Variety (May 9, 1951)

Anuta e Reviews It* I f mol with er proAtiH «ColL for Oitoy action tow er run# to "© Fair enter for lower half of duel* <M< > * huff ■ •f using a cool of mrh aunes as Jeffrey L ■ no ttooill Crlap and Mertorle Row soldo Is star tpotl WWn mode loot yooc ol the Hoi proWKiioo woo supervised by| K Ford, hood of uM's ototoi tore division Plot la hauIt around Lm, *d after two years to Ms i legislature returning to Hit | town to ssoume editorship of tots uotto i aewspeper Una toon a Uot r e conciling himeelf to I election defeot believing the town's big business intereeU s ide d tote •| oust log, oo starts a newspaper cam- 'Fatmla’ Revised for U. S. for the pairing 7 spotty ndHtotoant it the natural valuta for moot film starring should have ftty merit for the tan boohing In view ef tola “South nosh md Mint strength will hoi- la the • Ill nd reap*vtlvely 'and directer. Edwin H ‘Cell 'Color', larto Indian warfare with fair toe. potential. “Ao Grand ■alaon" Frenchl Hahiml. Metier of early-day Frenrto aviation ahoy for aoaae arty of ! Pigheaded altitude la maiot ml hit little Molar la towrlod in • and the town's leading In-1 dual rial 1st comes to the reams, fty- | mg the little girl m his own plane to the state capital s hospital for a tram oprratma, Her life la sawed and Lynn sees that there la me r it m the pitch made by Crtap. the indu st rialist that i ndust ry could not mahe big profits unless Its ling individual Aim about the sa rr s of Ch rtott ano shortly after the death ef Christ has I i**d out m nr» Mma Im it* mmm »n ■* u * , > r running tlmo of ISO minutes has been trimmed to M and la _ tMo. the p totsr f has been dubbed en tir ety luto Mtok via as adaptation top playwright Marc Connelly and Fred Prv«sbur*rr In the dubbing and editing )ob. Julos Levey, wtoe bought tie rights sod to releaomg through United Artists hss w hod the Aim rewritten Unfortunately, however, ho hasn't enough to give It much ef a chance In the domestic martlet ' urn f 4 1 * up V f: r 4 script snd the difficulty ef following the vsiiotw stories H # ! ‘ - - • '’<»ry m.' ■ -r ' ■ editing were oe Inez pertly handled that It's still difficult to follow the plot Film Is noteworthy for its lush spectacle, particularly the impressive se quence» spotlighting the masaacros to an arena be fere thousands sf screaming extras With Michele Morgan tha only nd name of any value tn run of-the-mtae American eihiba most of them will he forced to tell the picture in Ms es plot tat lea values entirely While the new dialog top Connelly and Press burger Is oke the dubbers didn't fare toe well m their selection of voices foe the foreign actors Too many of them sound the some In -fihtiss thooo who supplied the voi c es must have been standing still before their mikes, tiqre there la no shading audible m the miaitti i. j As • result, while one character may walk away from the cameras his voice continues to (sow through os though he were steadies still Editing >oh It no better Numerous cuts have the tamers* Jumping shout to all sides of the action With two or three of the actors resembling each other, a scorecard la almost necessary ts Klim, directed by Alessandro Blasetti. la heard -f.biola' by Nicholas Cardinal Wiseman A parking the addition to Mias Morgan, are Henri Vidal and Michael adding any laure's to Both the script a^ snd their list from the goods they purchase of 2 Lynn suffers from the staffed- shirt, chip-on the-shouftder char- Laoof and Dan Hartman have sup- ^ZdmieTIollaliT #r * rr " screenplay As hto Aaneee, Mtas p tod the stars with s vintage plot mitodrsmsUr feating Reynold s role has more warmth format that d a's with a romance Kirk Douglas la the reportorlal Crisp la Ane aa the industrialist between a k*ng and commoner opportunist He has hern railed Alan Hale. Jr„ o reporter woektog re's little that Is fveoh or orlg- to a small N - * Mr,, daily after f;>nn v .