i-(ipah«, t)C IVal, t.eBarori ptoilU'--li«ii. I'VaiMl ra , Benny (io<}dmah mvH. - I.lucln . DaiTiPji,: -l.ynh- Bar],; Jack- ((akie, ;J.auiP!4 ( 'Hril\v;p!i; Olreyteil it.y; Ai'chtp iUrt.i!ii., S(;t-eph|)ia,\:, R!r;hai-<I :Kilg'tish from :iH-i(iiiial ,l)y; KliKltHlr a lui - Kihva rd, J;lo.lOemi(n;. (•aiviPi-a. ;i.ii-i:i^n-,.n«llai-U, ^'i-ed^SfH-iitn.;. edt- ii.ii:,-'06fi>tl'..X;.S|)('ii(*fi;;; Hunnf, rtac* Ooj'dohr .l:i:i(P.8 ;':'M«tijt'yo.:..-' nl*Js'io,;. ilnii!,.'; Xe^Vlliani (!)iit'«. lJe;iHt*!i.?(t,in,',!(vi'fl<tp»h'awn N, Y.,- July. ■,ij7,' '4*.'..-';:J,iur,tfitii^;.,-;ii.m-e, , lA; ,MJ,>'S;;- ,- H^iiny 'f3oo»l»)iVn i(,Ti»i; )li» Bmui.'l'l'liema^lvefii, .'-. r.iiiila BBfnell l^i'vin; 'B.ari ,-..;.''...|a<'tv-.;6akle .famPs i^ardwell; .. ..\:;y!» Joslyri ;,ijpliii .Campli;ell ;- ., . Kity. JipMson' .. Itjpii ie - ,\li:-ore ; ;.-hiu.i(ci;y Swiin ,;., 1,-;.. lie ye:i:ty , I-iiidson .:D<il-«lliy .A'nui?t)iiin .:'.'•, ,-.j.;' ..'ftea'i ((f - ,:-I.PSSoy - ., i..-, ..--...^ I; -. Rtly Mayer . .. ...,.BIIty.:0aw.*n .., ,',.H:ij.|'.c.y ..MPlCira t.tiihp.ct .t^liiiiit^tt Keatje . .. .. i,.; . ;.,;■..'riopp,,1.11 ndin ... ., ; ,■: ('iii-a'' >Villiil(Tl.S ...,..;;- itnc-fi';riai'ic .5,;,. .-.■;.-;■,',..■,;\yiiiiii,Hr Colby "Sweet. and Lowdown"'. is ifor the '.iiVe;.trade, ;aii.d the .iuves will give Benny Goodman good b o. support. Rather thiii; on .story; .nevertheless; til i s,.: fl 1 milisleal!; hii.s; aii authpf itfitive: and somewhat biographical ring !o if. Goodman is shown making pe- ; riodic loappearances at the Chi set- tiement .hotise. ■Where he was ;re'ared, ;^anie.s.:.CarHwell' ;iS' ;the troniboning - aspirant, whom BG gives a break and per usual, the kid's head : is turried .hy; i^uiek success and a couple bt; attractive"dolls: iii. the persdh's of; Linda' . Dariiell,:.; socialite; 'dillctante with a bandophile complex,; and Uynn Bari, thrush witii the Good-. jniinitcfi;'' --;;■" ,;"'.■;,.-'-,-.';" ;'"- .';\''■;'■■ . ;:Tli'at's the Si;mple storyi;'hut;a,g^ ■ it is ';p;rpjected such cinematic iui- ance's as a iam sc-'sio!:: four good tuiies ;by , iVtack :Gord.Pn and ' Jinimy- Monaco, '.piU.S.. some.; oldies; and a ;iittle;'ihsidei' -stirlt on - what makes a; naiiie band..:tick;.' .Tiist be<sausiB' the ■sai-ne team cootiiuies. when it walks ptit':o,n 'C3podi"nan,;dbesii':t' mean .it Will click or do business, as the plot dis- closes. "'■',;..'.'.:'<'-;;■;■; :;.";-■:'■;;':-:.