Variety (Dec 1944)

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Wednesday, December 20, 1944 PICTUBES 17 Film Reviews Continued from page I l^ke Plaeld iSerenade cn^jagcd to her cousin, girl runs off, joiniiip an ice-show under an as- sumed name to support herself. The m:m flnaUy ftnds her, the Cinderella Icyi'iid even being dufilicated down to a lost shoe, to end nim happily. Plol gives ample opportunity for skiile sequences and spectacles. Qpcn- ins scenes in a snow-covered Czech viliage have a.charming, story-book appcaK American scenes at Placid. hikI oh tour with the ice-sliow; iiie : (jiiiidy and resplendent. Lavish pro- duclfon numbers follow each other in profusion, a Showboat num- byr. a Hawaiian number and one wiilr Kirl cadets drilling on ice, be- lli' .standout.<:. _The specialty nuni- bci s: include one with a new twist, an A|>ache dance act on skates Wliich McUowan St Mack cari-y. olT with tii'cat style. Miss Ralston's several sl;:(le. appearances are all Arstrate, wilh one sequence, skated to a tiny muscibox accompaniment, partic- uliirly appealing. Robert Livingston fills the romantic role satisfactorily, Stephanie Bach- elor is attractive as the "other wom- nii.'' and Pallcttc has a blun', human guiiljty us sympathetic uncle. John Lllcl has good brief bit as a. consul, aiid Lloyd Corrigan is genial .».<; the Czi'ch godfather. The Vague-Fraw- Icy-Catlelt trio bounce in and out of till' rihn as an iccshow producing toiiibinc. stumbling over each oth- er's feeble lines. Roy Rogers appears bi io.fly fls King of.Placid's New Year's cdciiration to sing "Winter Wondcr- laiid.'' Music varies through flhii froni C/.och band marches to Ameri- ciin swing, and is both profuse and allraclive. Direction is sprightly, to krop romance and 'spectacle at swift pace and good balance. Broii. IIHwiM^n Two Woiiu'it (ONE SONG) M-ll.i i r-lo;i.«i: Of Willis C.-ililliC k l)ii.,l.li'- tli.l., illi.-. l -.1 liv (iiililllOll;. Sl;ii> V.ili .lulili- qtiii: rK.-iiiiiT..* I.idiicl niinyiiKurl (:iiiii:i li,- J1:i»i'ii. i'>-i-iiplny. Iliin-y UiiHktii. I*:i<fi"i nil vli;ir:icifr..( «-rtMI(.-i| liy. Mux IJnin.l; r;ilii- Bi.i, JUiiilii -ItiisKtiii: miiMii-, ]>;i\iir Siii-ii: filii.'i. .XiIviiMiii.-' l'';i;'.iin. 'I'milt^jiliiiwn N. Y.. )f-. H. KiiiilihlK llmi. «S .MISS. l>i. "H.-il" .\tl;ihiH.. s .■\'nti .liilinxiiit r>l. laHiii:n-|l LlilllwjHC.-.. . . I.tiilirl llni'iN K- -t'lii:! .litiiri:! 1> ' il.ivi'ii i'vl'i'> .Ki'i'iiiui w \ II lliiUi I'^IK'V Miillv j;.vi-il ili'll.v..... T>i. r.vi- . >.'nr.if l»jirl;.M- N'Ki'fii* MiirKii/'i At :i I ia II Wnlli^r Citivw. K.l.li.> Nliilili. Nlir>,* 'ritt'i'tiiMi:. . , , ...\l:ii-U>n .M;iv:\\;j'M \llii;l 'l\itl(;i'r Mini.- l;i:il„' . l.ilK,- ..Ni'il Ciiilv: IMila Hiilliiii.l .. .t.<in-iiiiio Milji'r , ..Wiilloi- Klnc.iri.iil T.iMi Tri.ul . .SI»ifio.\' l';i.l(rl>oii De.'ipitc the currently "hoiv. Van Johnson in the top acting spot, with Lionel Bari'ymore as marquee assist- ance. "Between Two Women" is a wriikie on its own. It will draw mod- eriite results in the duals.. Film iti an offshoot of the "Dr. Kil- daic" series, with some of the orig- inal '.'kildare" characters, played by Barrymore," Alma Kruger and Marie Blake, participating in the ■ storv. Weakness, however, lies in the yarn, which fails to achieve impact or sus- pense. . The two women or the title arc •Glov.