Boxoffice-January.24.1953

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FEATURE REVIEWS Story Synopsis; Adiines for Newspaper and Programs
THE STORY:
"Niagara" (20th-Fox)
Joseph Gotten, a battle-fatigued Korean veteran, and his
wife, Marilyn Monroe, are sojourning at Niagara Falls. He
knows she is in love with another man, and Casey Adams
and Jean Peters, a honeymooning couple, see Marilyn
embracing a man who is not Gotten. Marilyn and her lover,
Richard Allan, lay plans to kill her husband, but the plot
backfires and instead Allan is killed. Gotten returns to his
cabin; Jean, seeing him, calls the police, who set out in
rursuit. Later Gotten approaches Jean to tell her he slew
Allan in self-defense. Marilyn, who has been hospitalized
v/ith shock, escapes, but is pursued and strangled by Gotten.
Trying a getaway on a boat with Jean aboard, Gotten dies
after shoving her to safety—when the vessel goes over
the falls.
CATCHLINES:
"A Raging Torrent of Emotion . . . That Even Nature Gan't
Gonlrol ... He Saw Her in the Arms of Another Man . . .
And Knew He Was Marked for Murder . . . The Years Most
Exciting Film.
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THE STORY: "The Stars Arc Singing" (Para)
Anna Maria Alberghetti, a 15-year-old Polish war orphan,
stows away on a freighter and swims ashore when it nears
New York. A widespread girl-hunt ensues, and Anna Maria
makes contact with Lauritz Melchior, a family friend and
one-time Metropolitan Opera star. She finds him u disillusioned,
drunken wreck, and becomes a friend of Rosemary
Glooney, a struggling young singer, and other resider.ls of
the dilapidated apartment. When it is discovered thai Anna
Maria has a great singing voice, all band together to keep
her in the U. S.—Rosemary's idea being to "use" the girl
to further her own career. Anna Marie wins an amateur
contest on TV; Rosemary, ashamed of herself, and her
friends pull every legislative trick they can think of, and the
war orphan is permitted to remain in America.
CATCHLINES:
That Heart-Tugging Humor
It's Got That Lovable Lilt . . .
That Makes for Movie Masterpieces . It introduces
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the "Gome On-a-My House" Gal . . . Songstress Rosemary
Glooney.
THE STORY:
"Treasure of the Golden Condor" (20th-Fox)
So that the lad, rightful heir to the title and estate, will
never claim them, "George Macready, a French nobleman,
places the son of his dead brother in bondage as a servant.
Grown to manhood (in the person of Cornel Wilde), he
encounters Finlay Currie, a Scotsman who has spent years
in Guatemala searching for a Mayan treasure. Wilde—
price on his head for attacking the cruel Macready—escapes
and joins Currie in a new search for the Guatemalan
treasure, determined that he will use his share thereof to
hove Macready declared an impostor. During the junket
Wilde and Currie's daughter, Constance Smith, fall in love.
The horde is located; Wilde returns to France and gathers
evidence to prove that he, not Macready, is heir to the estate,
and goes back to Guatemala to claim Constance as his bride.
CATCHLINES:
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Romance, Action and Adventure on the Grand Scale . .
Filmed in Flaming Technicolor in the Steaming Jungles of
Guatemala ... A Must-See for Tops in Thrills . . . And
Spectacular Scope.
THE STORY:
"Winning oi
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THE STORY: "Confidentially Connie" (MGM)
Janet Leigh, wife of Van Johnson, college professor in
Maine, is expecting—and her obstetrician prescribes juicy ;
steaks. But Van's salary doesn't permit such luxuries. He's
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determined to be independent of his father, Louis Calhern, •
Texas cattle tycoon. Calhern, showing up on an unexpected •
visit, discovers he is to become a grandfather, and that S
instead of meat Janet is eating fish. He arranges to supply
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Janet's butcher with beef from his ranch, to be sold to her
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at cost, and without Van's knowledge. The other butchers S
are forced into a price war, and Van, learning of his 3
father's ruse, capitulates and promises to return to Texas. ;
However, he cannot bring himself to quit. Calhern gives the
college an endowment substantially raising the teachers'
salaries, content to know his grandson will be a "born cattleman."
