Variety (Sep 1946)

10 OTLM REVIEWS Wwliiesday, September 11, 1946 Cloak-and Dagger Hollywood, .Sep. 5. Wavnovs volcase ii( Allltun .'<i'crliiiK (fnia'd ■fitatcs FioUiri'K) lu-iMlui..U()n, Sliu:s (3iiv.v Cooper, l-ljir l.'almi.'i; leiiuu-i'n KoliiTl .VWii, VlBdlniii' Soki)l..]i. .1. ICilwivfil.. m-tiinbPvH, Mllrjorie llcshfll". l.mUviK KIosspI, llnrune ^rhlmig. Dun Hiyiiiour, .Man- ■l^iuVi'tMU'c. Dil-cOted hy i'"rlr.i i.iins. Wci't'fniilav, .Ulicrt Malta, Rtn^ Laiilner, .Jr.! ofiitlisil ttovy, Boris liufstiTi J.-hii J.fu l.iii • ,siiBi<\'st«'l l»y /the &ouk by Covey •Pord anj Alnstiilr Jlac- Ealni iamerS, S(U ,1'wUt"; I'ditor, (.•hristian NJliyi -miisii', .Siflnei-, Tra.Ie^lKiwn L. Seiit.4. '4(1. KiinnlnK UllW, IIW MINSi, Prof. Alvnh Jcsppr Pinlcie... ■.. ■ Pokln , Treiili,,..... Ann Dawst'ii The • Germa'i........ • .liaier(i) Loiloi'.v ■ Waraolt. ... Luliji...............;....... Col. Waist.......,...,;...,. The ISr.i;)ls.hnuur.;. , . . Erich.... ....'.. ,^.,. IntrodutUiB l.ill .(lury Cooper liobe»'l .Mda .VlK.'.lmlr Soliolfff j.Vdwiir.i iJHtAilierj? ..\iinjol-U' lloshelle .,. 1 .uilwii? Stot-'sel ...lli'lciie ThimiK Uiui .Si\\iiiour ... .\iiirc. r.a\vre,nfe. . .. ..,lanT.'.s ;F!avln . :.. , . l"ai O'Mooi'i) . .diaries XKirsh I'liliner The Thrill of llraxil ' (MUSICAL) Columbia rclviusi' of .Sidney liriW'-U iiri>- dui'tlon, .Suir.s Kvplyn Kpy.'s, K.i'nan Wynn, Ann .Millovr foamrcs Allvn .1..■>i.\n, THo (luin.'ir, Vi'loz .1 Yolanda. Kuril' .M ulil- ism-ra uri-h. Directed l>y .'^yivan fiinum. Sorionjday, Allei^ l!i\ltin. .Hai rv I'l. rlj, Ue\a.rv l.'rtnnna'n. ciinier.i.. Clnu li'H I.aHUiii. ,)r.; vHiiir, clvarli's Xi'lhon; daniv^; KiiRi-n.- iirini;. Nicli Castle; sonKs. .Mian . Holu. rltr Doris Kishor, Kaiiliaol lHU'l\i'.Snp. I".n\ :\Iadrii;ueva-Alliprt dams.Pi ■ Al V,'m\'!i ^'laii-, N', Y., week Sept, S;:.'*«.' linnmnK riMu, ito SUNS, ■ , : VU-kl Mean..;.. • ,. • ■:• ■ • .Kv<dyn Koyes sieve FarrauBh.....,,..,. • Kwnan \\ >nn Linda . Ijorcn.s.....,, .iiy;. ..v. .,Amt .Miller .John Harbour AUyn .luslyn Tito Oulzar..... ........ .lliinseU Velof;' and Yolanda,.....,...... .1 Iwmwlypfi I,tid\vl)! .KrlfBSlUel. I., Fk'll.\ Kro«su;t Irkte Ilower-s •loniai;)! l^uiz ..; ; ■ ■ I^n^■('ne. porilen Ktirlc.MadriKuora Ort'lie,iU-,a This tale of the O.S.S. and its, un- dercover wbrk during thV Wiir'. serves 'as kiekofi' production Id'r .U,: S;. Pic- tures, Despite boxoffice value . of Gairy: Cooper'.s name, fllni i.s l)ie dsual ,CflpSrAnd-robbers story. ,It ,will, grab hahdsome refurn.s,. ne,vertlieless,, due to Cooper draw. Physical production , iurmsned by^ Milton. Sperling gives action good background., Frilij, Lang's direction manages suspense. and sev- eral top moments o£ grippiiiig .dranria- tic conflict.'but otherwise fails td- rise to sock levels. Cooper is seen aS atoriiic scientist drafted by O.S.S, to enter first Switz- erland arid then Italy just pHor to close of the war to get a . line oh Nazi atomic developments. He encounters the usual fem.hie spy in Switzerland! gets out of that episode with v/hol-: skift biit only after death- of .Aus- trian scientist he ,was contacting, and then moves oh to Italy and iomaiice with ah Italian partisan; who , is las- signed to aid him contact !aNai2i-Keld scientist. Film ends with Cooper's promise to