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"FORT APACHE" (King's),
STARS: John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple.
Set against the background of Arizona's Monument Valley, "Fort Apache" is a rip-roaring Western classic packed with action and suspense.
Colonel
Thursday (Henry Fonda) is a bigeled, ambitious cavalry
of officer resentful the fuck of recognition of his vlees in the Civil War and de- termined at the first opportunity to make the country applaud him. Fonda gives the part
Captain York's protests at this Injustice only cause the colonel to pince him untler arrest for cowardice, which incidentally saves his life.
Highlights of the film are the battle scenes beneath the wither- Ing sun of the desert. Significant- Indiona in this Ribry 13. the pre not, the typlent villains of the piece at all. Their actions are tacitly approved and villainy placed heavily on the shoulders of Colonet Thursday.
To a man the cast produce performances, from all sterling
Fonda down to Pedro Arman- duris, Victor McLaglen and Dick Fornn, Ihrer of the sergeants in the
1 Fort Apache. regiment Possibly Shirley Temple could have hea Hitit more C vincing in Lieutenant
her passages
with O'Rourke (John Azar) but perhaps she was over-
#
he has and makes the colonel Tel: 30838
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casy
direct opposition ta the pompous bastiness of the coni- mander is the
Ind free sincerity of Captala York (John Wayne). Scrond-in-command the fort, he is one of those rare
heavy case of l'amour, With-ajand say you like them both you large wad of quite definitely en-ring the bell, take the jackpot,and thusiastle love letters raising the have yourself a wonderful time. femperature of his suitcase he is Briefly, the story is this, The naturally confident of a welcome little boy and the hound are living Buch as only men who live alone on ranch with father (the boy's for a
a long time are capable of only) Ali is sugar-and-aples until dreaming up. On the other hand, Cad arrives home from a business Ruth's father and mother, (Ed-trip (he said it was business) with ward Arnold and Mary Philips) frand-new wife, her feet still do little but make stilted con. hot from the city payments, versation and register pollie be-
Little boy does not like the new wilderment.
Mama. Instead of doing the
Their feelings are us nothing, obvious thing and stroking m though. compared with those of across the side of the head with Ruth when she is confronted byn hanrly fence-post, Mama tries the fermenting eagerness of the 10 be nice. Then she goes and impatient William.
puts her foot right in it by ac- Ruthle, it turns out, haa videntally wiping out the little flance. He is Albert. Kummer treasure's pet ruccoon. (Billy Do Wolfe), #highly Little boy now disilkes, Mama respectable ellizen with one foot more n somewhat.
From here things start getting firmly in the bank and fairly firm ideas about who should do dramatic. The hound is convicted! what with his fiancee.
of king sheep It's not true); Then of course there is Miriam, hound le sentenced to he, shot; who nearly has a fit of the pan-le boy helps hound escape; american ague when the finde father in terse
with little boy her cute idea bearing explosive little boy takes to the hills Mama frult all over the place. Were she follows on a horse; Mama falls oft not such a cute little zombie ste the horse and has to stay put with would (R) have relioved the Ile boy and a sprained ankle. situation immediately with a few Up pops a mountain lion closely well-chosen words, and (b) huve followed by the hound. There had her sweet little head neatly enstics a Afteen-round skin-and- kopped from her shoulders by hair workout by the two animals. ever-loving sister Ruth. Ford for his masterly direction.
The film is shot in Cinecolor, He never fails. Whether it be a highly humourous
the
anxious that her husband's first offlers who can' obtain the ul-
Blm should be મ most from his men while dis-
FUCCESS. penting with the spit and polish She feed ont have worried. He
goes
through the film with the laid down in regulations.
of the ease of a seasoned hand at The romantic interest film is present in the shape of me Shirley Temple, who plays thr colonel's doughter. Her swan
newly-commissioned officer
(John Agur) who
who in. inclientaily,
A
Much credit should go to John
incident ΟΙ raw recruits being taught to #hell-for-leather chase
her husband under normal con- ditions. In the film he is the ride or son of the Regimental Sergeant across the desert, he makes it and Intensely visible. Major which fingt rules him out sharp
prospective son-in-law in (RKO)
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the eyes of the colonel.
the
tookout for
himself cover
Ever
on
chance glory In
with
with
be
"DEAR RUTH" (Queen's). STARS: Wiliam
Caulfield,
Holden, Joan.
over-
Neither of these things even- | (Paramcunt) tuates, which is just as well for the film's sake. All that does happen is one complication after another, all very well handled and very funny.