-j de Haven, as a night cUih «i"ger, who becomes a patient when She faints of malnutrition, and Marilyn Maxwell, wealthy deb who aims at having Van Johnson (Dr. Adams) as her husband. Latter eschews marriage, figuring he's not ready yet. Jealousy angle enters when the deb feels the medico is on thf make for the singer. iBut when hes uiinble to trace the cause of her p.sychiatric disturbance, itself respon- sible for her self-starvation, tlie deb USPS her feminine wiles to worm it out of the singer's friends. Tliat helps the doc cure her. Meanwhile, another story tangent concerns Marie Blake, as the hospital opi-ralor who becomes critically ill and needs a serious operation, calling for a specialist. Because of the emer- gency, Johnson himself wields the scalpel, and saves the girl. Entire development of the switchboard operator phase impresses as though the original plot couldn't fill the ninnmg time; actually, it has ' no bearing on the main theme. Johnson isn't too much at home as the. young medic, although few fcinmes will And fault with his bf-d- sido manner. , Barrymore lin ns in his usual job as the hospital head. Ho'.< in a wheelchair throughout. Mi.ss DcHaven handliss one song. "I'm In till- Wood for Love," an oldie, quite : vi'i'll and is okay generally. Miss : M.-iKwcll reveals a potent dash of s.a. ami. while her part's not too forte. f'hi: docs the best unoer the circmni- siances. Slie should become b.o. Kconan Wynh, as a nitery m.c.. Wiilter Kingsford. as a medic, Alma Kruger as the chief nurse, and Kcyc Luke as an interne, are strong sup- port. Marie Blake overdoes the ail- in-; phone gal role. Production levels are" good, al- tliough the direction, except In the operating ropm scenes, Isn't too irtppy. TKe Fighting Lady (Documentary) : (COLOR) Jdiii-l.'o.v ivICiiHc iir LkiuI!) dc nu<'hcinoilt in-iiilui-iliin. Trap .iiory in TecImlfOloV from iri-iiillliiiirioi' ui'iKlniil piliu. IMiutuk'r.-xDhod ill i-iihili(il y.iilii'H I'. S.. Xavy iiiuliM- hu- l.i-yvir'iiiu iif Kihviiril .1. 8(i(»<-lien :iii<l ].l|i||l.- l'iiMininhiI»i- l.wiKitt 1.0lic; liHrniiiiiii I'-ii hy .liiliii .^iu:n'y M:irtlii'..li.ii'i-.ittii. l.iiMii. UiiliOrl 'J'ayliii-. 'I'|'ii(Ii>h1iii\vii ,.\''. y.. Ui-v. I.'i. HI. UliiiilliiK lliiii<. Ul ^II.Nti. This hits a new high as a docu- mentary, one that will stack up with many Hollywood-produced fictional slorics. Running time prevents the picture from playing solo in- many siM>t$. but even in dual setups it should of a real winner and highly profitable to 20th. "The Fighting Lady" will measure up to all advance plugging given it by an exhibitor, and has a ready-made audience be- cause of numerous Navy men si>ottcd by the camera. Film, is compiled from a vast amount, of U: S. Navy footage, with Louis de Rechemont, formerly March of Time producer, turning in a whale of a job on his first feature producer assignment. . Actually the film was started by Lieut.-Commander Dwight. Long, who will be recalled as the cameraman who sailed around tlic, world in a small boat to get a cinema' travel story. When he went into the Navy; his fir.st assignment in the Bu- vicau of Aeronautics was to follow I iic activities of an airplane carrier. From a small crew, the story became- so large the group was expanded to 10 men. 20th-Fox was successful in obtaining the Navy stbry when fin- ished, and do Rochemoht was as- signed to whipping it into shape for theatre u.se. "The Fighting Lady" in the picture is a typical, new streamlined carrier of the U. S. Navy; Yarn traces its career from the time a full comple- inciil or planes are flown out to the luigp ship until it has gone through the fierce attacks on Truk and Mari- anas. While the offensive against the Marianas, when 360 Jap planes and 17 Nip warships have been sunk, easily is the highlight there are so many .graphic attack closeups (taken from fighter and bomber planes i that there never is a dull moment. Producer do Rochemont has main- tained, skillful pace, shifting easil.v trom the