return to hi,s Italian love after the war is over but value of his mission is never clearly shown in the development of the Albert Maltz- Bing Lardner, Jr., script as aimed. Cooper -fits requirements of his role, turning, in his usual topnotch job, A high moment of thrill ,is his hand-to-hand, silent, battle with Marc -Lawrence, Nazi agent; in an Italian , hallway, It's one of the few top se- quences. Film introduces 11111 Pal- mer, foreign actress, as Cooper's ro- mance, and her performance prom- ises bright' Hollywood future. Rob- ert Alda, Cooper's partisan guide, ■does excellently, as do Vladimir So- kololf, J. Edward Bromberg, Marjorie Hoshelle, femme spy, Helene Thimig. Dan Seymour, Marc Lawrence and others, Sperling's production offers good commercial possibilities at the box- office without rising above usual thriller level. Sol. Polito's camera , work is expert in furthering action and other credits are craftsmanly, ■■■ Broff,, ■: The Bachelor^s Danghters (SONGS) United -Artists rtleaso o£ Andrew Stone production. .stars (3aii Husseil. Ann Dvorak, e'loire Trevor, Adoluhe AVenjou; ^feature;,- jTni^--Wyai t, Billie Enrker^>ain)an O'Flynn. John Whitney, Eug,<'ne, I.lst. Dl- , re<;ted by Andrew Stone from original ,'8prcenplay ,1)y. Stone;, asst. director., Aaron Rosenhej-g; ,camera, Theodore .Sparkuhl; eaitor. Duncan Slansfli.id; sonss, Fred Splclman, Kermit ISoell. .lad,- Lawrence. Irving Drutnian. t'revie-wed ,\'. Y., Sept. fi. '40. Running time, 8» .MINS. Eileen .«aii nus.sell Cynthia.........,, , . CMii-e Trevor Terry ............,...\ an 1 n orak Mr. Moody.. AiTolphe .Mcnjou Molly. 1, ,,,..,.;...... Kiilie Burke Marta. . .. ,.lune w yatt Soliuyler Johnson, .i HiiKene 'Usl MiUer,...,.., ;,, , Uainian D'Kiynn ,Bfu06 Farrington,,, ...lohii Whirney Djllon.., Kns^ell, nidre CJolUTTibia enlisted the Metro lot for this one, borrowing Keenan Wynn and director S. Sylvan Simon to add to its list of regulars. -Desipite the additional names, howevef, "The Thrill of Brazil" slacks up as a .w-sb item. Pic has several good produc- tion: numbers interspersed with a highly implausible story and a nies.s of oversonhisticated dialog. It's an okay too dualer but first run eyiiib.s will have to plug it to make it stand up alone. . Unlike most other mii.sicals, in which the story stands merely as a frahtfewo'rk: on which to strin.^ the songs, producer Sidney Blddell, ap- parently tried the novel experiment this time of subordinating his pro- duei;ion numbers to the tale. He failed" to achieve a. happy mediurn. Story, revolving around the antics of an American theatrical impresario in Brazil and his attempts to win back his almost-divorced' wife, is funny enough but too improbable. In addi- tion, scriptei's Allen Rivkin, Harry Clork and Devery Freeman dressed up the plot With a bunch of original gag lines that follow, one another in too rapid succession to have much sock effect. They emerge as cute rather than funny, . ■ Cast, on the whole, is good. Wynn does a nice job as the impresario, getting as much as po.ssible out of his lines and the situation comedy. Evelyn Keyes shows heretofore un- revealed talents as a comedienne as Wynn's estranged wife, baokin,?j him up effectively. Ann Miller is a su- perb tapster but no great actress, and the same