Boxoffice-August.19.1950

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FUTURE RELEASES Lisiad hatein are ieatuiea on which national release dales have not been COLUMBIA set or which go beyond the dales covered by Ihe Feature Chart. OAI Jwmiiios ol Okljlioma (Wislorn) . Daii Kuryra-lluli) Slorir Bom Yesterday (Conniljlinima) Judy llolll.la)-Brod«lck Crawrord-WllUim Holdea Brave Bull!, The (Drami) Mel FtrrerEiiBone Ule-HlM Emerieiicy Weddino IComidy) Larry I'lirks-Barbiira 11 ile Flying Missile. The (liiaro.i) Glenn KohIVIilm MmltorB Fuller Brush Girl. The (Comedy) . Lucille Ball-Eddie Albert Harriet Craio (Drama) Joan Crawloril-Hindell Corey Hero. The (liraraa) John Uirik-Aldn Da l(e He's a Cockeyed Wonder (Com-Dr) M. lloumy-Terry Mouie ©Lorna Doone iDriima) Biirliara llalelilctiard Greene OPetty Girl, The (Urama) . Joan Caullleld-Hubiri Cumralngs Rookie Fireman (Comedy-Ur) . .Bill WUlliims-Marjorle Keynoldt OSaiita Fe (Wfstern) Itandoliih Soill-Jiinis Carlw Touoher They Come. The ( Drama) . .Wayne .Murrls-l'. Fosttr ©Valentino (lir.imi) Tony Dexter-Eleanor I'arkcr When You're Smiling (Cumrdy) . .Jerome Coiirtlaiid-L. AlbrlKbi EAGLE LION ©Alice in Wonderland (Kantasy) Carole Marsh-S. .Murray Boys in Bro*n (Drama) B. Atlenborough-J. Warner Calendar, The (Comedy) Orel* Uynl-John McCalhim Diamond City (Drama) D. Farrar-I). Dors Doll's House, The (Drama) Paul Lukaa-Cbarlea Korvln Esther Waters (Drama) Kathleen Ryao-Dlrk Bogarde Floodtidi (Drama) Robert Aoderson-Q. Jackson Kangaroo Kid (Drama) Veda Ann Borg-Dorothy Malone Prehistoric Women (Adicnture) . . . .Lourette Luez-AUan NLvon Reluctant Widow, The (Drama) Jeao Kent-0. Rolfe Rogue River (Act-Drama) Rory Calboun-(^y Madison FILM CLASSICS St Benny the Dip (Comedy) . .Dick Haymes-Beatrice Pearson Stronghold (Drama) Veronica Lakc-Zacbary Scott Time Running Out (Drama) Dane Clark-Slmone SIgnoret METRO GOLDWYN-MAYER ©Across the Wide Missouri (Western) .Clark Gable-J. Hodlak ©An American in Paris (Dram.i) . . Gene Kelly-Leslie Caron ©Annie Get Your Gun (Musical) Betty Button Cause for Alarm (Com-Dr) Loretla Young-Barry Sullivan Crisis (Drama) Car; Grant-Jose Ferrer It's a Big Country (Drama) Ml Star Cast ©Kim (Adventure-Drama) Errol Flynn-Deao Btockvell ©King Solomon's Mines (Adv-Drama) D. Kerr-8. Granger Life of Her Don, A (Drama) Lana Turner-Ann Dvorak Mrs. O'Kalley and Mr. Malone (Com)..M. Main-J. Wbltmore Next Voice You Hear..., The (Drama) .J. Whltmore-.\. Davis ©Pagan Love Song (Musical) .Estber Wlllkms-Houard Keel ©Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (Dr) .J. Mason-A. Gardner ©Quo Vadis (Drama) Robert Taylor-Deborab Kerr Right Cross (Comedy-Dr) Dick Povtell-June Allyson ORoyal Wedding (Musical) Fred Astaire-Jane rovvcU Stars in My Crown (Drama) ... .Joel McCrea-Dean BtockveU Three Guys Named Mike (Comedy) . .Jane Wymun-Van Julinson ©Toast of New Orleans (Musical) M. Lanza-K. Grayson To Please a Lady (Drama) Clark Gable-Barbara Btanvyck ©Two Weeks—With Love (Drama) . .Jane Poviell-R. Monlalban ©Vengeance Valley (Western) Dan Dalley-Betty Grable MONOGRAM Modern Marriage, A ( Drama) .. Robert Clarke-Margaret Field Smoke Jumpers (Drama) K. Grant-Joe Bona Typet ( Adi~l)rama) Boddy McDowtll PARAMOUNT Ace in the Hole (Drama) Kirk Douglas-Jan Sterling ©Branded (Western) Alan t^dd-Mona Freeman ©Copper Canyon (Melodrama) Ray Milland-Hedy Lamarr Lemon Drop Kid, The (Comedy) ... .Bob Hiipe-Andrca King ©Let's Dance (Musical-Comedy) Betty HuttAn-Fred AiUlre Mating Season, The (Drama) John Lund-Gene TIerney Mr. and Miss Anonymous (Drama).. Bay MUland-J. Fontaine Mr. Music (Musical) Blng Croaby-Butta Bussey . . .John Payne-Dennis O'Ktefe ©Passage West (Wv^t-Drama) . Place in the Sun, A (Drama) Eiiaabetb Taylor-M. CUft ©Quebec (Drama) John Barrymore Ir.-Corlnne Calvet ©Samson and Delilah (Drama) . .Victor Mature-Hedy Lamarr September Affair (Drama) Juan Fontaine-Josoph Culten ©Tripoli (Adventure-Dr) Maureen O'Bara-John Payne United States Mall (Drama) Alan Udd RKO RADIO Alias Mike Fury (Drama) Victor Mature-WilllaiB Bendli Carriage Entranct (Drama) .... Robert Mitrhun-Ava Gardner Come Share My Lmt (Comedy) . .Irene Dunne-Fred MacMurray Company She Keeps, The (Drama) . Jane Greer-Dennit O'Keefe Gaunt Wom,in. The (Drama) Dana AndrevisClaude Rains His Kind of Woman (Drama) . .Robert MItchum-Junc Kus.