noisy and exciting battle events to episodes concerning the men aboard the carrier. The typical happenings in the lives of 3.000 men on . the ship are picked iip. often in closeup. with graphic results. How planes come in and lake oft are cap- tured by the Navy lensmen, willi actual crackups on the flattop when the lighting planes come back crippled from air offensives shown in full realism. Every one of the exciting inoinents comes out doubly effective in color, all material having been originally , photographed in 16-nim. and then blown up to 35-fnm. This IS perhaps the first dociimen- lary not using any miniature effects, only a coiiple of drawings and maps being employed to keep the audience on keel as to the locale where the carrier is fighting. The scenes picked up by the camera from fighting planes are uncanny, the scenes being photocd automatically no matter what happens to the ship's pilot. One remarkable shot shows a Zero,plane roa^ring towards the carrier, refiec- (iou of the blazing enemy plane be- ing seen before it actually plunges into the water. Aliother thrilling episode comes when the carrier Is attacked by a big' bunch of Jap planes, and suc- cessfully, wards oft the onslaught. One gripping moment shows a tor- pedo plane coming- head-on but plunging in flames on the opposite side of the ship after tailing to launch its deadly charge. Attacks on Kwajalcin in the Mar- shall Islands, Guam, Truk and Marl- anas are covered,, last-named being standout because this is where the U. S. found the Imperial Japanese Battle Fleet and nearly wiped it out. Spoken narrative is deftly done by Lieut. Robert Taylor, now in the U.S. Navy. There is hardly a spoken.word outside of his description of what's transpiring, yet one hardly realizes, that he is not seeing a regularly pro- duced feature. A few background noises and voices are heard, but so well put on the sound track that they .sound natural. John Sluai't Martin's written narration is aces. And sland- infi oiit above all is the-superb cam- era job done by. the Navy photog- raphers; Wenr. Double KxpoNiir4> - Hollywood; Dec; 16. Vu'-*"iii*|""l velejise riiii*-'i'Iiiiiiia> in-n- ilUrlluii. ' Slam clte^ifir ^fiin-lH iiiiil .N'nncy K.-lly. Dli-iTloJ Wy -VVllllniil Jlerkiv Sk n-pn- plfiy, WliiHIuii MlllPi*. niul Muxv^-nll .i^lmii.*: iirlKlnni; Hiillili UrK\(>H niiil illltrr: i-arni'ia. l-'tt'il .lacliinun. .Tr.; f'lllUiV, ]lfi)r>- Ailiiili!^. Dm: 1 'i'l Jlil<»MllrtWn U. llmr. on MISS. l/iiTv nui'ke....... I'al Alai'Vlii lien Sci-lliiirr , Dfilovp.i Tui'kcr.... .liiiiiPH U- Tin-lock. Soiiiiy Tuckoi'. i.... Sirtltty........ ; .Nfavla... .'HI. ItiihtrniK . .f'.ilf'Hl(.r ,M/iit1n . ... ..\'jTii-y K(.II.\- ....T'hilllii Tt-rry fan'* irarnir .Uirllanl 'Gali):*s ... .01i»rlr» A'-"! .('laii'C BnplifUf ...Kniiin .Vldrldi "Double Exposure" Is «light drama of ,the adventures of news pbotos- raphei-s working for the illustrated weeklies. It's a fairly breezy affair, imfolding at the fast clip which char- acterizes virtually all of the Pine- Thomas product. Picture will hold up as a good program entry for the regular houses, and provide strong support in the dual situations. Chester Morris is editor of the photo weekly, importing Nancy Kelly from the midwest on impression she's a man. While Morris starts romancing for pair to fall in love, her smalltown boy friend arrives and is introduced as hor brother to de- velop - the triangle. Girl gets some exclusive shots for the magazine and becomes a suspect in a murder mj's- tery, going to jail- despite efforts of Morris to sprin.ii her. He finally tabs the murderer through faking a pic- ture to foi-cc a confession. The former boy friend is conveniently disposed of through marriage to another. Morris and Miss Kelly handle the- lead assignments in good style, get- ting okiay support from Phillip Terry, Richard- Gaines; Charles Arndt and Jane Farrar. Breezy direction by William Berkc keeps proceedings moving at a fast tempo. . Wnlt. The MlMNinK Juror C'Aluniblu r«loa»c or Wallaco MnyDf.imld )iroduutlon. Tcaturci Jliit .