„,* the br,» , ,umg m the setup, and even the up- i being kicked off top eastern sheets [ u* featured players Marilyn Mon sir touches are scant help in j for dishonesty, drinking and a m Barbara Brown and Gnff Bar- 4 ^ . . „ _ trying to arriroma the trap opera variety of insubordination One aett are up to script demands tangles In anch event Brewn out -1 eventually finds out what the scare appearance diy he accideoUlly stumbles an a Pierson? direction punches too P° tflU th * ***** although he stops la after his father-chief la killed The two stars respond.to such story that he believes can get him hard at the message moat of the * lB *** *•* •**•*•** before Action devotees are dished op ma.enal about aa eapeeled neither | back ia the big leagues, if be plays time, but his handling of the cove- i4 * l>f>,n4 th * ** tUw | • M+**™** helping of akirmiahes the yam long enough and can keep in sequence la very good dramatic- While the Myron Healy screen- which war-painted braves take it to himself. A dealer to Indian ally Technical asalsta suck as F*** holds little suspense since tip- *® **• milit i a m e n Flintlocks flask ..... - uvnrfc*. 'fiat ... Ha- uu.f -.rapped by * i ,< f M v music srore. |fea iff early n the art* action * f,il •”«»» twang la the be*f *1 rt Sit » eel *lt . b-r a. v» ir» in an ancient cliff <1»t hin> »n«n t t>% i ... r, tndn... „,.l «• ;>-*« ed like an ■ > jtu» « getaway 1 tradition Perf«»f • r, term, particularly to the Arst half Douglas Is the Amt to reach the other credits are encellent. Bros. Suspicion points to the Boo n esvilie wo bs convincing Hall la of the Aim Plot opens to Italy victim. Richard Benedict, sees the . | Wells Fargo agent because he is •• an Injun brave, and Mary *» When 'he < s*t r , pulchritude %uipa» « _ _ to carry the thesptog ability De 0»Moha payroll. However. Brown discovers **♦ *<*1 tupportlng coat, that the agent's son has been token 1 ^ For what appea r s to be a in m tj the local hotel, and proves him to drapod the picture with he the "inside-man* who has been physical values Lew __ giving the outlaws the necessary! reetton tends In Ian wf ftlft' 'SI -n ^ Pi rus .% « » ‘Alto^waien Th# t cJlxtoo I Mm til KuSunH Mw.wi I Inf.rmiimn \\ \* c»nlv *hrr\ hi» »t«0 attempts to establiM) nu giJ , without thronr Thev *n»ng> m eolriinm# n.r T'tl * "*/^** father t> murdffr,! the! the voung However his touch is tpee<1 s r’ n Palm Springs Just a» i» s4 in the making And mg Mias Turner, a performer rtory possibilities and with a hillbilly troupe, pursued by deal with a pints king Incognito Romance la rontractor to delay the patly projected aa M builds to the lone oa paaslhlt while point w h er e Pinas must again taka exclusive up bu royal duUoa There Is a separation of 12 years j J By now. Mias Turner la a Holly- Band Pints la a king a ftnale . The lonely roadshow • cur# * * h °P » • goldmine lor s—. <ww !!!.*!’.! ™ xry .'^T m T the victim s wife. Jan Sterling She If'w" M« to« carl un ‘ flTures to Mow the desolate desert * ~ n Tores to Mow the desolate desert • prime mtolater takes the,king m he can h^ll br FMff a suffering wife angle in his WTn** r 'J**: p* 0 ™** ** 11 °* MOf.es As the plot unfolds she U hen o^u ... back some dag. • —^ ■»- »VT « w— up la a Avo-way so dMf baa t kid against the blonde o law The latter throe ai the earhange of bullets Looter White a neat Job of tensing GUh t ' ( * ontinually oo the make ft»f cleffed Ly Harold Arle. ^ ^ ^ wHh and Dorothy Fields They ore "Let ""t"— ^ ^ Me 1 ^ at You" and "Aod.amo." The grim dtmas c om es wbeo the u .. . . . _ _ ^ ZOrS'MLuTJT twn u w. -b.iu,« ^ y . , SolamcaU Uoa Vet' In less than a day. Anally succumbs I • pr* sumaonr reaps rt am ■ operator tography sad leasing are mg to My Heart *1. which ft* r having been captive for near ■•JJU ^“‘F; Arien- ** • weak. Douglas, realising Ms Mere actua lly engaged in murder —reported gold put of I"You Belong Udy light momenta Harry Sullivan ' h, ~ » ruraet 7.:, v ,.:z~ « r .