— Opinions on Current Productions; Exploitips for Selling to the Public FEATURE REVIEWS (FOR STORY SYNOPSIS ON EACH PICTURE, SEE REVERSE SIDE) The Black Rose Tp ^ Costume Drama (Technicolor) 20th-Fox (121) 119 Minutes Rel. Sept. '50 Splendor and spectacle are topmost among the many productional assets oi this semihistorical costume drama. Those qualities, plus the fact that the feature is based on the widely read novel by Thomas B. Costain, should be sufficient to assure the picture commercial success, particularly if showmen take full advantage of their vast merchandising possibilities. The entry's spectacular backgrounds—lensed in England and North Africa—create pageantry such as the screen has not seen in a long time. There is additional luster through the use of expert Technicolor photography, while marquee magnetism is supplied by Tyrone Power and Orson Welles. The cast is also sparked by the appearance of a little-known French actress, Cecile Aubry, whose thespian contribution is provocative and entirely satisfactory. Impressively produced by Louis D. Lighton and skillfully directed by Henry Hathaway. Tyrone Power, Orson Welles, Cecile Aubry, Jack Hcrwkins, Michael Rennie, Finloy Currie, Herbert Loin. The Dancing Years Monogram ( ) 98 Minutes ReL Musical Drama (Technicolor) An eye-filling, ear-soothing romance with Technicolored mountainous backgrounds, lush Viennese settings and melodious waltz music of the 1911 period, interspersed by some beautiful dancing in elaborate production numbers. It ran eight years as a London stage production and ought to do excellent business as a film in this country. It was made by Associated British Pictures. Patricia Ddinton, first as a youngster and then as a dancer, is outstanding for her charm and blond beauty, and undoubtedly will make on impression that will start her on a Hollywood career. Dennis Price, as a composer, is an excellent actor, but his work is marred by a back-in-the-throat style of speaking that makes his lines difficult to ccrlch at times. Gisele Preville, the feminine lead, is an excellent singer and plays her role as a sophisticated, mature beauty with sincerity. Dennis Price, Gisele Preville, Patricia Dainton, Anthony Nicholls, Grey Blake, Muriel George. Tea for Two F Musical Warner Bros. (001) 101 Minutes ReL Sept. 2, '50 Vertiginous and slothful is the screenplay which served as a framework upon which to hang the beloved song hits and some of the situations of a stage musical of yesteryear, "No, No, Nanette." The literary structure is further festooned with a few specialties—some of which are on the exotic side —and an occasional tired production number. The comedy content was entrusted to Billy DeWolfe and S. Z. Sakall there being too much of both of them—who were made to reach from here to Baffin's Bay for laughs. Such tried-andtrue troupers as Eve Arden found it impossible to shake the shackles of the inadequate script. Consequently, upon the nostalgic appeal of the music and the individual and collective fan followings of Doris Day and Gordon MacRae hangs the film's commercial fate and, by the same logic, the most promising approach to exploitation. Directed by David Butler. Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Gene Nelson, Patrice Wymore, Eve Arden, Billy DeWolfe, S. Z. Sakall. For thiir ) -748^ Let's Dance Musical Comedy Pen-amount (500S) 112 Minutes (Technicolor) Nov. '50 Because of their most recent starring assignments, Betty Hutton and Fred Astaire currently are hotter than a Kansas summer. In any vehicle, reluctantly, teaming them would have been a fortunate and profitable bit of timing. Herein, the possibilities go much farther because the picture is ideally suited to their individual and collective brand of talents. A thoroughly delightful screenplay v/hich almost entirely circumvents the formula and cliches of the boy-meetsgirl yarns usually employed to showcase singing, comedy and dancing mummers, it projects La Hutton and versatile Astaire as a perfect duo, one for which film fans will demand many return engagements. Add to such basic qualities a sterling supporting cast. Technicolor, solid production values, skillful direction by Norman Z. McLeod, catchy songs and, above all, out-of-this-world dance routines, and present are all of the ingredients for one of the season's top hits. Betty