-Hniniuii,. .lanis .(.'urler. CoorRe .>luci-''iiily liiid Ji*an StevcnH. Dlreulcd by O.'cnr Huoult'lii'i-. Jr. Scrtfn-. Iiliiy;.. Clmrl(jH O-Nistl: iirininal. i.ooji .Mii-uniH and'ItliHtard >[ill WilklilHun; cam- oVa. 1., W. O'Crtuncll: oilliiii-. I'lliil Bovofsky, At rox, Biobklyn. N. V.. Dec 1.".. '11. dual. Uliimlni; limp, «« MI.NS. Joe KohU ^..........Itm Jluimoi) .\lii-i> Hill .^. Jahis* Cnrloi- IJaiiy -J; Wiiaiiitii ( Jn-oiiie K. HpiiiIoy S . ■ret... wilinia Aiiiiip.;...... .Mai-.-.v ., lt)s|i.-i.i'iir Dav-i!«..... . ('aiiii II , . (■iilll.>... til .i ;:,-. Sasl'O. .(-^'oi-Kc Ma<-i-caily It-aii .^IcviMis .. ..lofii'iilt C'rcliini .<-anile .Malllewi. Clirr C'larl; ... ;l'Mi))Unil Cobb , ...>llllp .Mazmlil . . . .-C'lM-fi.. J,)oy<\ While running iji tlic.convcntional vein of mystery melodrama. "The Missing Juror" has sufficient sus- pense as well as logical story devel- opment to make it interesting. Di- rection is sensible and cast is satis- factory, for ail okay lower-case dualer. -Plot deals with a phantom killer who has murdered six nicmbers bt a jury that once wroncly convicted a man of miirdcr. Fact that the con- victed man burned to death in an asylum instead of the chair doesn't ."icem to deter the mystery-murderer from taking vengeance on the jurors.. A newspaperman interests himself h-| the case when the police are baffled. Suspecting that balance of jury will get theirs next, reporter trails them and eventually unravels the mystery. The convicted man hadn't died at ail. but having killed the jury's foreman instead and making police believe the foreman's charred body , was his. he was at liberty, to' wreak his mad vengeance on balance of jury. Switch isn't revealed till final scen£_fai- ef- fective twist.. Film is swift enough and dialog is good. Jiwi Bannon. ex- radio announcer, fills role of inquir- ing reporter adcqiiately, and George Macready carries sufficient menace and mystery as the killer. Joseph Crehan is good as the city editor who doubts Bannon's hunches, while Janis Carter and Jean Stevens are attrac- tive as girl friend and. secretary. flron. House of Fraukensiein Hollywood, Dec. 15. I'nivPrsal.roloasc of ratll ifalvorii iiriHlia-- lioii; Slacs Hoi-is Kiirlorr. l.*in C'lniney. J)l- rerlfd by v'llo Keiiloii. ScroeniOay by Kd- war;i T. l.owp, basfd (-n ji|oi-y by Con Slod- ibHk; c-Rutei-a. Ueai-Kf? KobliLson; editor. )\:>il)> V'r>*H>; si%<'»'l:\\ v*^*'*oi;i-a\ibv. John ('. Kultiin; JifMl. dlreciiir. Wiilinni.C. Tutninpi. I'rovli-wB.l Dci-. H. 'it. Ituiinlni; '.line. 79 >IINH. Oocior Niein:vm> ; .lloi-ia Karloft' Unnlrl .....J. C!ari-ol NulHh l.ari-y 'rnll>yt Lon Chaney I>)-acutn ;....- J(iUn-(^i-rDdlnc Rlia..... ^...; .\inie Oivynnp Cavl HuHtniian - Pelpr Coe .Ai-117 Monel AUvlll I'ftmi'inI Ci'arffe Ziicro llonka.' .Klena Verdug.i KiiHSMiHii HIk Itumaii l''pJiiH: VVIIItam Edintmd:. 'r^ilipvniHli >. Cllurlca jlillpr -MiillPi' .riiilli) Von Zandl IJprU .- luKuH 1'anneri »l«iler .'Tluns Helbeil Horn .-r.i :j>li-k IJlcklnnon Cerlavli...-. ^ .tlP'irKd Lynn .sua HUH .. .Michael Mnrk Tlorruiaii. ., Olaf Hyiten t'llnuin.; Krank Relcher D1-. (:pt)iHlpi-.....