Variety (December 1951)

< ot o*. for belter, averall i» mi Having successfully au/uH the Army Hollywood. Nov 2t . . . M . u (or their adaptation | to two previous releases, Martin Butl#r Bmr * t - Hm4 With Marti is chief flaw in writing. aMll Nich- olas Any. who alao Irrdsl and A I Botaerides sharing the Mams lion of the Gerald farwn wNi i f' # «c scuttle the Navy^, It s a cleaned- and Lewis this time set out to j Heatl/* There's not muclT Robert «1 M»U* rvr1«r*fiJN <;•*» t Mftr tubwi n»f - xH . _ k „ Kyan can do with the character of up version oI the si age hit and % ^ tough by the types ^'w.aiTVu* j t!S. b on jy * ** .!* with whom he is (nought mu* h *a* n «ami (U*»» f D»r«u4 contained In the eohtn but ore writ- . ( t ort j upmo Have fir iiidwilia Sar*«wet*» sirtiTwa*,,, , n * of f« ur trdbet responsible for h M , V runt* smiw s«*o *r» nw«rs •'•a .?• n . ,^ (1 « iK# Km- ****** *MPO*Nnnny aa a ■ •r« T*‘*toroMt •* fbrfc** *4*«r »•* Ihe fcllwioid treatment of ine ne»- j^osumably softens wt m »»e*»fi, »*iw, w. w iwi Tr*sr yon Nicholson - Charles rhlracttr. ' ■ J» *1 Ml iwimw the evipntod b embe e returns In base saw he alternate In pull a panicked crew member from the wreckage This leaves the way clear for Mias Ralatan and Corey Phil Harris Is along tor the enat ride to furnish comedy and he JV^sZEHim \ does right well m the laugh dm | (£1 fSu! partment as well as singing his specialty ,' The Tiling - B»ll Chtog has s thankless story role, but veils (The Msn Behind the Ptitid Dm* ‘ wUh male quarJH ! KJ* 1 ll Rj II I rwk^iw Sk.wA# mil rKdPitsn<4 nre Tlld ( mi Ouiwry to » s M v «;*ry c > k* . »#« ^gggfl jb<hw4 f*tl(» ’ • * • • k • • ♦ fu> «*•* Other tunes, all chorused »r» >w ..>• Gftl U*«M u. 8 Air Puree" and The Heavy »*«£•-•• m»«n **•»*»-»« 5. .. ^ First half of the footage fte given gonsher Song.’* * * -"•f** . Wllh over to Ryan* mental travail as a p-„ nv Edwards does whax m —— ... ::'' c :;>. JSa5SS t * SS &« »»- e * r »,.«gjjy . jOw * e w B S y • SSPtSA* - SES S55T : Iflfl'.-: \ lists eventually gets bim^ ka aignf d, c^^li James Brown. Hu hard There's an unbilled ooenlngand out of town to aid a county sheriff yJJnn y| artm KUburn Hal Hay- closing appearance b> Betty Hut- huni down a madman who has ^ d others are seen as officers rnio Arthur Humiitlt IS CfHl lather* Tartar Hu*»tn S«ro< routines Sat Shan* Cl*a** < «*e»' .. C —r g a M*4*r ..n*S»rt W .is# out NmIi n*h»rt Br>! F »*4 CrtScw L : , S*H»r 4 UartHS As fe saddle-act loner from tha Tim Holt stable at HKO Over- ^ i^-s£S 1 msJ 2 tgWSSBBCP _ r-r-fe; u »^ t,u grooved along eonventional S et i on ^ the two comic* lakrs to snow covered hill and On the technical side pi* lure sagebrush programmer market Urns The dock setup has been IJ n* f.ih t heir buvmc Vtrturh- luiT WW nut «nn ^ enpertly Irnsed h> Tlolt and his saddle partner, loratjon-lanped In Florida for inter C- iTsibiUues. -.J... ± i Lanntm with vpecial photography Richard Martin, ore likeable and esiing backgrounds that take to * ^ v by^TBp’^ST rhackery Victor futicallyeMewheiithescfiptper- t he Technicolor hues and has Gary M art i n m * h*t b *»\ • I bid where Hyan and Ward B en d, piy- Yoummt music score has an Air m it t the action to become rough ( und enough plot gimimclu Jwar ^ i!u#hi the ,n * ,hr fa4h , , r lhr , n,u ”* rr Force Havoc in keeping with iUM| to use, promotion-wise* for genet Jr « r *j LtO ingstod . t»m enctiuntcr Min Uipt no^ The mtantioos Btog- wiiv wood returns treatment he gives