•;:-;;-'; Cardweir gives a good perform- ahce as the overly aiiibitioiii ;'{rpm-; boni.st. and . ;the = entire plot .struc- ture • is: - giveti;..authority; by Good- man playing himself. "The maestro wi:h. the X^ray cyt"- -as the Local 802er.s_ call him—handles his lines well, and; isvti gpbd-lail' iipt-6n)jr .for. Cat-dwell but tor the Misses Darnell and Bari. pl;.s o'.iiers. , There's a; Piitemilitary pre;p;.schdol scene whore llie 1.5-.year-old "Gen- eral" (well' ■ done. by Dickie;; ildoi'e)- is ■ al'.ernatingly the military man, -stern , on .'X.-my protocol, and also tlie .jive Scivarit wlio gives put with- a roe,s.s:;of 52nd; .sti-eet gutbucket chat- ter that only a hepcal could in- terpret. ■';■:..;;-;■■■■■;'.; ,''', ., "Ch-.ig. Chug. Choo-Choo.' Chug" (patently: a "Gh,attanbOga ;Ghpochoo'' road : cPnipany) is.; a - good tune. as. are "Hey Bubl Let:s Have a Ball," 'VlO iiaays With-Baby'*;Hnd-.';i'ln l\tak- ing Believe." ; ■; '; There's good inside stuff for -thg ..iazz; C0;,ghps.c.enti such as the cracks .about Sinatra. ■ Casa, l.oma s co-op band, ; .less Stacy and Sid Weiss, Goodman's ponehar.t for, chamber miii.5ic • ;^uiniets,. -.:. "boogie - yvobgie wrprld" sftift, pte.,.';but the overall; ■ptpt; repi,iii'es: no, very hep taudiencc for gtnerar acceptance. ; ■' Abef. ment for ab-<5'.ition of the poll-tax and full vptirtg rights for all people; a preachment for more active par* ticipation in public affairs on the • part of the average citizen and for -i better understanding among national groUps, .ana .8 -j3l6a for pi'e-electibn ; regisfratipn- 'The ;\yhole thing cbme.s ' out as flrstrate piclure-mak ing that . should please everyone without he- in| didactic and forcing good titizen. •ship down pebples' throats. As likable thou!gh bombastic Fib- ber, and sweet, understanding Molly, ;; the stars are ju.st about what tiiey have been foiv a; de(^ade;;pr more in radio. They seem to be nearest vtO ' a Will Rogers or Irvin S: Cobb in kidding human foibles the screen has': found; Re.st of the cast perform ca-.' - pably. The Kine;s Men, \ oeal quar- tet, are iri for one number. --',-;;-" "'■ .;;;;- ■■■';;•;. ':':- ";;'■: ;' '-;;' ; '; Kniiijp. '. AlMfloiiioiM'lle Fifi ; RKO :r<?lpa.=jp. oC VtU ■t>ft\v-tt)n. tH'uil-uptii,iiD^-.;;: S^tars ,.Siinoi,ie; Ki 1,11011,: ,rput,i>i;t>« ,.t(':hM KAi«-i,y', - K'urt KvpuKPv atvd.' .Man"'Niuili^'r,; ;l>'rrppip(V"- by Koiiprt VVi.'ip.; -;;Si-i'i.'pun1a.*,;,ic)Sp.c .,vi:iiii-iwi,, ,-■ and' I'PU-r Ua ,ri-oil'i ■^(-(ii'ip.M :.i:iy. <iiiy ,;.-<)». .'■ ..MaUPii5.sant-; painei-a. -llai-i.;y'^(V'ild,;. fdittii;; , .1. K. WIr.ll.v.lui-. •ria.it-.-ii..