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of events surrounding the disappearance
of a young man who, with his sister, had
arrived in Paris to attend the Exposition
of 1889. Young artist helps girl find her
brother, and a romance develops. Jean
Simmons, Dirk Bogarde, David Tomlinson,
Cathleen Nesbitt, Felix Aylmer. Directors:
Terence Fisher, Antony Darnborough. (J.
Arthur Rank.)
St. Benny, the Dip .658. .(80) Aug. 24
Comedy Drama. The regeneration of three
confidence men after they disguise themselves
as priests to escape the law. One
devotes himself to good works, one returns
to his deserted family and the third finds
romance. Dick Haymes, Nina Foch, Roland
Young, Lionel Stander. Director: Edgar G.
Ulmer. (Danziger Bros.)
Sun Sets at Dawn, The.. .046.. ..(71) Jan. 22
Melodrama. Short circuit in the electric
chair delays execution of irmocent man,
convicted of murder, and real killer is
trapped into confession by a prison trusty.
Sally Parr, Philip Shawn, Walter Reed.
Director: Paul H. Sloane.
Taming of Dorothy, The.. ..224
(75) Sept. 20, '50
Comedy. British-made. Domineering wife
of mild-mannered bank clerk is subjugated
by his gangster double. When the
cops and robbers chase is over, husband
continues as a caveman and captivates
wife. Jean Kent, Robert Beatty, Margaret
Rutherford. Director: Mario Soldati. (Renown-Lux.)
They Were Not Divided. .275 (102). ...Feb. 8
Drama. British-made. Experiences of two
soldiers, one English, the other American,
in World War II. When the American is
wounded the Englishman refuses to leave
him and they die together. Edward Underdown,
Ralph Clanton, Michael Brennan,
Helen Cherry. Director: Terence Young.
(J. Arthur Rank.)
Three Husbands....642....(78) Nov, 3, '50
Comedy. At death bachelor leaves letters
indicating he has had affairs with wives
of three friends. Wives inherit his fortune
and husbands at last reverse the condemning
attitudes they have assumed.
Emlyn Williams. Eve Arden, Ruth Warrick,
Howard da Silva. Director: Irving Reis.
(Goldsmith-Caspary.)
Three Steps North. .657... (85) June 15
Drama. Made in Italy. Sordid experiences
of dishonorably discharged GI who returns
to Italy to recover a fortune made in the
black market during the war, which he had
buried in a field later converted into a military
cemetery. Lloyd Bridges, Aldo
Fabrizi, Leo Padovani. Director: W Lee
Wilder.
Try and Get Me (formerly "The
Sound of Fury"). ...643 (92) May 4
Melodrama. Ex-GI drifts into petty crime.
When his partner murders a kidnaped boy,
the two are lynched by a mob inflamed by
a newspaperman's radical articles. Frank
Lovejoy, Kathleen Ryan. Richard
Carlson,
Lloyd Bridges. Director: Cyril Endfield
(Robert Stillman Productions.)
Two Gals and a Guy. ,654.... (70) Aug. 31
Comedy With Music. Complications which
result when a TV husband-and-wife team
breaks up because he stops her adoption of
a child. The difficulties are worked out
and they adopt a family of four. Robert
Alda, Janls Paige, James Gleason. Director:
Alfred E. Green. (Weisner Bros.)
Two Lost Worlds...202. .(60)...„ Oct. 29, '50
Adventure Drama. A group of people, shipwrecked
on an uncharted island, encounter
prehistoric monsters and survive an erupting
volcano. Laura Elliot, Jim Arness,
Gloria Petroff, William Kennedy. Director:
Norman Dawn. (Sterling Productions.)
Well, The. .. 1145. .. (85) Pre-release—Sept.
Drama. Negroes and whites become aroused
over the disappearance of a little Negro
girl. When race riots are imminent the
child is found to have fallen into an abandoned
well. Richard Rober, Barry Kelly,
Henry Morgan, Christine Larson. Directors:
Leo Popkin, Russell Rouse.
When I Grow Up... .215. ..(90) Apr. 20
Drama. Unhappy boy reads his grandfather's
boyhood diary and realizes he is not
the only one who has ever been in trouble
and that his parents really love him. Bobby
Driscoll, Robert Preston, Martha Scott,
Charley Grapewin, Henry Morgan. Director:
Michael Kanin. (Horizon Pictures.)
Wicked City, The... 206... (76) Jan. 2
Melodrama. French-made with English dialog.
Canadian seaman meets and loves a
French cafe girl. Her bad character and
criminal associates lead him to murder her.
Maria Montez, Jean Pierre Aumont, Lilli
Palmer, Marcel Dalio. Director: Francois
Villiers.
(REISSUE)
City Lights. .635.... (85) Sept. 1, '50
Comedy. Charles Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill,
Florence Lee, Harry Myers, Hank Mann.
(Celebrated Films.)
Universal-In ternational
(September 1950 through October 1951)
Abbott and Costello Meet the
Invisible Man. .116.... (82) Mar.
Comedy. As amateur detectives the comics
catch the real criminal when a fighter is
falsely accused of murdering his manager.
