Variety (May 2, 1951)

Til l a Mhutne Reviews rn entertainment. but with Kirk Dm|Im. Virginia TUy* and ripkMtation lafWt Hollywood. May 1 IS the port raj the original t pdltH edition Meet the char lyal of Facia hi Tfnkm the ro- il la no way it- rortertsat ion All doMb M the V *, lost flunka off tear training and la gitt J a boa n rating. Ho goes off u war with hit old buddies a J? voived la lM to wfa tbo win tbo hand af Kilo Raines on ha haa •paamodtrally chased between war dvtlfi Yarn dipt lightly over Coal Guard training jikaaaa. atuu enough to lamre a recruiting i.mhk and establish the high t>pr mt — a m. a ttaadards required tor the amice branch. Actual combat footage of landing* in the Sooth Pariflr dar- ing the loot war have a decided un. tamed In “Along the Great Di- vide" hot fall aae of several okay exploitation aaglea caa be mode to earn M through Me booki ng! Team- ing of Kirk Douglae. 10 hie find we at era, and Virginia Moya haa nvarauee value and prov t d o i a ballyhoo alaot that con rote It Songs* Rep) MaamN lliiiU i "New Mexico*" I Color • 8 (UAL Moderate cavalry Indiana outdoor actioner * J angle Headhunt* •Color* 'RKOt. Novel pedlt ternary film on trek to headwatera of Amoooo ploitetion bo offering **t>«nelay“ * HKO» Row At a family illd intereet plotting are the produr trying to m t ruikahenk ev i d e ntly i closely to something that rarel> b la a U S peril. Mediocre ler for dualrr aui alb»llt»e» la U. 8 SO. '4i. V astro [luring the theft ca rr lea off an M...,— ■troi of I That t the the minor character* but what la left Will run* clear to two David H uttoiph did 1 nfi tanning's photography a t :« <SONO*COLOt> Hollywood. May I reBaoae «f inaf AM C«r — 04 prt Vtto with the a favorite of i ho waa a a gan la • the by Waiter a guilt 'a death him an hia I ffti’ to feel the Douglas tries hard with lua ho cam the latter Roland's death re to save him Hollywood. April 23 I Aim got Tinted i ter In the viewing than In the tell of ^Aga?^nd^RaTToJf I WllW glaa deputies Ankrum Ander- and the others he Anthony Vetller production he gives hia do and die Edward Cronjager la Aral- flMMI Hollywood. April Cycle of poet-Civil War feel of the , Is real ar Draper's ph looks no ad the mover* | ward Grant lnging to the role irm and talent Katy Roland's wife. Is an- by the number of entries that have cropped up recently. "Beet of the hodmen is another that follows e of la V rgrn uTTechni^for ^bnekiagT puJTuuit plus other native | offers little unusual or dramatically worthy Its chances are no better than average In the houses where such features rate their best play- ing time At the end of the War Between I w — the State* Robert Rvar, I n»«n *f latlc merit In Jack fleer, brings In a bond of Confed- rtography and It over- erate guerillas with a promise of ion opportunity to put freedom If they Lake the oath of al- nt In the James fed kegianee Trouble Warts when Bob- screenplay on Aim This la more or leas a stock serv- ice picture entry, kudoing the Const Guard for tiur part It played In World War II beach operations Manufactured footage plus that clipped from actual battle scenes gear some action around a routine plot and give It okay chances la the action market Tarn goes back to 1341. just rtcades Itself atop the mos s to fight off the honttls iwdMdas led by Ted Do CorsU. as Acuma In- dian chief Plot depicts how white men have violated a treaty between A c um a and President Lincoln, leading to an uprising which Ayres must at- tempt to put deem, even though a friend of the chief and realizing he haa hod a bad dnke. Out on patrol, the troop la cut off from help and holes up la a deserted Indian vil- lage on the mesa, along with Mar- ilyn Maxwell, entertainer. Verna Feltbn her companion and Lloyd Corrigan cranked politician who has supplied the Indians with weapons and boa been caught In his own trap Irving Reis' direction points up the bloody warfare between the trapped soldiers and the Indiana, detailing M with plenty of shocker scenes such as burning bodies plummeting to earth after the troops have rained down lighted not single mm Extended Hollywood. May I. *ne general Bullfighter an This drives Ryan into outlawry, and be joins up with the Youngers Jesae and* Frank James, and Curley Bingo all early west outlaw names, to launch a aeries of raids on banks prior to Pearl Harbor to estab- lish Its characters a group of ship- yard workers When the Japs at- tack. the group goes Into the CooW Guard for special training aa offi- cer material All of the stock character types are thrown togeth- er la the writing and come out that way on the screen, but action tiens to go into recant distrlbu the new arrangement, the tion. it la aimed at pop appeal Payment plan will be In effect until ratber than dam patronage slant- 1333. with the RFC reserving the tag Ms commercial aspects for gen- right tn review the situation after M consumption In regular re- a one ye a r period. tk>n and direction keeps footage moving fast enough tn satisfy or- dinary action demands Forrest Tucker is soon aa the roughneck boss of the shipyard gang who Is tricked into gotng turning * the print previewed does nc just rr tody Devine * sergeant; Robert Hutton, a f lieutenant. De CnrMa. Rayr Burr Corrigan. John Hoyt and Corey show up among the eh ten Others do not have I Identity la the mam treatmer Irving Allen s production s I Continued on page U>