« II ir. ■ Ki y . •luly 5(1. •44., ;-,r,tiltvmim-lliMP, <i!i 'MI\S. ' ; This- is a- typical; Wallace;,Beery' ^slarrcr. set in 1880 background of the gbld-cpnscipus west. ■ It's okay drama of routine textiu'e, with Beery coh- 'inuafly holding center ot the pro- coedin,!;s for familiar . shrugs and sniirks. Biz.Will hit.th'e.regular prof-: .itable';Gropve;established by previous Bpp)ry'.starrers;:' ■;' ;;'■; .. ' Bc'ei'y-' is'-..picli(2d; up as a minor lea-iue; coii man on San Francisco^s 'BlrbR.t.¥-. QoaSt, 'perpetually;.brpke . but boy friend;'of;'prosp.erous dancchall operator. Biir.-iie Barnes. .Tohn Car- ! iKiine ..I'c'.iirn.5 . froin jail stretch'- to.' en gage.; i n .-''opting fray with ; Beery,; w.it.h -atier skipning town to be w-el.; corned as big financier when stop- ;jj,iil[< ;'pfl';lra-,{i, at Nevada booiniov/n.. At; first prevented from takin,e the loca.litips,- v. iih a phoney , gold mitie s'ock (leal. Beery sfumbles onto a j'io(i;;eUij'ni, and is forced to sell shares ;tp.;:tlie n.-iifves., Gari-aditie shows up; to grab his operating:,bankroll, - and Beer.y:;gqes straight;in trying to pro:^ ,.te;C'f ,his. i iVvcstprs, but outlaw in hold- •iiig,. up,';'st«g'eS ;tb spciire rnpney : tb keep m,i,i;ie going tilt; the bir^ strike. S:n';u!;rm( o,us ■ with the .jlalter. . he's .uncpvcrod i-s the robber and fu'.ishes as i'rsf ; ;inh;abtlf.int; of.; jail he dedi- uafcd; ; '■;-.;; ; ,■ ■ ''i Erery aiv.cs his usual performance ■in.Hhevt 'no;son't,.gettihg gbcid. support' Croin Miss Barnes. Carradino.. Bruce Ko'logg..Frances Rafforty, Chill Wills -and Ba.y; ebliilis.'- Miss; Ratlei-ty. tear^icd . for -hiiiior. romantlp .interest with ;Kcl]b.(*ft. :Siiiigs one old ttitte as; lor?al entertainer.'. ,-, •;;-,. Script -hris several bright,sequences but-, in contrast, there are some rather dull iinti (,ver!ength passages that make it a sfaiiUoft." Direction .by Roy- Del; Ruth does; much to liven the pace. . ■ ,1'..--', ■-; '■; . Walt. :■ lloavoiily llaivM ', ■ (0\i; s'oxo) ,-;;-„ '; TiKO;-i'-i;,iPf.iM,:; of; itiriipvt- '1'Viiow.i luioane. I i,»ii,i; ..'Sc.ta;}} .;I,ijn and ,.\t!i!-it)n -.l(iv<la,n -(''Fib--; liPa ^ .MPt;;',^! ■i'ii..it; :\r<iil.\" |-;.-';rpii.i;if:|-ps ■K'iis!:,ehe, t'idtf^uo; Cot'rlfin iTtt\ piv ItHv nuiiid.-Wy-UViii'n. ■ilji:r.,l,ra'l-a..'rtaH-.-;. ;()'rOp-:ipd ;'i;.y, l:,|jiK-a;i'<f .ISsttt' i.irofil?-.: : -Wi;vp(n!,ii!;;;y;, |i3,sl,at'rfi,('»lt- :'and liiiin iiui^lii, fiViii,i>-f;iriM.l(iat;tiy -K^H'iil'oot^: i'amfira. Hoy 1 l;tiTU,',-.-pi.ifi.«i-v;.'-t\vilip-lil 'SM''TJ.il;v .t'l'f viciyed in .v.: :,*.;-.l.H)y i].S}:; , Kiviiiiill*;- tImfe-; M- ^liNS. . ;--', i'N,M,p-i:-- iif!(;p-p- ,M.>!,riy:-.. Sp-n.ii.li,i.i' -li.lniiP' iiicii. .,.,,;;..;„..> ;iM.r.: I'iiiiliaiii.;. -\-ii«;ip....;.; i.iiv ciiiihiii. ,\l|-.«, Cliillt... i .in iPi'.,. ..: .■ -.'M\-iiv c;,iHi,-!;;--i,. ....; ... 