Variety (May 23, 1951)

4 HI M REVIEW* We*h»eo4av, Mtr 23, 1451 Bay Mi Hand in4 CI Misutire Reviews and wnU«f art adult r Mi I land la a relief* _ c* aid Ml hu art#* add an food bye r>» tew mominf as be leaves far claaaer During the first class be 1 Fit «- la Informed his hawse la afire He 1 ’ X iK. wtaTr'aM rash ra haws, fiwda his wife and R*« imw _ Tr i tsasn w** r hiid Mswa to bats as the result *f the explosion af a defective | ass ■ “ U wsa T V* n fiaaaias ism. *1 asawa K*rry imptm Bv xpioMon of a defective furnace Me foes lata aa emoi,„n less shack tries to carry aa his I (.rat duties by day while losing himself jJJJJ* at nifbt la drtah. Had I alt aad , *«.* ueUexS Naacy lUvis. engaf a alter hru ethers try their utm<>>t • ■> MB. out of his shock state The efforts in successful until, aae even* tm ry*- inc Mis* Davis se ns es he plans *•* * * tr:: »me»d* and saves him from lump- ing from a window This near act *.»t ^ 'M, * (« 'Song* <BOth>. Drama af foat ball player who again briefly Moderate b-O. "Night lato Morning M-G>. Thoughtful hut depressing drama on the livings grief ever death of loved oaes "Francis Gaea la the Bores" < U». Amusing followup ta U s ongiaal talking-mule cam- ed> Good ka indlcatl “Bar use M] Dwf N Color* »M-Gi. Comedy with songs, sparked by Bed Skelton Into neat ba. possibilities Inside the Watts of Ft lias F the principals tl pores. Skelton gets the ta take I»rl up the faragr Sis Artkui Fields songs are s| h.m. d Sum ■ better than the vocals that! f Af ter , do okay an the ■■the Pk riwHB ntll appeal ta kids aad the whe re had a surfeit af TV s m Although them Coming off heat are smpters Dean Retaner and Eddie Bg ftg Ims 7 daws by Mias Forman a voided any subtleties In r»rmt .nd Skritoa, .nd "unW »*•* T*"** only billties In this drama of an aging football star who ran t give up the While thoroughly sue- hi realising on the here’s nothing In the ilts that Indicate say | and he regains the will ta live Writers Karl Tunberg and Lena- >pige I ga*« approached t he subject banssfly. and this la the script wttb Us little venti into sldeb o r characters aad ti that make the film real. Markle’s direction has the • WR> Prison-reform metier freshened with goad action and excitement. Okay bo m ~fi k I p a I o o s Bas r akloom 'Sang* <UAI. Moderate slap- stick aaler for lower duals ~lo Old A ms fill#” Songs > Rep* Only fair Roy feel la Dialog l hr King the t the characters realixt it si "Mllllww Dollar I *Bept. Routine -robbers metier “To*? Draws a lab Rank*. British for hu the star ftc «(.n- d. JXttJZmZm* ter keys the performances af the Drama Is glassed with gull* a others la the cast Hodtak plays hit af com ed y overtones although ( naturally, and Miss Davis la fine as the friend plme Is strong for art hat Tale of Five Cities” Brtt- iUinGN• Episodic story of war vat trying ta ary. dualer by M Others are *Get a H Far Children " "Coin Steady . . .. and Id 1 ike ta Take You Out ke ye d by Skelton s trooping The Carey role Is offbeat for that actor Prin- cipals are ably assisted by support ing players. Including Raymond Walbum. Jane Darnell. Lillian . Harvey * popping breakfaot cereal, etc Jack Cummings has givek the - pro duct I an the expected Metro -*—^ la all departments with " wrw value af Technicolor to * ^ JJJJJJJ 3ark % 1 *h*HWill asters ~^kipoUag I^rwis cheek styling draws nuti TV s espease - aM | Film begins wltb a typical Amer- Ming about what 7 \ in—father wants a quit show mother wants a fashion show, child wants ‘Skips long Rosen bloom ” The kid gets hu way at cap-gun paint Aa ebullient take-over ta set the the action throu gh out with a v«- ks that sans often fall fiat. The