Boxoffice-November.24.1951

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FEATURE REVIEWS Story Synopsis; Adiines for Newspaper and Programs
THE STORY:
"Westward the Women"
To Robert Taylor, vsteran scout, goes the assignment of
shepherding 200 women across country to California, where
are to marry ranchers in a new community. Among them is
Denise Darcel, a flashy French girl of dubious antecedents,
who immediately sets her cap for Taylor, although he'll give
her nary a tumble. West from Independence there's a steady
flow of trouble. Most of Taylor's drivers desert, taking some
of the women with them, and accidents, Indian altacks, flash
storms and rugged terrain also take their toll. Taylor's relations
with Denise grow worse, although she reveals her love
for him. Finally, v/ith Taylor and the cook as the only
remaining men, the caravan crosses Death Valley and
reaches is objective—and so does Denise as she leads
Taylor to the preacher.
CATCKLINES:
Tv/o Hundred V/omen
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Frontier . . . They Set Their Course Westward on a Caravan
That Wouid Not Be Stopped . . . It's a Dramatic Film Treat
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THE STORY: "Flame ol Araby"
Maureen O'Hara, Tunisian princess, is in danger of losing
her throne because of the plotting of her evil cousin. Maxwell
Reed, whom she suspects of having poisoned her father, the
king. Reed enters into an agreement with Lon Chaney and
Buddy Baer, leaders of an infamous pirate crew, whereby
they are to help him gain the throne on condition that either
Chaney or Baer can marry Maureen. Contemplating suicide,
Maureen is halted by Jeff Chandler, swashbuckling sheik
whom she had met once previously while he was trying to
capture a fabulous wild stallion. Then Maureen concocts
a plan: Chaney and Baer, on two fast horses, are to race
the stallion sought by Chandler. The one who wins is to
claim Maureen lor his bride. Chandler captures the stallion,
wins the race and takes Maureen as his wife.
CATCHLINES:
The Desert Drums Beat Out Their Rhythm of Romance and
Passion . . . And All Araby Cheers the Daring Deeds of the
Swashbuckling Tamerlane ... As He Claims a Princess as
His Own.
THE STORY: "The Model and the Marriage Broker"
Thelma Ritter a marriage broker in New York, accidentally
meets Jeanne Crain, a model v/ho is keeping company with
a married man, and persuades the girl to give him up.
When Scoit Brady, one of her clients, runs out on the marriage
she had arranged for him. Miss Ritter gets him to meet
Miss Grain and the two fall in love. When the girl learns
that Miss Ritter is a marriage broker she is furious and
ijreaks off with Brady. But when Miss Riiter closes her office
and goes to a rest home, Miss Crain takes a prospective
husband up there and he accidentally hits it off with the
broker. Miss Ritter learns about the deception and she
reopens her marriage bureau while Miss Grain is reunited
with Brady.
CATCHLINES:
She Arranged Romances for Lonely Folk in "the Loneliest
City in the World" . . . Thelm.a Ritter, Star of "The Mating
Season," in Another Heart-Warming Portrayal . . . Jeanne
Crain, as a Glamorous Model, Meets a Future Husband
Through a Middle-Aged Marriage Broker ... A Broker
Who Arranged Marriage and Patched Up Broken Hearts.
THE STORY:
"Street Bandits"
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THE STORY:
"The Browning Version"
Michael Redgrave classics teacher in a British boys school
who is about to retire because of ill health, is laughed at
by most of his pupils. His wife, Jean Kent, is a heartless
woman, who openly boasts to him of her infidelities and is
carrying on an affair with another teacher, Nigel Patrick.
When one of Redgrave's pupils, Brian Smith, presents him
with a book, the Browning version of a Greek play, he is
touched but his wife says the boy only did it to insure a
passing grade. This cruelty causes Patrick to break off with
her and Redgrave finally rejects his wife after the boys give
him an ovation when he makes a stirring speech at the
closing exercises.
CATCHLINES:
. . . Winner of the Best
Michael Redgrave Gives His Most Stirring Performance in
the Picturization of a Great Play
Acting and Scripting Awards at the Cannes Film Festival
of 1951 ... A Soul-Stirring Experience That You Will Long
Remember . By His Wife, He Finds Solace in the
Respect of His Pupils.