can be said of Tito Guizar and his singing. AUyn Joslyn ,adds to the comedy as Miss Keyes' new boy friend, and Felix Bressart and Sid Tfimack, in supporting roles, turn in some excellent bits. Best song, and the one around which the best prpdiiction is weaved, is "Man Is Brother to a Mule," sung by Ann MiUer in a wicked hipshak- ing routine. Others, including the title song and "Custom House," ate okay Show tunes but have little chanCe of catching on, Latin music, including Guizar's rendition of "Linda Mujer'' , and Enric Madriguera's "Miinute Samba,". should go over with the rhumba crowd, although staging of the latter is a dSrect fac- simile of the way Chopin's "Minute Waltz" has hit the screen in previous films. Eugene Loring and Nick Castle,: with a nice assist from the sets de- signed by James M. Crowe and Rob»- ert Priestley, get some fine three- dimensional effects in the production numbers. Camera work by Charles Lawton, Jr.* is almost uniformly tops. Rich production . mountings indicate that Bidden sank more than a me- dium-sized budget into the film. Stal. Miniature Reviews "Cloak and Dagter" (WB). Spy melodrama, with Gary Cooper name to sell O. S. S, plot. Initial U. S. Pic lor WB relea,«e. "Bachelor's D a u g Iv t c r s" (Songs) tUA). Good cast in eiitertaining farce; good box- oifice. "The Thrill o» Brazil" (Songs) (Col), Keenan Wynn, Evelyn Keyes in fair musical, "Gallant Journey" (Col). '0\s- appointirtg bio of an airplane pioneer; keyed for only mod- erate grosses. . ■ "Her Sister's Siecret" (PRO. Fair- drama with plenty of femme appeal. "The Inner Circle" (Rep), Minor whodunit slotted for the dualers. "Little ladiile" (UA), Pro- gram comedy based on comic strip character okay for release interiticins and' family trade. The Inner I'Irele Rppublii! n'lease oC WiUiain J. W'SuUlvan prudui lion. I'Vatures Adelft Mara, Warren bouglaa. VVi(tlani I'Vawley, Itli-ardo corlez-, Dlri'cted bv I'hil b'oid, Screenplay,DorriU Sr. l^luarl 10, .Mctiowan front radlos<'i'ipt by t.tonarii'HI. Clair, l.awronco Taylor; cam- era, UcBtile l.ariilnm editor, 'I'ony Mar- '.inelll. At KriioUlyn Slranil. dua!, \yeelv Sepl. .''ill. liiinoing lime. 57 .IIINS, (Jerry '.rnivi!.. .Inhhny -SlianKe.. Webb..,..., i)nke Vjirk....... Itluaia Itobcil,-!,, . Itailio Announcer ii(<nr,v KOgiin;,;. .Mrs. WHson,,.... .\i)ne Travis..'.^ fa ir. With G lenn Ford -a little wooden as tlie inventor and; Janet; Slair too frenzied as his, inspiration. Support.- ing east is only fair,;, , Story tells the bitter ll£e-story of Montgomery, who flew the first home-made glider in. 1883. His boy- hood, experiments with engineless planes were laughed at. Success of his flist .flight brought him notoriety, without financial success. Money fron» a gold ;separator he iiivented was spent in defending himself against lawsuits for patent infringement. Ver- tigo attacks kept him from Hying his planes and hastened his early death. His bitter story, alleviated by devo- tion of a loving mate and affection of the Santa Clara College Jesuits, who helped him continue his experi- ments, should have made A-1 drama. As handled here, it's maudlin. It doesn't seem likely-that, back in tlie 1880's, expressions like "warmed up," "joint" (for home) "on tlie house," "it's a cinch," and "that wouldn't be kosher" wei-e be ing used—especially by a priest, and it certainly doesn't seem proper, for a man of the cloth, with a big belly, to use that belly to butt another per- son frequently for humorous effect, Story is relieved by some fine pho- tography, especially the aerial pic-' tures of cameraman Elmer , Dyer; an occasional homespun mood that is successful, and some good back ground music by Marlln Skiles. Broil. .Adelc Alara ..... Wari-en Ddngla.