NOVEMBER

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THE STORY:
"My Pal Gus" (20th-Fox)
Richard Widmark, a high-pressure businessman divorced
from Audrey Totter, has custody of their young son, George
Winslow. Widmark enrolls him in a private school and is
smitten with Joanne Dru, one of the teachers, who forces
Widmark—much against his will—to make a regular business
out of "understanding" his son. However, Audrey comes
back, spoils a birthday party for the boy, and informs Widmark
that their Mexican divorce didn't take. He fights her
in court; Audrey charges him with "adulterous" conduct,
naming Joanne as co-respondent. The publicity forces the
school to close. Joanne is cleared, but Audrey obtains
custody of George when Widmark wins his divorce. To get
the boy back, Widmark gives Audrey everything he owns—
then pains a fresh start with Joanne and George at his side.
CATCHLINES:
Introducing Gus ... A Diminutive Dynamo .
Hair-Raising Antics Torment His Teachers . . .
His Father . . . And Will Hove You in Stitches
Year's Funniest Comedy.
Flabbergast
... In the
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THE STORY: "April in Paris" (WB)
Doris Day, a Broadway chorus cutie, finds herself delegated
to represent the American theatre at an international art
festival in Paris. It's the result of an inspired blunder by
Ray Bolger, a state department underling, who had confused
Doris with Ethel Barrymore. Bound for Europe, Doris meets
Claude Dauphin, a French entertainment idol who, after
being stranded in the U.S., is working his way back home
as a waiter. En route, Doris and Ray fall in love, although
he is engaged to the daughter of his boss. Doris and Ray
quarrel when he refuses to tell the other girl, and Doris
teams with Dauphin in a mad whirl of Paris night life which
is intended to make Bolger jealous. The scheme works, Ray
makes a clean breast to his one-time fiancee and her father,
his own.
and claims Doris for
CATCHLINES:
. It's Breezy . . . It's as Lilting as Paris in the
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It's Gay . .
Spring . . . With the Incomparable Doris Day . . . The
Rollicking Ray Bolger Flaming Beauties of Color
by Technicolor.
THE STORY:
'"Outpost in Malaya" (UA)
In trouble-ridden Malaya, the marriage of Jack Hawkins, a
rubber planter, and his wife, Claudette Colbert, has survived
many disasters, including years in a Japanese internment
camp, but is now near the breaking point. Realizing that
they are under threat of bandit attacks, Hawkins decides
to send his wife and their young son, Peter Asher, back
to England but Claudette secretly decides not to return to
him. Before Claudette is able to leave, bandits attack the
rubber plantation and the planters are forced to barricade
themselves in a bungalow during a night of terror and
shooting. The Jungle Force comes to their aid and, after the
ordeal they have gone through, Claudette realizes that her
love for Hawkins is still strong. She sends the boy to England
on his own and slays by her husband's side.
CATCHLINES:
Claudette Colbert in Her Most Thrilling Role—the Woman
Who Fought to Save Her Husband's Love Center
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of the Rubber Industry—Where Guns Roar and Passion
Seethes . . . The True Story of Trouble-Ridden Mala>u . . .
A Night of Terror Ends in a New Life.
THE STORY:
"Blue Canadian Rockies"
(Co!)
Don Beddoe, a wealthy Montana ranch owner, sends his
foreman. Gene Autry, to his Canadian timber holdings on a
twofold assignment: To dissuade Beddoe's strong-willed
daughter from opening a dude lodge, which would prevent
the cutting of timber, and to talk her out of marrying Ross
Ford, who Beddoe believes is an opportunist. The situation
is further complicated by the murder of a Canadian Mountie
who has been sent to investigate a series of mysterious
shootings. Autry fails to oust Ford from Gail's favor and,
working against time, discovers that the real trouble-maker
is Tom London, an aging caretaker, once Beddoe's partner
and now psychopathically resentful at his failure. Armed
with this knowledge. Gene captures London, brings peace to
the timberland and convinces Beddoe that Ford is worthy
of marriage to Gail.
CATCHLINES:
Gene Autry Rides a Thrill-Packed Mountain Trail . . . And
Uses Six-Gun Law to Trap a Murderous Maniac ... In an
Exciting Story of the North Country . With Action.