THE STORY: "Jungle of Chang"
Roy Barcroft, member of a slot machine syndicate headed
by John Eldredge, bombs a waterfront cafe. Robert Clarke,
a young lawyer, undertakes to defend him, although Clarke's
partner, Ross Ford, will have none of it. Clarke gains an
acquit'.al for Barcroft and, through his association with the
mob, becomes a wealthy man. Ford, disgusted, quits the
pdrtnership and goes to work for the district attorney's
office. Then Eldredge and Barcroft have a violent argument
and Barcroft kills the gong boss. For the first time Clarke
realizes he is mixed up with the worst type of criminal,
decides to sever his underworld connections and redeem
himself. He contacts Ford and, although at the last moment
is critically injured by Barcroft, helps Ford convict the
crime ring.
CATCHLINES:
Murder V/as His Business . . . And He Made It Pay . . .
But Gangdom Made Him a Pawn ... In Its Violent Game of
Bullets and Blood . . . It's a Terrific Adventure in Excitement
and Suspense.
PoChai, a young man in North Siam, marries MeYing, a
girl of his village, and they take their poor possessions, some
rice seed, a goat, a dog and some woven baskets, to the
nearby jungle to clear a space for their future home and for
some rice fields to support them. When their goat stops to
graze, they know they have a place and they fight against
wild animals and drought but carry on. PoChai seeks employment
in the great teak forests until their rice comes
through. When he masters a rogue elephant, turning the
beast into a member of the working herd, he becomes a
mahout. He finally returns to MeYing and his rice fields
when the rains come and the grain is ready.
CATCHLINES:
A Fascinating Story of a Little-Known Part of the World . . .
A Girl and a Boy Carve Their Future in the Jungles of
Siam . . . They Met Danger and Drought but Survived to
Find Happiness ... A Story of Siam, Where Danger Lurks
Behind Every Tree.
THE STORY:
"Young Scarface"
THE STORY:
"The Path of Hope"
When a Sicilian mine is forced to shut down, a group of
miners and their families decide to find work in France.
They sell their possessions and put themselves in the hands
of Saro Urzi, who plans to run out on them. Raf Vallone, a
widower with three children, takes pity on Elena Varzi, who
is scorned by the other women because she is accompanying
Franco Navarro, a reprobate. In Naples, the police order
the group to go home, but most of them go on. As they
near the snowy Alps, Navarra attacks Vallone, who is forced
For revenge, Richard Aftenborough, 17-year-oId mob leader,
murders the "Kclley Kibber," a nev/spaperman assigned by
his paper to distribute gift certificates. Attenborough has
Wylie Watson distribute the cards to make it look like the
reporter died later. Carol Marsh, a waitress, notices that the
man who left a card on her table does not resemble the
picture ol the "KoUey Kibber." Attenborough murders Watson
and marries Carol to keep her quiet. Hermoine Baddeley, a
friend of the murdered man, sets out to prove his death
was not accidenlial. She follows the trail to Attenborough.
Attenborough talks his wife into a suicide pact which he has
no intention of keeping. The police arrive and stop her.
Attenborough dies accidentally.
CATCHLINES:
A Thrill Packed Film from the Makers ol "Seven Days to
Noon" . . . He's Brutall . . She's Lovelyl . . . Together They're
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Dynamilel ... He Killed for Fun . . . And Married for Safety.
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to kill him. A few cross the Alps during a snowstorm and
one of them is lost. Realizing the amazing trip they made,
the border patrol lets them enter France. Miss Varzi stays
with Vallone and his motherless children.
CATCHLINES:
Comparable to "The Bicycle Thief," "Bitter Rice" and Other
Great Italian Dramas . . . Winner ol the Selznick "Silver
Laurel" Award for the Outstanding European Film of 1951
. . . Ral Vallone, Star ol "Bitter Rice," With Elena Varzi,
Exciting New Italian Discovery . . . Scorned by Her Fellow-
Villagers Yet Loved by Two Men.