1.:.. ..Tjin - .Tnrdah . ;.. ;;..;. .\ijtrian .Tordati ,..;...,; iOnse-iip PallPtie . .(ioruon OUv;e,r ;,..'. ;i!a .riii6,nd Wallmiii' . .;!;-. .-):tariiat')l: iltUe .;..;. :iV<n .T>o(i«l«s: ........ i-ViPdri' liipMcoyt .... ... . .. .;; li.v iiiB;, Bii^ioh; -..;;... cha^'.'. .'J-'i'ciiviiiidKP- i'ciiin'fi'.vw.n.-r'-■-.;- -. ,'; '"TleaVPnTy ,Day.s'.' is an unpreten- tious ir:-n tlial .will piesse the fam ' Hy-; ■tra'd;e'.;,;--fit '':li,as- ;.man,y;'; pleasant surprises.;;' It,;Veoih b ihes;,;'lessons in ;gpbd .citizen.iii;:.) In' ar'i,; ciijoyable niannei:,. r.nVi. epuld .s<3i;ve; as-..an •.ex- .'aiTtpte'pf 'hbw.-:-a.-'pict(i.rfe.caii .be both ■iristi?;UCtiVC..'iind'e»tC).:taining';-', It well iiiilizes the proven talents of radio persPnalities. , : ;,;;;,,; ■; Sorebh,plav b.V Howard F.slabrook and the "Kibber McGee and Molly" radio .scrinter. Don Quinn. has wisely 'fbllp-ivcd^jhe'saifl'e fpi'm.ula- employed by the ;yt'f' lu.isbr.ni.i and wife com cdy teaili piX.tfte air, wi.thoi;it attempt .ing ;,tp. inject « lot 'ot other talent into . ;'ne .v;;i-n that wpiitd detract from its pi-iiicior-is. Plot;,has the Mp Gobs "goiii,? to; V^.'Vsjiiiigt.on at- the re^ cutest of a reUitiv.e, Wlip' i.s; a bigwig in the capiiol.. Fibber's well-mean- ing attempts to siipw ;the, .legislators how to run <hi cpiin:ti'y';'leaa to 'the u.sual ; amusinsr implications. ;The stoir.v is ;Phpokf iti' '.>i;inoi;al -;Mahyishi': mpnts, done iincibtriisively, that would hot set:wcil, witfi,,tl,ie southern bloc. There is the- character,who' is sup- posed tp.be; DLV'Gfillup. of poll fame, vrhti .'is shown reading '"-H'eaveri'f bri bidl" Henry Wallaee's '''Tlie; Cent'ury' of, the Common Mali.". .; Interspersed are a ybving teiagup of nstion;;' that; ('.(-mofistfates. different international fgrpitRii' ,'catt live har- InpnibtislSr Avi th; biie; ahotliier I'an argU' Eltzabctli IiQU!s.si!t .-Jean- Coriuidt^t.;..>..;,. ijt.-; von ,^;.vrif't^ ■.';..'. Count .de ,Brev.ii;ic. ^. IBs:,:Counte.«s,-;.;..•;; W'holesaler in 'VViiip.s.'- Hls WIte .,/;.-.;....;.,;:- Al'ahufactiu'-ei', ; . .. .fits .Wife,.'.:.....;. VounB Pi ... ;. .0ur'o Qf ,(;ipi;(;8v-illp- M. Follenvie-;.j,..';, Mme; I'VMr.nvij^ i.. Coapti Dflycr: ..-i jtald .;,..';:,<;; -Major ..,•.'.;.;.;.- Captain;.;'. tieutenani .-. Firilssi...;, S-iiiio'n:K.,:.sii(i!4.n;,,, ,. ;,-;i,t-'ihi|, "I^IinVv-.y,-;,' . ,IClt i;f. -K.i'('u-(t'p.i:.'-: -... .■V.tan Xa-piPii,.-; .KplPh " KrefS'nan- ' ..liisnn - ICo-,j)a I'.ln , ,,N'ii'( 1,0a ,,Va:i1i('-n;.- ;-,-111ni'tti,iri« -;<■ a;IIp'nHa-f:■ ,;'■.-;-.-.;; .1';'ay Itpliii : . ,-Kdnnuu! .iMnv^i-; ;.. .;.\i''iiii:i;l('>s;W;i:i!cli:.i6; • ,-.;....,-....