- ;l'.r.indon ITin-Bl AIonHicv .....illenn StranKC Frankenstein's Monster, Dracula, and the Wolf Man provide three-ply horror dispia_y in this chiller-diller mellev. Aimed entirely for suspense and weird dramatics: picture- is a .solid entry for Iho-attention of the horror addicts and will click for good biz generally where this type of product is popular. Plot takes the usual twi.sts of the suspense-chill scries. Boris Karlpff i.s the mad scientist with a penchant for , delving into transplanting of brahis.. He escapes from prison with dcforiried J. Carroll Naish, . takes over a traveling chamber of horror exhibit to release the skeleton of Dracula for brief forays among the populace, and then goes to the ruins of the Frankenstein castle to secure records of former transplanting re- seai-ch. Karlolf releases the Mbns-ter and Wolf Man from icy graves, and sets up laboratories for operations. But the Wolf Man runs amuck around the countryside to arou'-.e the citizens for a march on the caatle, and destruction of the scientist and his collection of strange creatures— until the next in the series comes along. Karloff is the usual menace in lead role of the. scientist, with Naish par- ticularly well cast as the hunchback. Lon Chaney is the Wolf Man, while John Carradine steps into the Drac- ula assignment..- Erie Kenton gen- erates plenty of creeps and suspense in the direction, while script bas all the ingredients required of a horror show. Wolt. Tlie Miinini.v'M Curse ' (ONE SONG) l.*hlvoiYa4 n'lPiiHp ol' (Mlvcr l.n-nkc pi-odup- tloit. ■ 'Slar.s l.on. C'linni'y; foutui-rs I'.-iri- I'ni'. VliKinln-ChilHllnp;. Kay llurdlln;. Ui- rpflcd by l-Os.Up CoodwlnH: srrppiiltlay ' by i:ijrnanl -S(-hulif*tj: orif^liliil stot-y unil nilaii- tallnh bj- l.pitn Abrani^ and . L>wlKht A'. llalKrtK'k: cariii-ni. A'irKlI MlllPr: Micclul lihu- toKrajili.v Uy .liiliti Fiilion;. miiulc- and lyrlcJ*. iiilvir l)i'al;p and l-'nuil; Oi-ib. I'lv- vlpwi'd In Np» Vork Dpi-. HI. '41. liunnliu: illHP, Oil .MINS. ^Itinnny Il7.in:. I'l'IncPSM .vnani Bclty IfalJipy lliib-beb (.'ujun Jup..... I'al Walvli..,. Dr. ('■luliT Ai-lilllP!! Sain-lplan lioobk'...;.... , .Tion Clilinpy ; I'ptcr ('(IP .. \'ll-i,'lnlii Chrlsllnp Kay .llai-dliiK Dpnill." .Moiirt* . .Miiitin .K(» iPPk ........Ivnrl Ki.iVli .. .\d«liyon JliL'liii:\ls ... .lli.lmps liprl<M-i .,. .CIiiu-lPi- Slpvpns .. .-Williaiii V'arnuin .Niila.lCMili Siinii^un This chiller is okay as dual sup- port and lends itself to strong and novel exploitation. Although film deals'in improl^abilities and makes use of dccasioiial cliches, suspense is maintained throuchout. Lon Chaney. in mummy wrapping, plays an Egyptian prince who long ago was buried alive as a punishment for trying to restore his gaV, Virginia Christine, to life. They have been preserved in a sonmolent state, and after haying been transported to the Cajun country ol Louisiana by ar- chaeologists, horrify the countryside. Denni.s Moore,.'a - museum repre- sentative, finally succeds in making the mummies safe' enough to be merely, museum pieces. Cast, pa.sscs muster in standard fashion. ... Jose.. llajigi'roiiN l*as»uige Holiywood. Dec. 15. I'al-ariiiiuni i*plpa,Hi' i.f. 1'ini'-'rlmhiiis .iiif.- iliiilii'it. .SlaiTi nubpi'i l.ou-i-ry and riiylli,s i;ri.t.l;>. DlrpflP.r l.y Willian. I'.,.il;p. S|.r.-i npl-iy. **piin-ji>y lliinii'.-: pailipni. I'rPd .la|.';ii'aii; .1 r. : t'dlliil-. ilPliii- .\.lanis. '|-r:lil|.- lun.M I.. A. !>.>■ (il .MINS. J..^ D.ll .\ ita I'aNl'iii Oatiu'l .l:i''r;;ytriini. .\lilii- '/..'iiiaii" Hud; Harris Caplain .-^aiil.,... D;nv...... ,. \-|in;.:liii 11. -.11. Ktiiinln:: tiirp.' ..; . .T:nlipii l.i.ivPrv 1'llvl!l> liyiiks C'liailp.s .