CATCHLINES:
Steer Beef Versus Shakespeare . . . Romance, Laughs and
Pandemonium . . . With Van Johnson as a Financially
Embarrassed College
Wife Who Yearns for
And Janet Leigh as His
Professor . . .
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THE STORY: "Girls in the Night" (U-1)
Gene Autry, a territorial ranger, is dispatched to protect
William Forrest, a publisher who has been crusading against
a gang headed by Bob Livingston. The outlaws have been
using Indian raids as a cloak for banditry. When Gene's
outlaw brother shoots down Forrest, Gene is fired from the
rangers, whose captain believes Gene deliberately let his
brother get away. Determined to get the men who hired
his brother to do the killing. Gene warns the cavalry of an
impending gold raid by Livingston, and his brother—now
convinced Gene's is the, right way—makes it possible for
Gene to escape after Autry is captured by Livingston,
although the brother is killed in doing so. In a running
gun fight. Gene delivers Livingston and the stolen gold to
the authorities and is restored to his post in the rangers.
CATCHLINES:
Man Against Man .
. . Brother Against Brother ... In a
No-Holds Barred Fight to the Finish . . . And the Frontier
Bursts Into Flame ... As Justice Prevails Over Six-Gun Law.
Patricia Hardy, lower East Side teenager, wins a neighborhood
beauty contest and hopes of moving with her family
to Long Island until her father, Anthony Ross, is injured by
a speeding truck. Patricia refuses to marry Glen Roberts,
East Side boy, who gets in a fight with Don Gordon, a
hoodlum who gets fresh with her. Harvey Lembeck, Patricia's
brother, plans to rob a fake beggar but Gordon gets there
first and kills the man. Because Lembeck finds the m.oney,
the police suspect him of murder but he learns the truth
from Gordon's jealous girl friend and chases' him to a
warehouse. Gordon is killed in a fight near high-voltage
wires. Lembeck is put on probation to his family, who
finally move to Astoria.
CATCHLINES:
They Roam the Streets After Dark—Like Cats in a Big
City Jungle . . . Teenagers Looking for Love in the Shadows
of the Slums . . . The Story of Teenagers in the "Naked
City" of New York . . . Juvenile Delinquents in the Big
City's Slums.
THE STORY:
"Savage Mutiny" (Col)
The help of Jungle Jim (Johnny Weissmuller) is enlisted
by British authorities in clearing Tulonga island of its 'natives
'so Africa's first atom bomb test can be conducted. Accompanied
by Angela Stevens, a girl doctor, Jim treks to Tulonga
and persuades the natives to move out. But enemy agents
plot to turn the project into a propaganda issue against the
U.S. and the British. They seek to frighten the superstitious
natives into returning to their island so they'll be annihilated
by the test. This fails, but radioactive dust sprayed from an
airplane makes the natives ill. They vow to return to
Tulonga. taking Angela along as a hostage. Jim disposes
of the villains, rescues Angela and earns the natives' gratitude
by keeping them away from the death-dealing atom
bomb explosion.
CATCHLINES:
Savage Mystery . . . Tribal Revolt ... In a Lost Continent
Gone Mad ... A Thousand Never-Before-Seen Thrills . . .
It's junole lim at His All-Time, Adventure-Packed Best.
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THE STORY:
"Sword of Venus" (RKO)
Dar.ie.^, son of the count of Monte Cristo, has a penchant
for getting into trouble that brings shame to his ilV father.
In remorse he promises to quit Paris for a while. During his
departure on horseback he befriends Claire, a beautiful
woman, who unknown to him is a member of a gang that
has sworn vengeance on his family and seeks its wealth.
Dantes is convicted of murdering the husband of Claire
during a tavern brawl, and faces the guillotine. He escapes
and learns that the gang has obtained the Monte Cristo
fortune after his father's death, and is ready to make a
cash sale to a banker. In the meantime, Claire turns against
the gang and aids Dantes in wiping it out after a desperate
struggle and they pledge their love.
CATCHLINES:
Another Great Story of the Dashing Son of the Count
of Monte Cristo ... In the Shadow of the Guillotine He
Defended Name and Fortune and Won the Love of a Fair
Maid . . . Murder and Romance Go Hand in Hand in a
Tale of Reckless Bravery . . . Robert Clarke and lovely
Catherine McLeod in a 'Thriller.