-.., 5ra.\-«S;i'\( flail; i.,..t,i,!lia.|r.B:t(ini.tiVi i,.-;.,:.,...;;,; .: ,.\,fii-u,,..-.Wai>i-; ;-,;:.-. .: .-.;.;.,--;;,:i.|>:.iin l,\,Pnnt'd;y ; ; Wi-tlianr ;;V*ni: VV;viu,pia! - .v,;-; .. ' SyHU wc' .i-.,^;.;..;;.;- ..,-i..,-,;.itali* .1'LiiriiViv., .-;....''.-..'......f ...-.;', ■. .. . ^ ,Jfil,Vll' ljl.K>'tl. ;.,.Lacking , lii'artitip* ''^-alue,.* "■Wade-;'; moiselle Fifi" i.rifiver seems to , get started, Aii o;herw;:se inexpensive production, it's headed for the dtialsi Simone Simon is starred in tins flim, which drawsivaii. analogy . be.^ tween the: pi-UKsiati, ;.invasiPn of France in tiie IBTO's and tSie .N'a/i rape of that country, diirii'ig the cur--; rent conflict. Her performance lacks sparJfc in a jMU'trayal ot a French laundress lo.val to her tration to the very end. John Emery, as a patriot who respects her ;. views ,though-.' others kowtow to i!io oppressors,: gives a sparkling performance, as dbiSS Kurt Krcugcr, as a ; typical Prussian officer. :-'-.' ...;v";';--;'■>';..-'•.; ■ Much of the footage ithwinds on a stagecoach carrying a .group of ;aris- tocrats „to' Dieppe,, and, trefdoni . in Engjpnd, out of the reach of the in- vaders, ' A'lSta'lK the cb'abh ,are 'Mi.'is, Simon and Emory. They all bow to the. Priissians to achieve tT-.cir pur- pose, all except the laundress.; .;, Direction by Robert Wise; coiild have speeded things - up by adding more actioh.'.-'iir .certain seqiierices.. Settings are in keeping wMth - the times, cpiiluming is;-fairly;good. -::. :'-.-, }, '.'-:-.'•-!. ";--■;"■;: .:;' ' SleH. ',':• Ari«»Wfe^:'lilt>-l,-..'': ,':-\.:-:;;::;; :^v. IMUSICAT,) ;' 'Bep')ibllfl ".riili fcw i)i .^Ilipi'-jj.-.T. . .('.ihpn :.pi.;p- - ijiidtion;;, ."wi-i ''ouiiiijii'p, Moi;i-p,: Biad;: Taylor; ■:fpiu;i<i.ps ;i'!tai,;lpV (^rii't" (vin. .(pri-.v, .Golohrid,. .t.'idil Wliiiitiip.it. anil :i.(tijis: ,.^rm- Rtiiongr-l-ian,ii.o;- i!u-pi,-. iv. ;ijuiiij,i-f.s, nc'lw ''KrMkp.i','. .Tde.^-^liS.ispn-;'-■; liii-p.'tPd- ■ iiy' ituy ', -Mt.i;'ai;('.v.'. 'SicreC;n.p.|-..i.v..' I>i.n.].'s;,i.:[!,:iiriii;,- )ii-'iu-ii,.:''.f.;ill'i '...)v,.., tteorj^g; *:a-|.]fini,i ■Itnlun;-'-.'i.i'i'fiiiia-l;- .''.^l:l^ulr- Caesav; '(.inni !.!!, '.iaiin .M{:oii;.:ii-n,i.«ii', W-alu'r ; 'Sfharf. .A liuM-l ;N'(:.vMtiiiK .iris;; Dirliin; 'pdil'i.|.. ■:. -Richard i^. \';;ir I'liiyf i';- -.iiriyi^p^-:.; .Sp;v.nnair l)"ell.\. t.'rpviru-Pii; in ,.n; I', ,,;iuiy 'I'S, '.M. , Kufirilnff-- lili'i..,,. Kti .M:l.\S. -Marilyn- -N^-iil'lti::*-!.. nrad;... ...;.... .Tal{6:'rayiiir,:. ..... ■Pi:dfes!?-or'...;.:..., ('ai'ttr-(!ciili;,:(ii;...,' Bar Ma i.1 Snna lor;... :.Shei"maii-...:,,i-.