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THE STORY: "Face to Face" (RKO)
"The Secret Sharer" is about James Mason, a sea captain
making his first voyage, who discovers a man (Michael Pate)
clinging to the rope ladder. Pate tells Mason he is the male
of a ship dimly seen in the distance and that he killed a
crazed sailor. After Mason hides Pate, Gene Lockhart,
puritanical skipper of the distant ship, arrives but is not
told the man is aboard. Later, Mason lets Pate jump into
the sea and maneuvers his ship off some perilous reefs.
"The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky" tells how Minor V.'atson,
a grizzled old badman, gets drunk and terrorizes a lawabiding
western town while the sheriff (Robert Preston) is
away with his bride. When Preston returns, Watson lets
himself be led back into jail.
CATCHLINES:
Two Great Stories by Joseph Conrad and Stephen Crane
Two Great Stars, James Mason and Robert Preston . . . Two
Famous Authors, Joseph Conrad and Stephen Crane, Face
to Face in a Remarkable Duo-Drama ... A Thrilling Sea
Story and a Whimsical Tate of the Old West . . . Conrad's
Great Sea Drama and Crane's Human Western Tale.
THE STORY: "South Pacific Trail" (Rep)
Rex Allen and his buddy Slim Pickens are fired by Nestor
Paiva, Arizona rancher, at the instigation of Paiva's foreman,
Roy Barcroft. The latter has completed plans for a daring
robbery of $1,000,000 in gold, which he knows will be aboard
a de luxe passenger train. The plan involves switching the
train into an abandoned tunnel, then sealing it up with
dyamite, following which Barcroft will return at his leisure
to dig out the treasure. Thought to be on the train when it
disappears, Paiva is believed dead, and a fortune-hunter
with Barcroft's help—makes a play for Estelita, Paiva's granddaughter
and heiress to his fortune. However, Paiva teams
up in disguise with Rex, the missing train is located and
Barcroft and his gang are wiped out.
CATCHLINES:
. . It's Laden With Hair-Raising Adventure.
There's Action and Excitement on the Range ... As Rex
Allen Roars Into Action ... To Foil the Most Daring Robbery
of All Time .
THE STORY: "Beauty and the Devil" (Davis)
In the early 19th Century, Henri Faust (Michel Simon), an
aged university professor, is visited by Mephisto, who promises
him eternal youth in exchange for his soul. A bargain
is struck without the pact being signed and Simon is transformed
into a penniless, handsome youth (Gerard Philipe),
who travels with a circus and falls in love with a gypsy
girl. When the police discover that the old Faust is missing,
Philipe is arrested but Mephisto assumes the old man's
guise and saves him. Then Mephisto shows Philipe how to
make gold out of sand but, wfien he is shown his future
in a mirror, he realizes he has no happiness. Philipe refuses
to accept his destiny and Mephisto is destroyed by the
panic-stricken crowd while the young Faust slarts a new
life with the gypsy girl.
CATCHLINES:
Rene Clair's First Film in Five Years . famous Tale
of FausI and the Devil—With a New Twist . Age-old
Parable on the Eternal Conflict Between Good and Evil . . .
Michel Simon, Famou.-! French Star, With Gerard Philipe,
mdsome Young Player.
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THE STORY: "Savage Triangle" (Burstyn)
Madeleine Robinson, a Marseilles prostitute, makes her
yearly visit to her 11-year-old son, Pierre Michel Beck, who
is being raised in the mountains by an elderly shepherd.
The woman is persuaded by her adoring son to take him
back to live with her in the teeming seaport town where
she plies her trade. The boy is happy with his mother and
fascinated by the ships on the waterfront until she falls in
love with Frank Villard, a handsome wastrel. When she
discusses with Villard a plan to send the boy away to
school, Pierre tries to drown himself but is rescued by a
captain, who lets him help out on board while the ship is
in port. Villard makes the mother unhappy because of his
affairs with other women and the boy steals a revolver and
tries to kill him. The mother remains in Marseilles, without
Villard, while the boy is happy when asked to join the
freighter's crew.
CATCHLINES:
The Outstanding French Film of the Year . . . Madeleine
Robinson's Touching Portrayal Won Her the French Equivalent
of an "Oscar" ... A Film of Startling Candor.