-i William :Fra\vley II l<^Hrd«;^;or(o■^ .,, Vlvtslnla iChrlatlno Ken NilOB Wm Wvlght ,,.. .I^ofothy, Adams .Martha Montgotnery "The Inner Circle" hasn't much to recommend it. Even whodunit ad- dicts will liiin a quizzical eyebrow at the tantiled. illogical and crudely put-vogethef .slory. With slipshod .scenario, pcde.'-itrian direction, and a total lack ot mtirqiiee power, the film is a niilior dualer. What sttiry: there is concerns the murder trarneup of a private inves- tigator by his pretty secretary, who is trying to protect her kid sister sus- pected of (he crime. Eflforts of the detective (oUnravel the mystery lead,^' him Ihrimgh a series of inis- adventui't'.'? \\-ith the local police and a tou.i!h ,niKhtciub mob, , As cf wind- up, in, h scene notable only for its absur'dityi he assenibles all the sus- pects in a radio studio where the crime is reonacted and the guilty pai'ty is revciiled. After the gurn- ,shoe explains his solution, the inys- tery remain,s a.s thick as: ever. . Adcle Mara and -Warren Douglas play the romantic 'lead.s,' doing the best they can with their listless lines. ■Vet actors ,William . Frawley and Ricardo Cortez, police detective and nightclub menace respectively, give big assi.sts. while other cast members perform adequately in iioA parts. of the anmial sports pageant held in Moscow's Red Square in 1845 th'6 film's monotony is not over'come even by the kaleido.scopic color pat- terns made by the swirling Hags and colorful costumes of the various So- viet nationalities. About two dozen shots ot Stalin reviewing the parade are seen with a sliding frequuncy scale for other Soviet limihiarics in addition to two shots ot General Eisenhower who was visiting, Edit- ing of the film is crudely handled at many points and the English nar- ration by Kurt Hir.sch is drowned in the blaring band music. New Foreign Films Wnlikely pr Anglo-U. S.. Market) Lh lie Iodine, Hollywood, Sept, 7, United :\rirelea.se of Buddy Uoger-s- lialpli Colin H'onieL) production. Features Jo Ann Ma'-lo'.ve,-.Marc tTramer. Kve Whit- ney. Ii-ene Ryan, tlobart CavanauKh. Di- rected b,v IleKlnaM l.eBorff, Original ,.s(reen. play, Kiobard t.attOaa: camera. Itnbert Fit- tack: score. Ale^fandei' Steinert; editor. I,ynn Harrison. ;J?rGvlewed Sept. 5. '46. Runniim- lime, .8« MINS. r,itt le It)dinr.Jo Ann ]\larlo\ve .Marc Andrews .....,-Murc Cinmer .Tanis Tayne;^ Kve AN'liilney Mrs. 'i'reniil'c..,.,, .;........ Irene .Ryan ,,Vlr. Tltnililc..,.,,„l-l<iljart CiKWanugh it(a-a-'e.... .Xianny Hees ;,SlmIvins, .. . .,,, /l.eoh JJelasco Mr. jiigiionie.. ,.V.....'.Ktiiory r.irpeU' Mrs. Higru.mf.,. i,..;.,>*i(,ra(v Iby Gran<lnia .lout s, ~.. .;,.... ..^eitn Italrlntiiti "Dcr Welte Weit" ("'I'ho T.ong Way"')' (.\lJS'rUI.\N), .Soviet l.;xp<H-t Film re' lease o£ Dohau Film produdiiih. sia.