-ii'i.. BoRers.-....'.;..■..'...; ('latsS.-...'..!..':..'...,;';... Man .011 I l:f s-1-' ■ -.. The. Jl-Jld ;; -i'oil.sianrp Miml t - ..-;,v ;;. iUrad- 'taj iar; : . .l'liai-|p-x. Hi-iiin-w-Jn .,; . .„; .',.lci'i'y:.l',<i,!n(ri!a, .'.'l:'(lli-|-i;i-; l!.-;!'asi.i;i;!-ie', ;.'- ((♦■;*..■ >^»y«.: ..'. .■■, .-. I ',i.p(,..rp ,'A\'a.lt^.iiT„; i;,,..;.-;liiii-y :.:r.v-i>r;. . ^.i: /s t a r I i «'y - ;\ n-d'i..p:n :«'- ,.-;Dn(1alil -.Iji-ri' ...iCl'iatfiP Wi!}iain-*i ;; DiilKy ,Vinlli;p'r..-ll'pfl-.. (»a]Iaii;lV'i. S'.f';-iJ..ia-.'!< K'-miv .M; SilPjn'r Vil,h S.-'Hi-Ji'p.ii.--i.-;.-.i:;iis;V;ni * ("!i!j|.|i.'.s Mni'sli' ':;■ "■ t*aiil, \\ Iiii rnian aiHl- tl is On-lip.s'i i.a;.' -. .... L'dUIs--:'!!,; ;.-.mn«:,)n!il I'i'if;- OW*«*rf».<\ ..: .. . ■, ■:-i.,,',.;'. IM,.' , ji--, -iiiilil.iPH :-, ■,. ;- - . ..; - '!,--; ;w;.;..-ili'.;-J>-mli itlw:' ' :., ,;,.;:. ;.::; ;.,-; :-;«f.i!p ..!!»iir-i;.;\;...-; ;-; ■■ , ■:.: ;■:'-;■ ■;■, '', :'-J'je.ilfiia'.i)-: ':" ';■.■"■ ;, v;-. ' Repub'tie's: ,''At!khti'c':City''' \i,-ill: dP ' all right' at boxoruce but cliiP-tly,, Qri its^irtarctuec eom.ppncntS; not thc,- plot. ;Foriilicd; with tr;.better 'story,. Repufelib. 'iib'iiirV have 'pulled; a. 'suir- - pHse:'\vin^lun\ i'ii.;J,!i'e' ;.S;iTKi:sh,:d:ivi.siPn.;.;; Instead, it's. c:a', .stodgy ■: talc,' -replete'- with bliEhe;.ffialog^ ■'; .-■ ■ ■■ '-.-;;. :•;. -.,.'■ ■-;•-: -'■ WheiHer/.the; f»wU 'o[.; t'lVe-:'pr,f8irial.;;- or',-,the'-;.s'ci:6c'np,!;,A-y:,adaptoi-s,-.-"'A tic City" o:My ,skft«S;,'-tH'c' isiirface aj- ;■; though it ,:docs ;get across tiie ••plry-, ground ol! Afirti-ica;' and beauty pati-, ;eahi! ,;5tu'ffi'>e'it(ng' ,witli the generic;' evolution and (itve'.oprnetit ;of,: the boardwalk iTs irt. ,;■' ■ ; ''; Film does one, thing—-it., .brings Brad Taylor well io. the fore (.s a leadiWg; :maii; Rep has-a: good, bet; Iff., ijiis:.' ex-'iycstei-ii'. jtfvc.- Co-starred; with Con>-tanc.e .-.rooi-o, and sur- rounded with impprtant- p(H%biiaiil'ie.s who, perftn-cP.,''iviil give. '■:A'C''..w'ider- b.o. circulation, it's an' excellent .showcase for this player. Miss. Mooie handles;her';.voc'al::pep'S well; holabl..y;: :*'py thfe' -Sea''. :'atid'.\"On-'.!) .'.'Siihday;- Afternoon," whiiih form" the basic thematics. -,-;- ■:, Plot inoiiva: ioi) n-iikcs Tayio: vim the gamut of his ov. o theaire. cla.ss ,i nit'eryj a'museinefit -pie.r; and- depart- ment store, plus itic civic ..prpmo- .; tional stiints of "America'.^ play- ground" and bathing beauti contest.. While on: the ascension he's more thot}ightless than ruthless, but the veher'ablc Charley drapctvin's advice ; - .•':'■ (Continued on page 20)