The QM vm- j killer It her mentally deBctoni kid H«d the Niven Buwb Martin hope" with a srreer by, utfkev as- brother. Sumner Williams, whom BaVkin scTeennU? frmS a io^ ^ Imm Lwit, is best For foot- ^ has hidden out First Ryan bv Busch been as realistic as the patting catchiness. Sailors polka v and then B«»nd however discover Kab^T used ‘ThltSl TiSum? "**»♦ chorus and mstnimen- h im and a chase takes up again. vau Id h^-ve r«un»«.d a id ter- **•»' ^ king shines In the ro ^ to rnd » hrn VS. I llama falls Ihsrv-avcraKc entn tn »heV»td«H*r »*»ance depaitment is the hailad to his death oser a cliff Ryan And* ETTghi 1 Z> > **~r tn r 4 * r * TTir - *•? .j ik.. -u.*..« k. R .i morrow Forever A fifth I>avid- Miss l upino lo wind up the unsat' IVIraO 4 •Ilia* conventional ami tl»e dialog han.il morrow Fwror ■ t Ito»«vw *u<mi W.i.h. Mvk««i w , »"* »» » i*i*'*n pMiuw «iw dimtw Mkn fw»U « 1 mr JWJ*V*!*5*J** 1 K-> mi niin lo laXct Mi ocro- eut ty for wMh Dan Duryea Hollywood, Nov 36 i and tumble. Had they been al- lowed to mn It up more, the juve western fan would like It better. Plot of the Carroll Young story is a bit too Involved for regular water fare, and Adele Buffington s script ha* U weave in more characters than the 80 minute* of footage can vug*fin Yam finds Holt and, Martin straightening out a few holdups, property damage and murder when they ride onto a new range where a telegraph fine la being installed AritSi r#lMW <*# • IK WWOI'SI «'<•**> » rwrimii . _ _ _ ' » i._ i»t»wi*»T » iw ■■■/«' » I ■ .1* of the standard framework nw»*-i ot frT * n “ ^?,i ar . aui wsocsnl bit of cacitemcnt into the k , pros 9 £*• n«a the time to keep the fflm uw»v mg niusicnl line b Mjrti niianons ., in| had the psychotw touches jbry Jii i t m < *s 1 gp* 8sa , Q inena Hnder, Army base sup* along at an accept iblr < lin M. v. burlesque ot a Hawaiian hula barn eliminated in the script film R R n*> iSalet mr/Ue ' plier. fears the tc^-^“ w * nvrnt could be *h*rp*m d further Script by James Allardtce and could have qualified at okay, even a* !««%■ n#u»*wr«ti Wrut** s» »<M«»*4inS» by ilinintlM of repetition* *e- Martin Rackin. with added d;aiog ,f (nm melodrama Performances mm4 hmjMUws *«**« *• queme* hs John Grant to th# Kiwood t’ll- .re fenemlly adequate and «m<mg Sw g ^Si TuT There i« nothing out of the ordi man adaptation from the »*age those p'av mg the assorted type* are , ua4 ikmm . r% aunt. nary in Milton Sperling s prmlue- play , gets Martin and Lewis into Charles Kempr. Anthony Ross Ed ait c lion pr esentation Hr. pt the IV the Navy via induction these Brgiev Ian Wolfe and Cleo Moore | u^yc rtda background* They lend .» sequences present fun bui the John Houaeman s production }ff lu*h fascinating frame for a plot blood-letting bil ‘ may be too values make okay use of city street 1 ji» that rover*Gooi»-r as jpi Army iap^ squeamish for some There’s the arewe and countryside roughness. ***f <1 ' tain 'who prefer^ to live in the uaual round of scenes deptetmg and George E Oiskant s Tensing i swamp* wilti hi* motherteo* M#n. ■ Navy training, plus a television features low key lighting in keeping j Hmww *•>• Ktorv is to d through the ryes of broadcast involving the comics with tale's darker side Score uses Muhaid Webb Nasal ofluer -w-nt and screaming femmes and olher the T’tola d* gm n ur " as played byi “ p " < to accompany Cimper on a sou ids I incidents that Mft Up lM town V u gima Majew vki. for mood mission aimed at destroying Semi- bets