|\< %n, dolt Prack; features Iluris Holt, jlnria An- dergast, AVIllI Danek; directed li.v Kdiflird ' Hoesch; screenplay, Iforl .lantsch; (ariieiu, Antort Puchci-. Bevlqvved In Vienna^ . rtun». ning time. 8.^ M,IN,S. - , : Produced at the Ru.ssinn-owned Rosenhuegel -studios, "The Long '; Way" is the first post-war Ausiriim film to stem from reconstructed Aus- trian film industry. Plot deals with, prisoners Of war and their lovo al- fairs. Rudolf Prack, Maria Aiider- fast, Willi Danek. do the be.st work in the leads. If picture is synehron- izcd in otner languages, it may have some chance, B'ilm. is doiibtful t'ot Germany since many remarks will displease the Nazis J)lafl,w. "l-ns Tres HatuB" ("The 'riucc Bats"). (AKGKU'riNB), San Jliguel stuilioa pro- ■luction. Stars .Mecha Orliz. Anvciia licnce, , M-aria Duval, lllgliel' Fausb nnrh.:i: Sanli- ■ ago tSoniea Coiy, features Kioardn r'assano,,, ' Jr., Kclisa Mary, Ainalla Sancbe,-/ Arino,- J-^lorem Delbene; direeied by Cnrjos Schlle-: |ier: adaptation, Samtrel Kloh*.Umiint,;, Arlt»)' i'arta'.!zo, Jorge Jatilus, based-on. ,T>1e-j!-t'«n- sooo's novel of same nauie;.; cninpra^ Hob noherls. Reviewed in Bilenoo Aires. Hun- uing time,- 9« MlJfS. Dreary story of three sisters, mort- gage on the old estanzia and big city pitfalls which await country-bred gals. Fatal attraction ot the second sister for a heel (Gomes: Cou) affects the lives of all three. Acting honors go to Maria Duval, as the youngest and happiest of the three charailerSi No interest for U. S. JVid. Dr. Johnson.. - %irs. ' Johnson. Mr. Stapp.... .Mr. Johnson. 'ie Itoilgriris .Madge Crane .flill Kennedy hard , liagem-'in bliricer ■..... ........,.;,.,,., .Igor Diega Bill Cotter. yton Moore This Cinderella tale about foiir de- partment store .'ialesgirls who decide to put on a front to win rich' hubbies is filled, with expected implatisibili- ties, but under Andrew, Stone's- deft production-direction <he also dreamed : up the viirn), ,, "The Bachelor's Daughters"' jells nicely. , , Film turns out swift-moving e.nter- tainment, with the' exhibitor's toughest task, the - job ' of eori^ vincing his patrons they should see it. Marquee lure obviously is solid' ,,if unspectacular. Exhibs addition- ally have the name of Eugene List, concert pianist, who is okay in this, his first picture. Story dees , nicely , in showing the transition of Adolphe IMeiijoti from the fus.sy, irritable male 'itito the "father" of the family who's ss much interested in f;eeing the gii-Is win their men as they are thenisolves. Billie Burke becomes pseudo-miither of the. trihe. It's to Stone's credit: that he has made this such effective entertain-, .ment, that he ha.s-not been prone to , gag it lip too much and that interest 'is so well-sustained in such an artl- 'ficial setup. ; :Liist does . surprisingly well in the slight acting role but naturally cleans . up with his piano .solos; producers smartly have introed these into the plot without interfering or making dull spots. Mi.«s Dvorak ballads in fine shape the two original tunes, "Where'.s My Heart?'' and "Twilight $ong," neither especially noteworthy, however. Wear. Her Sister's Secret PRC release- of Henry Brash (Raoul Pa- yel)I production. Features Nancy Coleman, I'bifip Reed, , Margaret Lindsay, Felix liiessai't. Elrected by Kdgar <i. T imer. Kcieenplay, Anne Green, based on novel by Cina Kaus; editor. Jack W; OgllVIe; cam- era, Frank F. Planer; ass't director. Ed- ward C. .leweU". music, Hans Somnier. Pre- viewed N. T, Sept, 9, *46. Running time,. m Mim. : . Toni,.,...... .,,,... Nancy Coleman Henee.,, .