Hutton, Fred Astaire, Rolcrad Young, Ruth Warrick, Lucile Watson, Gregory Moffett, Barton MacLane. High Lonesome F ,T«hnicoior) Eagle Lion (044) 80 Minutes ReL Sept. 1. '50 Far afield from formula is the sagebrush saga selected to showcase the promising talents of John Barrymore jr., who herein makes his second screen starring appearance—and with the same effectiveness that marked his initialer, "The Sundowners." The picture is praiseworthy for the manner in which it captures the rugged and austere aura of its locale and circa, even though in pursuit of such authenticity some of the glamorous facets of average westerns are sacrificed. The picture was produced by Alan LeMay and George Templeton and ably directed by LeMay, who are partners in LeMay-Templeton Productions and who endowed the offering with ample mountings, not (he least of which is Technicolor and the sweeping natural backgrounds so photographed. Noteworthy is the film's dialog—unusual but definitely in character and rendered entirely convincing because of the high caliber of performances. lohn Barrymore jr.. Chill Wills, John Archer, Lois Butler. Kristine Miller, Basil RuysdaeL Jack Elam. / Killed Geronimo F F Western Eagle Lion ( ) 83 Minutes Rel. Cavalry vs. Injuns as a subject for celluloid entertainment has long been an almost invariably surefire entry for the action addicts and the juvenile patrons. Utilizing that plot theme, this modestly budgeted entry from Producer Jack Schwarz appears sufficiently well equipped to serve with adequacy as the nether half of a dual program and as a booking for the Saturday matinee trade. Obviously it was made with such playdates in mind and, within that productional framework, the running time is studded with ridin', fightin' and redskin raids, the script having placed emphasis upon action rather than characterization. The historical angles, although they may deviate somewhat from facts, offer some ready-made exploitation suggestions and Topliner James Ellison is sufficiently well established as an actic: star so that his name also should draw some weight on thmarquee. Directed by John Hoffman. lames ElUson, Virginia Herrick, Chief Thunder Cloud, Smith Ballew, Luther Crockett, lean Andren, Ted Adams. Bunco Squad REG Radio (104) 67 Minutes ReL Drama Considering its budgetary classification and the exhibition niche at which it is aimed, about the only criticism that can be made of this constable-and-crooks drama is that the writers undertook to contain too many elements in the script, including a semidocumentary approach to the yarn's spinning. But, while such literary over-expansion has a tendency to slow down the action here and there, in the main the picture qualifies as an acceptable companion piece, equipped to please the average dual program patron. An additional i asset lies in the cast, at least two names of which are suificiently established to assert some drawing power, and can advantageously be used in merchandising a double bill. Producer Lewis J. Rachmil made every production dollar count and the direction of Herbert I. Leeds extracts everything possible from the story and performers. Robert Sterling, Joan Dixon, Ricardo Cortez, Douglaa Fowley, Elisabeth Risdon, Marguerite Churchill, lohn Kellogg. 1178 BOXOFFICE near The Paris Waltz Lux Films 86 Minutes ReL F Musical This romantic French-language biography of the composer, Jacques Offenbach, is abundant with operetta tunes and has characters cloaked in striking costumes of the Napoleon III period, created by Christian Dior, the noted French fashion designer. Pierre Fresnay is convincing as the eccentric and impractical composer, while Yvonne Printemps, as his leading lady, enhancingly sings selections from nine Offenbach works. The stars and the music, along with the expensive settings, can be exploited for art house patrons with a tastfor light opera. Musical numbers are staged fairly well cm are adequately photographed. A racy and highly humorou„ beginning gives way to a hopelessly raveled series of disconnected plot episodes. Marcel Achard directed and wrote the screenplay. Lux Films Distributing Corp., 1501 Broadway, New York. Yvonne Printemps, Pierre Fresnay, lacques Charon, lacques Castelot, Claude Sainval, Pierre Dux, Lucien Nat. August 19, 1950 1177
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