that Lowis cant kisa Midi Bnq note munition suppUrs und tbu- ( aivet nitery entertainer, when •.. i.nnn 1 ^ m .1 brlp shorten the long waT iheir submarine reaches Honolulu | The mission Is accomplished and Sub-side sequences have three the brave men. jUmg with Seim- ^^aKtuuts One is Lewis inflation nole prisoner* they have freed a rubber life-raft in crowded start the laborious trek bat k to , |iM i r t r rs, another is his precarious safety through the Honda *«»mp« riinginr I® the conning tower as It 1 * in these flights to safety *e» the %ub submerges and third is qornres that the picture become* Martin s Nlnging of‘ Sailor* Ibdka" too reprtfttoua (Hiring the trek an * ,(h crew member* Arrival on The BUM l SONG HI to World ..... Wary i .. .JwurBrwtoRw » ftoa*. ppm . * Uaftoa kV«> ... OIIIMU . «.*#'*>.'* wnsea _— M •Maauee • pws_ UptoW Pet# •. ■ . ■ ■ • use Mag . * * * gs6|^^^g||FNff Clark' ■ -««',•*■»’.••••» •• _MM m ars tmrmmmm - tHffc CuW UiMW : . BaBaff Agaag ItWMire CWrS .... 14 ITM Ur. L Ll ’ -*-i f . ; _ a • y ., ■MMI- Bnuctonan:. ,. ♦#*«"!*/•. wlnTI f.hto fur United Artists release. I 1 Hum auih tHmaettv "Chicago ('ailing." doesn't have ^ ruosrm o» | much to recommend It for anything vwew. SMvwaaMae. ntew . l...■ j— n’. _ _ because it mean* the Army will pull up stake* and thus rum hi* buaine** He want* to get nch and marry Man Blanchard, chirp In a saloon U — Poo *« run by Hugh Beaumont and ° gXS wrecks the telegraph pronerty so the Army will slay around More villainy emerge* when Beaumont, who also wants Miss Blanchard, frame* Nader for a stage holdup and murder. All thi* plotting keeps Holt and Martin busy run- ning around trying to put the finger on the real hOavy and save the telegraph line for Gail Davis, but it works out as expected in the gun*-blazing finale As the two principal femme*. "*L 1 Misses Davis snd Blanchaid are clnlkSmSi considerably better thaa the usual K»r<Mi rSC ; oater heroines, even though h r * bw*o Jmjw ture doesn’t make heavy demands on them Beaumont Nader and the sundry other players do what u asked by Lesley Selaader * direc- tion 1. Roy Hunt lensed the Her- man Srhlom production Hrog M#%* If As the initial Arrowhead produc (Two Hollywood Nov 50 RrfuMk n«4eltM and trk«w Min at tract ion spring* up h.(wecn ( .ne tr%e lft |and chases by Shore Pairol. fS* Ham p* r and Man At don, one of th« A boxing match the hula dancer! fewMak Am freed priwmers ..nd together they vrquenee and other bit* of ivtond B»rrv tow B^ . go ihtouch the perila of, o imp i» u *»nesa are pattern* yparked by trsamKr ntT>. ZZZZ. | hut aerondary booking* It s A soap lra»el. Indian* quukvmd n‘k»‘* th# romrdic talenla uf the Mar*. iwrw* BraVtoi rtom. smo* (m opera plot, slowly, at times (abort- alltoalors md m**rc r« d*km< OuUide of Martin and Lewie. 1 ously. paced It may get the at- Climax roe* in for a water doc rormbrrI mraB Utile Koi vwwvUE ^ PiWwJo 53TgMl' I tontton of torn* femme ticket buy to ihr death betvveen (owner and Ummr th a r „, these sre Mis* Cat- »*«*•«•. »**• tf mini ers but. overall is shy of good en the S*'mmole chief leading W 01 n d Marion Marshall letter <ae* »**ooa ta»*en *«wMi r«*«av lertainment Values, ***"'" %***"’■*'** ^TTTiilfn* ^ ho *Uutk a spark tLs wtu' *^rim iSS 5 -j Beter Berneu. producer, ond ( ?