™Z" r . ; •; 'it Tecb2r*lor VUbor«tM*k. iii «d KT™,' d ‘*^* munWr * ft * r W to the leasing la J I lent rate. portrayal la Aral raised the missing gold William M pUy Hollywood. May T. K-nt «ifni snd the perf •* avoid heavy lhe*>nc» Mitch ell and Mias Blake are likeable., while Reid la aa excellent heavy news pho to g attached to Douglas Porter Hall, Ray Teal. *rank Jaquet. the d. rkrs the victim s father Frank Peter Thompson (' C^dy. a spectator are among the Bill Phillips William F types that coma to life. the others are up to de Wilder's direction captures the their porta hel of me r bid expectancy that I The Daniel Ull tlial Aock to sce nes of tragedy, and sharpening this effort la tha p«holography by Charles B. I In French; English Titles) ,. . story IS XOaUr helped by p r oo a n c a of Ptorrc Frea- nay and C^orges Marrhai « -a r,cellent idea though far lift ac- r. w «j tginal about the struggle r - day aviation daoaks s s to make fly mg the mail and pasaenj merrtally practical Pic iff i Film ^ M glaringly d offrtant lb comic re- m! Mww lm or lemma InAorooL Okay far U l baaaaii some arty tboatraa but way below Joseph K a Kimm depict the ■ira via. , avUtor When tha Redskins Rode' will be obtained from Bring the mail is play I scalp fair grosses to secondary eonatantlv tbnmt forward as the a story by A l Martin has the situations which command a heavy . ro ?£? l> ,£ sary inrredienta for action juvenile trade Waak story of In- ^ -- D11 drama arid the u'odurtmn ^.r—r .« ..i —,must get through Arneru *n ► it which .TfM.i-.aiMl « heavy * — Juvenile trade Waak story of In- . . wl* £ r *** uclio ® d ‘sn warfare to early colontol k Uff f” _ _ v l-vion wi Milton fe'dman present, tjfne* ytili ap|>r#r -iu*p|»e!, but andled I and the Hone Freidhofer music Jf°P* r »T Photography by adults are more ant to be amused bu LV^’ w h.l^ve that •core, complete srtth a Leo Allen S ley ley is good, aa are other than entertained by the proceed- would have one believe Miaou' bailad by a hill- technicol functions Brog. mgs. bnsa** y * » lr P Une compat^ WU, «"• Bros I , c«a o U*n U«tU POMltMlitln tor 'ihiil kjrptMMiwd 2*fyt < ‘“ p * y “ v * P^VkP* Jo ” kta ptlou toto |«n« out la tmi Hall, who is starred However, a kind of want hi r to prove that Ms good selling point will be found to planes could got Hollywood. May 4. reporter who wins brief at the expense of a cave-in victim ’• k ; : Jj-h . jli , in in the Hole * While th have realized oo all the inherent to such s plot ( m results barely rate class'Arr tlon as popular entertainment for the teoeral Aim market Un- doubtedly It will da strong bus nem in some engagrmeotatHrourk full scale exploit al ion. but Mona for the ov< rail rrlei hot particularly good TA** M Principally a Billy W.l proieet. he having produced, di reeled and collahoraled on th' writing with Loeerr Walter N#vn.»\ He has warn c ^ Herrs N*r>es the new Supemnecoior to which Idea produces a"airing af deaths to film is leased Three color Ms pilots who fit to the storms, is a vast Improvement ever Jean nine Crispin la wasted is s the old Ctnecolor. which employed minor role Marrhai screens naff only two hues Tints In interior sadly and effsctlvely. Fremay *• scenes are accurately reproduced far from his hoot Wcor. fos the moot part But oousnv'ly large rr^ iont af footeg* lo put Use dory on Aim, resulting This la an institutional Aim ‘ ? a pitch to show that big rs profits mesa larger rust "Ala Produced with General Mo * * but with no advertising by Metro for f star la ii iglues are Juil fair aa a shots, notably ef against the sky, have a purple effect. Script er Robert E. Kent a pear la a fair an- [ ently thumbed through Ms history book ef the French and Indian w *r» oa source material for the screenplay Time is I7M am* the locale Is W liliamsburg. Va. where the English are hard-pressed to te» pass qu ' ly aa keep ranger laknny Umb Brown onewv- off ■ (BFi Uy m monojnm n dtt Film offers standard yam spnnkVd with enough hoUWs una and AsU to saUsfy demands of Its ‘Mended market The 52 minutes pass quickly aa | keep both the French and a flock ect the myeicr ous deaths of three Wells Firu navrwH Traveling incognito in Bonn* kville, home hose for the n~ymll wr'vn-rrt to track down he euttowa. Hia Asia and nan are *- •«- • *’«• • He Hi ndian tribes In Evident key to fronUer tranquil- lity for the English lies In securing an al fiance with Pedro do Cordo- ho's Delawares Deal has its ups ns principally duo to the teM of French qg Mary Castle who makes a play for de • son, Jon Halt Lottor Barcelona. My | • r> » Spanish i ently aimed at Cadiollc i should have limited ka^H U S market Since the yam en- folds tale of a Spanish Civil Bar *s attempts to be eo page 1B»