the TV my. in fred Gllks. Oaargft* Stoll s i y. a^nteae# dWactiaa ^ and at her contributions ^ ClgnldnMnngnirid the ■■ •— ta save Inside Ike VI alio af rslsew Prises Hollywoo d . May Ifi h> alt 14 held 04 fTMintRl t roii- aa | kw f rtpiifl mka uniiprtt . r\, i. aa wcmmI or rforvnMir** f Wf' tfc*t trim tmm the rtfiiul if »hf M %urvivrd the grief of a ! oiher plater* aa Kell*way and J • a husband and father ta realise husband Lewis Atone Is good I Miss Laurie Jess* White and ; he’s too aid and fat to continue >« M a professor Jean Hagen r. gis- Vaughn Taylor, aa track police; af Ms outlaw _ by ‘ Butcher Baer * * Played es-heavyweight champ Mai ». He stumbles ta s ucces s iu sll these efforts with the aid of powerful fists and a s quare-bar relied six-shooter because he's a Mamie *‘s too aid and fat ta continue a« u a professor Jean Hagen r* pigskin hem There Is net much % m a , an easy-loving girl who t mpothy or responsive feeling for to comfort Mil land Rosemary MIMS aa the wife H the principals Involved In the Wil- Camp’s single Ham Fay story as scripted by Allan * vcellenl ft ott and directed by Joseph Hew Producer Edwin man It plays off with a certain spotted some promising ne polish in performances aad other among the cnflegt stndonti phases, but larks dramatic punch Add a ms la one aa a girl who pleads Paul Dour las is the fat. old fool- with Millawd to give a passing superv bailer, too ated to hit the proles- erode to her fiance. Jonathan Cott atonal gridiron but still uncon- Another Is Mary La vtneed that he can't make a come drwt who la a waitress at nicht bac k His wife. Joan Bennett, is Technical emrellcnr* it reflected forced to pa to work and they drift right down the line, from George apart Much of the earlier trouble J Folsey's photography the music Is told la flashback, and film aclu | wore by Carmen Dragon, editing ally begins with Douglas trying to, get into the Navy during the last war He falls ev. ■ in that and t« ready to take an athletic inb with a went coast shipyard when cir- cumstances being him together again with his wife and son Re- union fails to |ell until Linda Dar- nell. model with whom Dougta- has taken up renounces her own love for him to restore him to bl* family after he becomes a tent- la a charity all-star and a Navy tries Barry Kelley and Hayden Itorke h«#s D e I gamblers Directional pace Is (a*t and the best use la mode of situation mlCnS* '»« R~ Crr»*«ll talent students Dawn N stem s original character, has caret lent by Leonar technical credits are . a Mu- eluding Irving Glaasberg s leasing editing * ■ TrS Ski pa long” In the llltter ale- tv pug style which he has popularised t m the niteries. His rale partner, er# cmWm Mai Baer rompl emen ta him ade- I!*-** Jr!" quately as the outlaw Tm Trmmr I. Hmd ■bp Hill- I'eJ** ary Brook and Jacqueline Fon- L t *** i> tame, with the latter handling of the songs Title tune Is Jackie C< Euoy Knight are average la *•-£55 4y H S.w and I «4Wi lesser WT 4 I rs.r, This is a ne Hv Bust <NO VGA—-COLOR* Hollywood. May 22. Sh«e SUrtMki F pered in the presentation. Finale football game it a high spot In the proceedings, since it's s solid piece af formula com good for laughs la the rehearsal and actual perform aace of a low-grade wrestling match sa art Douglas had taken ta filmed at California • M iar rsahsni In the present# tloa Basse plot lineup is necessari- ly familiar because af preceding Ainu, but writer-director ate Direction of Ran Newfeld re- sults In goad poring while Emm metier Miller’s earners work Is l<Ji Crane Wilhur freabea^h^ ■with excitementl tSaturday Nlgbtl •SPANISH* Barcelona May I and pace. Indie at- in general release I Tttttra. j«m M»ru imm Hollywood. \U> IU - o( ( BTIB s* catll W au* l«au»re« <>rU K.