\rm ;, . .lai ll l.al;np ....... Vii-inr l^llhin .William TMiniinds Ciaiu li.bli i;l.li-Pdi:i- action compensating somewhat for the usual situations. It's a supporter for the regular duals. . Plot picks up Robert Lowery at a Central American poi't, where he ar- rives from the interior to be .advised by local attorney. Charles Arndt, that inheritance awaits him in Galveston. Grabbing a slow boat north, he findi the lawyer, Phyllis Brooks, and oth- ers aboard for strange and mystcri- ous happenings and attempts on hi* life. Falling in love with the girl, he reneges on leaving the ship nt a Mex- ican port, and finds the boat a victim of deliberate wrecking for insurance, by the owners. He and girl stick to the shipwreck to be picked up by a sCout plane for safe arrival and Clinch in Galveston. William Berkc provides a fast pace to the direction. Cast is-okay. Walt. La Viierra de tAtn PaMteleM ("The War of the Pastries") (MUSICAL) (Mexican-Made) Claba niniH i-pjpi<«.p or i-'llinH .^liindlalea liroduptlun. Rl.ur.*i, .Ma|iy C'or(pa; foalureil L>oiiilni;» Solpr, Pedro .^rmendurlK; Fcr- nnndit Oiripft. Y>Ijp.pipd l>'y J'lmlllo. Cioinp?; ^Joriul: Slory.-Cpipslino (:oro?tl3:a. .Vt .Mel- munt, N. Y.. wpok. 01 Det'. il. 'ii. Run- nhiK lime. ;HS .MINS. SiuPllP.........; .'.Mapy Corlc* Alraldi' ....;..; .DanilnRo Solor Antonio...... I'pdro Armcndni-lr. . llpniontPl; '. l-'i'i-nniulo Curton irorU'n!<la .; ,D''II» Maiiana Pprlia ; \ IfrPdo .■VuVPlft Marlpl: ; I'*anny-. Scblller This is a progranv moUcr following usual, dramatic formula, with fast ■ (In Spanish: vo Eu^lish Title?) One of the bf^Her musicals to ema- nate, from south of the border, this comedy, however, is headed for good business only in U. S. houses catering to Spanish-speaking audiences. There are ho English.subtitle?. Lines and situations that draw hearty laughs arc sprinkled through- out the footage. Some neat photog- .raphvl gay costunies. catchy music and better than, average photography add much to the pic. . ■ Yarn deals with two love stories and their complications; that, of a baker's daughter (Mapy (iortcs) with a lieutenant, who is opposed by the mayor of the town whore her father has a bakery, shop, and that of the baker with an old tlame of the may- or's (Delia Magana). who is intent on rapturing the niayor for herself. Miss Cortes gives out with , a top- flight performance, and acting by remainder of the cast, including Do- mingo Solcr. - Fernando Cortes and the others, is above par. E. G. Mu- riel has directed this film deftly from a fairly interesting story by Celestino Goroslizu. Steii. M-G-M'S TECHNICOLOR JOY-FILM! Hear Judy the Hit Parade tana "THE TROLLIY SONG" Starriof '; JUDY GARLAND with MARGARET O'BRIEN MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS' AtTOK—CoHaiieat Po^Iot PricM—i'way ft 4Slli St. Doon Op«B M A. H. Partmeunl pr«unli Alin Lanlta LAOD YOUNC "AND NOW TOMORROW" la PcrMii GLEN GRAY CiiMi IjOnui Or«h AlMl.«^ Hn*wll Wall; Brown oad Alao Cancj Mtrgtrtt O'BrlM iToiw Iturbl llnmiy Dorante tlijnr AUVHOD In M-IJ-.M'" "MUSIC POR MILLIONS" .In PerBon TOMMY DORSE Y nnil OrrliHtiro loddy Rich ■emord Rra*. riVr MUSIC HALL "NATIONAL VELVET" Spectacular Stage Produettont. 62 STABS IN WABNEE BBOS. "HOILTWOOD CAFTEEF' l.Oreat Sands • 7 New Seofi* i.\ mtso.v . IJONEL HAUFTON AMD BIS OKCIIE8TBA PIm a ftala Revo* . B'woy at 47th St. STRAND i HUMPHREY BOQART ERNEST HEMINGWAY'S 'TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT' Warner Broa. Hit With Walter Br*nnan, Lauren Baeall, Dolores Moran, HoagyCarmiehael B'way at Slst St. HOILTWOOD Thura., Dec, 21 LANA TURNER 'Morrlof* Is • PriM** AfWr-l Md Orck. EDDIE HEYWOOD PALACE B WAY & 47tli St. John WAYNE • Ella RAINES **WINGED VICTORY" A lOlh Century-Fox Picture ■ ■ Ra y Y lib """l St- " * • Dtrarl Open 10 ».m. VICTORIA (ranJwair 1> Mih SI. lHn|>ii)-.«X.M.*r