By a miracle serum the fighter is made
invisible and assists in the proceedings.
Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Nancy Guild,
Adele Jergens. Director : Lamont.
Air Cadet....ll5....(94)
JWar.
Comedy Drama. Three air cadets are sent
to Arizona for jet training under an officer
who is a hard taskmaster. After misunderstandings
and misadventures the men
become friends. Stephen McNally, Alex
Nicol, Gail Russell, Richard Long. Director:
Joseph Pevney.
©Apache Drums.. ..123.. ..(75)
June
Technicolor Western. Gambler is run out
of town, persecuted by a minister and the
mayor. He returns to lead the fight against
an Apache raid. Stephen McNally, Coleen
Gray, Willard Parker, Arthur Shields. Director:
Hugo Pregonese.
Bedtime for Bonzo 112 (83) Feb.
Conxedy. In an effort to prove environment
is stronger than heredity, young psychology
professor undertakes experiment to bring
up a baby chimpanzee as a child. Ronald
Reagan, Diana Lynn, Walter Slezak, Jesse
White. Director: Frederick de Cordova.
©Cattle Drive.. ..128... .(77)
Aug.
Technicolor Western. Spoiled 14-year-old
son of railroad magnate joins a cattle drive.
Association with a veteran cowhand makes
a man of him. Joel McCrea, Dean Stockwell,
Leon Ames, Chill Wills. Director:
Kurt Neumann.
Comin' Round the Mountain.. ..127. ..(77)... .July
Comedy. The boys go to Kentucky where
they become involved in an old feud between
the McCoys and the Winfields. The
various characters drink a "love potion"
which adds considerably to the confusion.
Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Dorothy Shay,
Kirby Grant. Director: Charles Lamont.
Deported. .103 (88) Nov. '50
Action Drama. Filmed in Italy. American
gangster, deported to his native Italy, tries
to gain control of the Italian black market
ring. Love for a widowed countess
causes him to do an about-face and smash
the ring. Marta Toren, Jeff Chandler,
Claude Dauphin, Marina Berti. Director:
Robert Siodmak.
©Double Crossbones ...119....(75)
Apr.
Technicolor Comedy With Music. Shop
clerk, by accident, finds himself master of
a pirate ship deserted by the crew. He
organizes labor prisoners into a crew and
turns buccaneer. Donald O'Connor, Helena
Carter, Will Geer, John Emery. Director:
Charles T. Barton.
May
Fat Man, The. ..120... (77)
Melodrama. Detective solves murder of a
dentist who had X-rayed the teeth of a
crook and would have been able to identify
his body. Murderer, a circus clown, is
trapped on a high wire. J. Scott Smart,
Julie London. Rock Hudson, Clinton Sundberg,
Emmett Kelly. Director: William
Castle.
Francis Goes to the Races... 125.... (88). ...July
Comedy. The "talking" mule makes friends
with racehorses at the track, supplying
tips to his youthful companion which enable
him to win a seven-horse parlay.
There is conflict with a gang of crooks.
Donald O'Connor, Piper Laurie, Cecil Kellaway,
Jesse White. Director: Arthur Lubin.
©Frenchie....l08. ... (80) Jan.
Technicolor Western Drama. Woman owner
of a gambling casino, seeking the two
men who killed her father, is assisted by
the local sheriff. When one of the men is
murdered, the sheriff is suspected. Joel
McCrea, Shelley Winters, Paul Kelly, Elsa
Lanchester. Director: Louis King.
©Golden Horde, The. .134... (76) Oct.
Technicolor Melodrama. The forces of
Genghis Khan storm Samarkand where its
beautiful princess plans to defend herself
by intrigue. When the situation seems
hopeless, a band of English Crusaders
comes to her rescue. Ann BIyth, David
Parrar, George Macready, Richard Egan,
Peggie Castle. Director: George Sherman.
Groom Wore Spurs, The....ll4....(81) Mar.
Comedy. Woman lawyer, engaged to get a
cowboy star out of a gambling debt jam,
falls for, and marries, him. He is charged
with murder and she clears him. Ginger
Rogers, Jack Carson, Joan Davis, Mira Mc-
Kinney. Director: Richard Whorf. (Fidelity
Pictures.)
UHarvey....l07....(104) „ Jan.
Comedy. Amiable alcoholic captivates
everyone with his imaginary companion, a
giant white rabbit named Harvey. Even
the doctors at a mental institution decide
he should be allowed to keep his delusion.
James Stewart, Josephine Hull, Peggy Dow,
Jesse White, Cecil Kellaway. Director:
Henry Koster.
Hollywood Story ...124... (77) June
Mystery Drama. In an abandoned Hollywood
studio a New York stage producer
prepares to make a picture about an unsolved
murder committed there years before.
He solves the crime and captures the
killer. Richard Conte, Julia Adams, Henry
Hull, Fred Clark. Director: William Castle.
Iron Man.. ..130... (82)
Aug.
Drama. Prizefighter discovers his wife and
his promoter-brother have arranged to
have a fight thrown in his favor. He breaks
with them, loses an important match,
but is reconciled with his wife. Jeff Chandler,
Evelyn Keyes. Stephen McNally, Rock
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