* lh 9 ca y* ' ry V wllh Lewis because *he u<e* no; y Ha«a s«#rk ^ n»u ium# John Reinhardt, director, turned Sr? 4 n ?»uJ by BUSIS 1 _ r ^J| h r * h |111 JL I . twa^rup. to which the fomic i» a»- wuuaJ'TwIiS i oul th « signal screenplay, They fro** \X»ua r (hop* r t little en lo u ' * Lew*, gives another of his \LL*\£’w£Z [ mSS^StS did no better on the writing than Worth of Vtoletot (FBENC'Hi Parts. Nov 27 P p t rhtMsKMM a g ( THaa fttMiMl are 4 *rO«« *«•»• t; GlVMMMt wW«t» anti r«'*tore him ■" l‘t*i forma nee* are Just lergic I^wls gives another wistful, dumb and physically aPOUl i_ . - - - lk,t mb mm» I '.10 * t what might be e*p»*« led trom the Tmi <• * M M • 4 *<yn r yn if > m their other function* Script takes a lightweight basic Idea and stretches far beyond its capacity Dan Duryea photog down on hu lurk and turned to the bottle. ..., h *HU f <1 ■en fully supplied by Mm Aidon Webb pleases, as do Ray Teal. Ar thur llunmcutt. Robert Han.it mic charwcters that can get laughs ^ .. - . ^ ,.^,1 irom appearance alone Martin is a s*’ SSS£ r.tSIT inS!> ‘*“ r - « h — rh * r "“ »" h ~ n ” MW «hrM* w #—.« v !«<»«• •— — » »» . plot pro HoOrrt Mnuo t.,u*h Jf ZSS>\ J^.VV.h, l'°« «*w*U«rMI to Rnd „„ IllillM(l WII , M petty officer who is the natural a«t «ur«# r kuim n-.a buma j h*a wife and daughter ready to Clancy Cooper and the uncreditcd enemy of the comic*, Leif Frtck- ff - l9 V 9 hl ^ lh M * r J , A “ der ^? n th * player* >c»n sub commander Don MiImhi. i. rnrr »i oou* a L*w«, wSS* wuS5 1 •**•* aml ,he k,d ,J,kr olf vi * • Sid llickox h .ndl.d the cotiiur- Josial TV annouilcer, Vimcnt Ed- ir».# p^>a sa.rM xhare-the-nde auto for the east •/- lent mb of color lending on pi^ ward* Skip Homeirr. Dan Barton —— | tor Duryea pawns his camera to dwtmn while Max Steiner did the Mike Mahoney and Mary Treen Republic s regular film market P»y for the tnp A few days totor ■rore Kolmar Blang*ted’s editing Expert photography, both in will nnd 'The Wild Blur Yonder’* , receives a wire from Miss A»* regular special effect* and process. 0 U 1 )' . A formula story ha* been ^ er * OB - telling him his daughter (KumxI f ^apre ......... Maori Crtypeti* a ^ fi • v • # a e e. a > , 4 u a-o • • 4 -i is lengthy at 100 minutes. Hr op* tallssr ISONI.SI Martin A Lewis to him | of old togfil; play, good b.o. help carry the picture along. Mu* mixed with e steal score rate* good direction and manufactu Irom Joseph J Lilley ) Oat Ban h exciting actual sequences of the Hmg H-2* Superfortress of World War 11 to carry this one iff with gen- eral audiences | Chief interest lie* with the de- of Duryea a battle to keep tKe has been critically injured >n a* auto eccident near Chicago and she will phone details the next day From this point on. plot settles down to spin the tear-jerklng p pii Yvatta CliavtftI RmfeH wirw r«h« Masts ... ia ■so. BariRrais - , _ . Mr* tlsbasa* i JsO# Msrbm UnwiM Cm»toa Jhnl TH* PIMM fkmhat •».« M*rral Parr* Ihanti ■ . ., # i * Amo ^wm^ater Y »#• H*»Ha 1 1 W it la* u SnL. Lahm » • •• a v. • v e.s, Holly wood Nov 2P ' PbraMMsst ralsssa U MjU W alli« pas Surtius luri Pass Marital. Jrrty teals. Cortona rsMa*. MtrHS M«r»H>.ll t»aiara« hoOsrt Straw**. t>tr*c «*4 S) IUI W *k« r j Owty fair neurotic metier en lertatoment with light bn. rhai vrlopment and use of the Super- (jBiBP c ompan y ttohl 9H09MH M the forts to bomb Japan and Pacific enemy bases during the lavt World War. When draling with this phase, the picture click* with ac- tion and suspense and, fortunately. instrument because of an unpaid bill. He has to have that call. All- soap-opera stops are pulled, and then some more are added when The dangers encountered by • teen-age girl growing up in a big city make for a potent vehicle here but U. 8 censor* likely wnll use the sheers on much footage. Countless paaaes are made at In- nocent Deny Robin This film has many qualities that may ap- able to get' the call—and P*el to the highbrow Effective L • ... .. ^ . . I i _ ; m #*. ■” - ' ^a a w.i* Malv in J .... V ,. 