*IU».T1 *» • W hit*. S»rr y Kflltl R»ikf * M*a TyhrLPryJUug Hun asm am . mm amul KoettEL qy * * * ^ 1 ..... uXrr:, • mg okay ret Steve Cochran, tough David Brian aa prison guard cap- 1 tain who initiated reforms at tr cu handle the starving roles * m » n y. Y .ri ur>*c<<i- ' ^ .a" While .. .. mo gg^T- i^ the prison itself gad "Saturday Night” hat ahraps deals with s period hack la the 1 a perfect vehicle for good act 2fe when s tough warden ruled the film based on It larks *1 with iron fist everything that made a M f y ^ 1| Story line and motivations are »» muus SLJl. • y * rno “* h , .r- v. iASj seated to make plot easy to follow, Tr*»m Ctni and relation between Mias Darnell J'"* ^ «ui and Douglas is considerably tern Series of prison Incidents is the play. Screen writer A had nicely threaded together an a plat Ojuel la making the adaptation rut line that builds towards the big short nearly all the dialogue which In- | Benavenle does sa well He has even changed the mood of the led and characters the Imperts of ihe the of the ipena of different G part af Urn * fi-vr st noments than acaap-*- rrgi%t*r -cil I*.n f>e > has a wslk-throurh as Mias Ben nett x patient suitor Young Billy Gray sells his spot ss Douglas’ and there la substantial ret . .. wu . . | lain for moot top play dates Film should hit close ta ^ ur . srlslnsr^^rrsaris H Is ssT smus* ,hro «dh the middle and winds up «nt followuD^h^t furtherx the ^ * tih * * OCko * th4rtl ‘* ct curtain ventures ef^the talking mule and ,h * 1 mUI thrm l eughing his human companion Donald When Skelton la on for situatloo Of all the plays, ‘'Saturday Night pocks | undoubtedly la not the best M transfer ta the screen. Ji 0*0 The laughs fall easily and with regularity, during the t7 llent father minutes Where trade the two Zero Mostel does a thinly disguised takeoff on Toots Shor aa Boot* Mullins, rotund, loud. Broodws) | for i playing the InlUaler this entry will have no trouble rating the laughs are best He Is s tum-of-the-century inventor cent rati mobile of his trial model and the ef A situation tune. ’ Keep Y _ Rye On the Ball " by Ken Darby Is spotted for Douglas In the musi- cal score of the Julian Blaustein production Technical credits are expert, right doom the line ^ilglM lain Morning USO. Start Sat MU1«*4 Hollywood. May 17 The idea of a talking mule Is a ™cnt »• P«« <*»« '** blaac fantastic one, but so naturally la fets off track the phenomenon handled that it la *ng In entirely believable, and funny No small credit for the way it over la due Chill Wills the of Francis, and the sympn- nrmpa- O’Con- r* rw da ■ i w Xjftk Wr*tUt Sy Karl Tun fittTM WlMta Umy II. 11 As a study defeats its chances at the boxofftc* lief springboards | M Is a depressing probe into Arthur Lubtn mrouj suffrrtng for pracucailjr ail osigusal repeats hero w Its *5 minutes. Star nam e* af“ solidly. .Beside* the In rrief and the that follows the Ion this production Is However Its excellence t hr tic. xtr sight plsying of nor ss the dumb pal of the hybrid This time the pslr lake up resi- dence on the horse breeding ranch run by Cecil Kellawray. O’Connor la attracted by the grand-da ugh ter Piper Laurie, while Francis likes the soft living When Kellsway’s stable is taken away for a debt he owes s racketeer. Francis gives O’Connor s list of winners st Santa Anita an he can enable Kel- tawsy to have at least one entry 1 in the btg $100 000 race coming up O'Connor bsfys a frustrated nag who doesn’t believe In her run- ning ability However Francis takes ever, psychoanalyses her on a straw couch