-,.,Margaret T,indsoy Dick. ,., .,, Philip Keed Pepe.,'., ,, .Felix Bressart RHl d... Regis .'roomey, Mr. Dnboiii.,....d.Henry Ktephenson. Wine Salesmaii,..,I>'rll'/! Feld Billy. ,; ■........ > ,,,Winslon- Sevfim (Juy......................., ,George Meeker Klla , ,llelcne Ileigh Matilda.i,,, .France.^ Wimania Birdman......... .Ruiiolph Ar-ders Gallant Journey (i:olumbia release of William' A. Wc'lman ]>roduction, directed by Welinian. Stars tilenh Ford, Janet Blair; featui-es t'harlcs Buggies, Hehiry Travers. Jimmy t.btyd. Origliiai screenplay, Byron .AloiKan. man; score, Max-lin ,Sklles: camera, Hur^ nett Guftcy.i (3eorge ,S, Afeehan. .11-., Eibier Dyer; editor, Al. Clark. Previewed N. \., Kept, 3, '40. .Running time, »« JMINS, John Montgomerj-.,.Gienn Foi-d Reglna Cleary. :.,. .Janet Bluii- Jim Montgomery....... Charlie Kugglts Th»mas Logan..Henry Traver.s Dan Mahoney.,..,.,,..........llnim-,' Lloid Father Ball.,.. . .. .Charles ICcjuiici- Fat.her Kenton....,..:.. Arthur HhiciTi-- Jlachary Montgomery.... VVilla rd I'-nln-nsoii Mrs. Montgomery ■ Kcltna lioyi Jim Logan. John Logan Mrs. Xpgiin......... Raymond, -Wrilker.,..., Tony Dondaro......... Corncllns Khelnlandi'r. Dick Call (boy),,,.,,.. "Peacof^k" Fox',,..., ,,, Pedro Lopez. .luan Morales..,....d/. Tom.. ,',-,,»■..,-,'. Men.. Cully ■. Shar Poignant drama of a mother's love for her child born out of a'wartime romance points up this PRC entry for the upper brackets of the duals and may be strong enough to solo. Basically a picture for the femmes, this should Ije exploited to the hilt. Taken from Gina. Kaus' novel, "Dark Angel," Anne Green's screen- play tended to stretch the story a bit too mucli which , good editing could have made more, cohesive. De.spite lengthy tale, performances are generally ton quality. From a chance meeting at the New Orleans Mardi. Gras, . Nancy Coleman falls in love with Philip Reed, a soldier from a nearby Army camp. Desperate when she finds her self pregnant—with her lover over Jim Montgoriiery tas'ijliyV.Koiiert Del lacch i-"ieas possibly never tO , return—her 'sister, Margaret Lindsay, arranges to bring up the child a§ hers; How- ever, the inevitable question vvill her husband find out?—plagues her for: three or four reels. Solution has Mi.ss Coleman relinquishing the child to her sister and fadeout brings Wita'ndiv';\i,va'ra'('i'i'j i her into a final clinch With Reed ■ W'ho's returned in the, nick. Though the story's a familiar one, this Henry Brash produ(;t6n has been creditably, directed by Edgar G. VU mer and film in general has -wide ferhriie appeal. Miss Coleman con- tributes a moving performance as . I.tiren '!'ind;.ll .... , liyrnnMurgan ;.. Kola , ,VI0r,Ran ,,,, ..\ilcliiiel 'I'owne ;,';',,'; I'aiil - Jlarion -. ; ..Hcni.y RiiwhUMl . ., .Hober'I iloovi r .'., .Paul . W; Uni'ns .i'ltl-s-Pin Miirtfii S^nort. • .. .COiirad ,, Hobliy .('I.01H ..B'luly WI."