1 1 ,.»4 « *'* 1 •> • ■ * f .#’ a 9 0 • •' ».•. 4 •** • W « • , • p • 4 * / • • M- * V * f «, e • • •• • ,*•* '• o Sjp*F ••• *•*•«•» • ■ ' . V Cm* HI Etto* _ a*Oari Sr m* i£*j4BS Vd r*. 2.1 Ski* HurriO T*" Pan S--4#! MtX* *»*•■»» c*rr*» r™* rSES ' ■ ' ' 1 l.yrfc* Current marquee potency of Dean Martm and Jerry L' v* 1 JjJJ*’ Mam direction scores well in the nas* *•>: *h hiim. luuaa 0r«M*; M«t*»r. Hariwru man and plane incident* but is less iJESfSS 9iSSS%^Si vSsZmm lE? V UMtM »ilh th, Vdon plot 4 £TVm£S 'QTgnSwwM. *aS » «npt«l b> R.rturd Trrf.uu » * ‘b'e 4 • • * * • , ViH u * • s V* ••*•■» C H# rl»i X LC — »,. 4... v *.. am b**m • % We .*•«*• trv *r» from a vtory by Andrew Geer and Charles Grayson Player* are un- der the same handicap Wendell Corey and Forrest (oouge ' M* w*m 4 ‘ k tort 1 Af«I Hubert de Grasse's photography. .. . . . . . wan mm *f»' or •* vet* Ralston. Army th* editing by Arthur IT Nadel and ....... .. «.W* srHUM»* nurse, when they are not paying othf-r urh*irii (uiwIiaiw rwI' KT: to th* morr wnouVtwS *' •" »«“*• UU 4 * c*rar °f learning how to use the Super* ‘ awH#r* i rhif j fort* to advantage against the enemy. Tucker is a neurotic, afraid to face a raid after 24 be calling him -dad ’* Jran Anouilh's reputation as Duty*, mok*. . v.l.oot ,ub at K hb character and manaae, to make l!!{f J6L** Jlmlrt ^oerv^U. the it count despite the plot triteness ^SwiTanouiih >oung Oebert aba dor, well Ma. |,Um ■“*>»« " • Hpl«l- Awnum • ... .... .... 4 a * X a • V <4 • *l • *. a a fc # a - » #.. V. • prartiraCv insure* Urge grwaamg Hem** possibilities for "Sailor Bfware" While this Dim version of the 1973 f, legit piece ha* been padded to an Only • modest amount of me.u cesaful ml salons. Corey is slightly unnecessary' 104 minutes. It has drama entertainment is offered in darrdeviliah. ready to brave any- enough of the comics in hilae i ous this RKO release and its rhanres Thing Climax comes when Tucker routines to more than satisfy their m the regular pUydate market are determines to prove himself.B arable ndering his assignment Miss An- derson and others are lost in small Brog. _ typical fob. U the Dim leans a little to the maudUn aide, at least there it no heavy moralising It is gives well-conceived and adult treat- This la a vehicle for young »tar Miss Robin. *hn la the teen-age heroine This youngster. There** is a poor girl, who carries her fragile innocence through a sen*'* of scrimmages, first with a mid- tier employer. Wadstea M G Swedish Mgr. Gosta Wadslen has been appoint- die-aged eodger „„ ^ ed Metro managrr in Sweden, it then with a aeighborhood apaehc was announced last week by who Is infatuated with himse r: ■ ■ ■ | Morton A. Bpring. And veepee af third, with a rich boy in me prof- ile following Le-s rm- *potty. Film was Anished early last along oa a mission with Corey. , the foreign department incus, and lastly with her dead lightweight plotting and year and la one af thoat meltors Latter la wounded. Tucker takes. He succeeds the late Arnt Halim | (Continued on page 22 1 ; , •j * '• r . . v • !■' ’' / • ' '• * e» Wen * si : ■■•if v k ;,* • *• ’ *. 1 '. As *