and she wins the race, saving the day for Kellaway Side antics that run through the Oscar Brodney-David Stern screen play are goad ter many taught J*e«r? | One of them is the scrutiny af track police that fails O Coonori way when be casually picks win- ners This also attracks gamblers, but neither faction will believe a talking mule Is the taut Di*be- y a chuckle directed the rsm ba rales I tw .1 break planned by Cochran Lw s. on cidenls treat Indix Iduai Gory how they are ni driven ta desperate re be 11 loo by j the cruelty of Ted de Corsia. the and a group of udutk ordered Into this emotional «tew Rafael Gil can bl Brian to take charge of the failure oa this, but not guard* Hr rutitif.- r ,» . r. - *f The ^»i reform and rehabtlltalloa against a* could the will of de Corsia and Anally Mans Felix, as lmpena and la sacked Prisoners teamed with Rafael Duran. I Cochran attempt thotr break at last rente and this climaxing sequ a load of thrills aad suspense ! Abortive escape try ends with Cochran and his gang wiped out but the resulting hue and cry changes the formula far handling prisoners at Folsom, and the In- stitute Is now known as a strict. : pc but humane, prison * for awhile | v-rden «nd eg - ly effective f, * ihv> in ^ !r>k * liS ' ’ W gliB Bfrssi Philip Carey. | Emwa Mm B II n * r ■' r: * * •*'■ Sfpu Forbes. Lawrence Tolan overtones of the midway sequences ; nick Wesson Paul Picerm and ***** w ' ih Skelton * j william Campbell all ax convicts Film fails to credit a number of aa eye- easily recognised players. Among her them are Dorothy Hart Impressing mg oa perfecting s toughs roll with explo- forts af a volunteer fire depart la *M AaarilU • SONGS! Hollyw oo d. M^y li brand of b However It ingeniously xegued Into the 1900 in two thi later Device setting by having principals lasag- nes will he SO years p is used several time* to put principals Into other but pHf It the dock-aide i fetrhingly and rhythmically by Sally Forrest and a as the wife of Carey; Matt Willis, a prisoner, and Eddie Norris c«uel prison guard Bryan Fay’s production is credit- ably conceived and smartlv rr Meads !#• of the tensing on much time on plot Incidental' t satisfy the )uv* The finale auto early-day vehicles Is a that finds autos driven by the actual locale of the story. Ex nert camera handling by Edwin action DuPar tight editing by Owen . stretches In bet Marks and a good music score by Lava are amoo<* the it's fan When d. it fuels fighting R out for a AS.000 prise. This Is a sorko comedy setup, fully realised on by Roy Rowlands direction, which draws a lot of Its humor from the sight of suck as compared to The George Wells original screen play sets a romantic triangle of Skelton Miss Forrest and Mac- donald Carey She's the daughter of livery stable owner William Demarest who feels natural rntag- #ni*m again*! bavin** a «t lo a walk As usual of late la story peg la hung on This tune it is rain-making to relieve drought condition In the west The Wed Terns area covered by the ptet * drying up. bringing bankruptcy <° a group of struggling ranchers. J X WtkMtr»*-»i M • n m S V n MiMs mu kvh* Fmr Efforts to bring in water are br ng •rjw foiled by Roy Barcroft and h'» nS I gang, who arc inter**!*-<! s bu>mg up the rattle at a sacrifice pne* ing factory Umy IS “*'*• l arM f establishing s ' j..^m r~ r.I la the ares th- hlv buaii n-U* ”Sk*»w»iot»* Foxenh'oom " wh ch ^ • C>firy | went so Dewed A-tUt* in the re- sale; h a k for a *»•$ parking concern, is seat into the field to salvage what he raa h r He taken along thf the Utters is a glib college grad, sms of the 1 redt Baqlo Udn CUmics wastrel *on ai I Coo tinned oe page Iff)