-'slPr ,. ,,'''ommv , Cook itiddy . Swan' vflinyii This is a sl(3W,, sentimental .storv about a comparative'unknown,: John , „ uiuviuk ucnurmance a<! J, Montgomery, who pioneered it, de-; the unwed Immt^Ws^X^s^y signuig and expet-jmcnting on air- I register., n= tw"iS'»^^^^ planes.,,Story has been treated slodg- ily, with -its dramatic p,os,'<ibilitle.< iii- "LitOe Iodine." based oh Jimmy Hallo's King Features cartoon strip, marks production debut for Comet Productions, headed by Buddy Rogr ers and Ralph Cohn. For its inten- tions, film gives team good start and will .serve as basis for series if sales warrant. Production makes no pre- tense of being other than supporting material, works in considerable chuckles in dealing with escapades of the pen-and-ink title character, and generally serves up salable film, Hobart Cavanaugh and Irene Ryan, as Mr. and Mis. Tremble, parents of the cartoon brat, carry the picture along on capable shoulders, over- Shadowing young.sters by merit of .performances. It's a typical Hatlo plot as scripted by Richard Landau, showing Iodine generally raising cain and persecuting her miserable par- ents, through misguided good inten- tions. Situations are exaggerated but are close enough to reality to make for good laughs. Reginald LeBorg's direction i.s not always even, but gen- erally manages a good display of the material, ' Adult romance, which Jo Ann Marlowe, a.'; Iodine, and Lanny Rees, as her chum, manage'to mix up is carried by Marc Cramer and Eve Whitney. Emory Parnell shows well as Tremble's gruff boss, Mr. Bigdome, as does S'aralj Selby as the boss'.wife. Leon Belasco, salesman of recorded French lessons, whose pitch to Mrs. Tremble .starts Iodine to building an imaginary romance for her father, gets in some comedy licks. Young Miss Marlowe and other moppets do not stand out particularly. Editing has -kept film down to quick ,')6 minutes., Lensing by Robert Pittack is good and. other credits are it) keeping with release aimsBrog. llnsNia on Parade DOCUMENTARV (Color) : (RUSSIAN-MADE) Artkino release ot Central SUuiio of Doc- uroeiitary FiliDs production. Directed by VaSslll . Beleypv, ,Tgor Posselsky, ] van Ven- ,jher,Mueilo,:',David Block; na i-ra ti.-in. Kurt "rScti., Tradeshown in N. Y., Sept. C, RubniO!;; tim'e. 4S 'MIN'S., ■ ''La Diimii lie la Miierlr" ■ r 'rbe Lady, ot Death") (CHir.l(:.*N .MAPK). fme- nialoKrattea Int(>rntnrriea)ia release of, tMiile Films production. Fealnrcs C.iilna cvres, - J.UdtjK SulltKli duHlernio Fiallahlia; JJiinii (Jiirona; dtrected by farjos riiigo Chi i,sten- aen: lidapte.t fi-onV Rotier.l- l.onis !ste\eiisim e-.tory,"TKe Suicide Club." Itevli wed In Huenos Aires. Running iinii'. «» .MIN**. Although made in Chile, cast and direction of this film is all Argen- tine, Though a creditable effort, the story fails through poor screen adaptation plus inability of cast to get going. Necessary atmosphere of suspense fails to develop due mainly to ppor direction, of Carlos Chrisien* sen. Heavy dialog also detracts from the action. Some sets deserve praise. No appeal for American audiences. A'id. suifietently realized. So that it isn't likely to otisct lack of familiarity with Ihe person involved.. And mar- quee names won't be strong enough to make film more than a moderate grosser,^ , Pilm is a disappointing effort by William A. Wellman, who here bit off . too much as producer; director