Boxoffice-January.03.1953

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FEATURE REVIEWS Story Synopsis; Adiines for Newspaper and Programs
THE STORY:
"Moulin Rouge" (UA)
This is the story of Toulouse-Lautrec (played by Jose
Ferrer), a grotesque dwarf who in Paris in the I88O3 was
a giant in the world of art, a habitue of the fabulous Moulin
Rouge cafe. He rescues a streetwalker from arrest by a
plainclothesman, and beccmes involved in a tempestuous
love affair with her. She poses for him, and plaudits are
heaped upon him by important art critics. However, the
girl eventually leaves him after leading him a micerable
existence. Lautrec becomes famous for executing a notable
piece of poster art, his work grows in stature, and falls in
love again— this time with a model who he helps to educate.
When she decides to marry another more desirable man,
Lautrec drinks himself into a state of collapse and dies
as the result of a drunken fall.
CATCHLINES:
Paris in the Eighties . . . And
the Unforgettable Story
of a Strange Little Man ... A Giant in the World of Art . . .
An Ugly, Misshapen Dwarf in the World of the Human Heart.
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THE STORY: "Rogue's March" (MGM)
Agents of a country bordering India to the north are
active, and Queen Victoria's Royal Midland Fusileers are
dispatched there for active duty, among the officers being
Peter Lawford. Just as the regiment is about to depart,
Lawford is arrested and charged with treason. Unable to
explain planted evidence, he is court-martialed and dismissed
from the service. Determined to vindicate himself,
he enlists under an assumed name as a private in the
Victorian Rifles, which is ordered to the relief of the Midland
Fusileers. Discovered and arrested, Lawford volunteers to
get through and bring back a relief party when the regiments
are surrounded. He does so, and performs heroically
in the ensuing battle; subsequently his name is cleared
when evidence is uncovered that he had been framed by
enemy agents.
CATCHLINES:
An Exciting Era in History ... In Mysterious, Dramatic
India . . . Where Brave Men Battle Valiantly Against Overwhelming
Odds . . . And the Major's Daughter Learns a
Lesson in Love.
THE STORY: "The I Don't Care Girl" (20th-Fox)
At the basis of a film biography of Eva Tanguay (portrayed
by Mitzi Gaynor), the vaudevillian whose rendition
of "1 Don't Care" made her an all-time great, two screen
writers contact Eddie McCoy (David Wayne), Eva's one-time
partner. He reveals he discovered Eva working in Indianapolis
in 1912. She becomes an overnight sensation but,
according to McCoy, flopped when she went on a single.
She and McCoy head for Broadway; Eva teams up with a
pianist (Oscar Levant) and goes out of McCoy's life. The
pianist, quizzed by the screen writers, derides McCoy's
version of the Tanguay saga, and describes how she
became a Ziegfeld Follies star. The scripters uncover still
another version, including a tempestuous romance v/ith a
young actor, and this is the plot finally adopted for the
picture.
CATCHLINES:
At Last . . . The Story of Eva Tanguay . Volcano
of Vaudeville . . . Who Earned a Fortune and Tossed It All
Away . . . The Hoydenish Madcap Who Made "! Don't
Care" an All-Time Smash Hit.
THE STORY:
"The Clovra" (MGM)
Once a great Ziegfeld star, Red Skelton has been reduced
—as the result of liquor and gambling— to playing clowns
in burlesque and amusement parks. His young son, Timothy
Considine, idolizes his father, and persuades Red's former
agent to find a booking for him. This flops when Skelton
tries to bolster himself up alcoholically, and he sends the
boy to live with his mother, Jane Greer, who is remarried
and wealthy. She offers Timothy every advantage, but the
lad runs back to his father. His welcome return gives Red
the courage needed to take over the starring spot in a
knockabout TV show offered by his agent. The first show
is a hit, but the strain on a weak heart is too great. Skelton
dies, and Timothy sorrowfully returns home with his mother.
CATCHLINES:
Everybody Loves a Clown .
Red Skelton as "The Clown" . .
Combines Pathos and Comedy
ment All the Way.
And Everybody Will Love
Rare Film Treat That
Entertain-
THE STORY:
"Toughest Man in Arizona" (Rep) 16-51
In 1881, Vaughn Monroe, a U.S. marshal known as the
"toughest man in Arizona," captures Victor Jory, a notorious
bandit, and stops to aid a wagon train which is being
attacked by Apaches. Joan Leslie, who believes her
cowardly husband, Henry Morgan, has been killed by the
Indians, and two children who have been orphaned by the
massacre, are brought back to Tombstone by Monroe. Jean
Parker, lory's dance hall girl friend, learns that Morgan is
still alive and she enlists his aid in helping Jory escape from
jail. Morgan, who taps the telegraph wires,