and co-scripter. Production has a mawkish quality, with false touched of sentiment throughout, ' Di regi.slers as the sister, Philiis Reed IS a forthright GI, and Felix fires- sart sparkles as, the cafe owner. Production values are better than average and Hans Sommer's musi- cal score Dlus Frank Planer's lens- ing also rate. mVf 16M TINT CO. Hollywood, Sept. 10. Ma,iestic Pictures, . new company for the production and distribution of l6m films, was organized here by ui. .iKuijinent. tnrougnout. uiaiog is i>.„ „ . ' ^-a^'-'^^^ ..^^^ uj. sometimes corny and in a few places Hersh. , . • patently ; anachronistic. Humor is of i ^'°t"^es will be made in color a stilted kind, and at times of ques- i ""der supervision of Dick Weston, tionable taste. Acting, too, is only I production manager. '4(1. Chief interest of this film lies in its introduction of the new Sovo- color process which has been highly touted. Although the secret Soviet process reproduces the full chro- matic band with good fidelity, ex- travagant claims are not warranted, especially since the average color production out of Hollywood easily equals the effect attained in this pic. Quality of naturalness is achieved by subduing the high-toned colors into .soft pastel shades that are easy oh the eyes. But off-focus di.stortion of backgrounds, the ma,ior draiyback of all color processes, is far from licked by Sovocolor. In itself; the film is a dry mouth- ful to swallow even for the faithful and has a slim b.o. potential in this country. An flonaated newsreel shot MPA Kids' Pix as Continued irom pace i> ing a trailer annotineihg the Satur- day shows. Exhibs will make deals for the product with their local exchanges just as they would for any other picture, although branch managers have instructions to go easy on price so that admission fees can be kept low enough to attract (he young- sters. Theatre-owners are urged by the MPA to round out their shows with current cartoon shorts. Many exhibs are currently . run: ning special Saturday morning shows or have tried them in the past and experienced difficulty get- ting sufficient suitable product. It was to meet this situation that John- ston conceived the Children's Li- brary idea. Whether it gets very far, however, without a heavy bally- hoo camaign to sell it to exhibs as a public service is dubious. As an exec of Loew's pointed Out Monday (9), regular shows start so early in many houses (some at 11 a.m.), there's not. much time to screen .spe- cial product. Pix being made available are: Co- lumbia—"Blondie Bring.s Up Baby," "Five Little Peppers and How They Grew," "Five Little Peppers in Trouble"; Metro—"Young Tom Edi- son," ; "The Human Comedy," "Ad- ventures of Huckleberry Finn"; Mono—"Hoosier Schoolboy," "The Barefoot Boy"; Par—"Alice in Won- derland," "Little Miss Marker,'' "Mrs. Wiggs of Ih^. Cabbage Patch"; RKO—"Two Thoroughbreds," "Anne of Windy Poplar.s," "Anne of Green Gables," Rep—"Sis Hopkin.s," "Young Buf- falo Bill"; 20th-Fox—"Jane Eyre," "The Poor Little Rich Girl," "Re- becca of Sunnybrook Farm"; UA^ "Three's a Family," "Knickerbocker Holiday," "Song of the Open Road"; WB—"Green Pa.stures," "A Mid- summer Night's 'Dream." "The Prince and the Pauper"; U-'"The Underpup," "Sandy Gets Her Man," "The Mighty Treve."