'for the
Highspots
Inte his
to
"FORT APACHE”
STRATEGY Henry Fonda, company commander of art isolated army outpost in Arizona, plans an attack on the in- diana whito John Wayne, George O'Brian and Ward Dond watch in this cane from "Fort Apache," the RKO Radlo raidass.
CINE MODDITIEs You Too Can Be In Movies
QUICK CHANGE
Kirk Douglas, of "The Strange Love of Marthn Ivers," estimates will earn around $200,000
By PATRICIA CLARY this year. He is currently play-out and said what everybody A movie director finally came ing a lending role in "Walls.
or Jericho," and is in demand for nows. An appealing' person- starring roles
at every
studio.ality can make you a movin Douglas still wonders if it is all star without a grain of acting true, for, only a very few years ability. ago he was a walter in a Now
Lloyd Bacon said
that after York restaurant.
years of directing, he was
com vinced that someone with no act- Ing experience at all could walk in front of a movie camera and do a swell job.
"It's
hers.
much
"An детрг
been
Blago for an ovening's
good movie director can take all kinds of inexperienced people and get a workmanlike scene out of thom."
SAM'S SOMEBODY'S Casting highspots: Katharine
Samuel Goldwyn observes: "As
caster to Safety belts are recommended Hepburn returns for a comedy soon as I make a nobody into without experience on the screen get by less
stable box-office called "Experiment in Love, somebody, he begins to think I'm than on the stage," Bacon sald.
be made queuers. (Paramount).
year.. Raz a nobody and I have to look for "The camera brings out, person- Russell, Juckless contender for somebody
cisc." Hollywood is ality much more than the stage. Oscar honours, will take a crack wondering if Sam had "SHAGGY" (Queen's)
Danny STAR;
may have George Noken, Brenda at farce, "Madly in Love," after Kaye in mind when he said this, coached, but when he walks out Joyce, Robert Shayne and her visit to Scudinavian coun-
on the 2 for Kaye, virtualty discovered by tries with husband and children Broggy. When there is an animal as the this summer.. Paut Muul plan-Goldwyn, has switched to Wai-performance he's on his own. A centre plece of a film one doen nothing an independent production look for acting-particularly when of the life of Alfred Nobel in the animal is a great hairy dog Europe...Keenan Wynn gets the who doubles round exuding in comedy role in "My Dear Secre- CAMERA LURE telligence and devotion in all tary starring Laraine Day... Husbands of stars seem unable directions. This is just as well Miriam Hopkins returns to Aims to resist the lure of the cameras, for an important role with Olivia Latest to make his film debut is neting in "Shuggy".
de Havilland in "The Heiress" William Grant Sherry, husband Appreciation of
Joan Caulfield, who has part of Bette Davis, who will be seen pallid drama will depend on how much ed from Paramount, signed for briefly as a sailor in his wife's sou like dogs in the first place, the co-starring role with Rebert new alm, "Winter Meeting," He and in the second place how much Montgomery
"Larceny"... you like little boys
claims he did it for a joke, but (as actors, Joel McCren in yet another west- it might be safe to bet that he that is).
Dog-lovers score Ave; ern, "Distant Drums," for War will shortly announce that he is these for the little boys score five; ners...Vera Ralston In Repub- going into films seriously. If you come right out in the open de's "Drums Along the Amazon."
the public eye Thura- when day sees his opportunity
Just what the average girl Captain York returns
after
would have done if her young meeting
Cochise (Miguel. Inclan),
chief of the and precocious sister had deve- Apache Indians. York hasar-loped a fully-fashioned sim- ranged with Cochise for the mering romance on her behalf Apaches to return to the resers with a strange soldiers vation on American soll, In order seas during the war is a mat- to do this York
gave his word that no punitive action would ter of interesting conjecture--) because one will certainly and no or could be. What Dear. Ruth taken against them.
ideas.(Ruth Wilkins, played by Joan Thursday Going out to meet the Indiana Caulfield) does about if gives as they came back to the reser- cause for jubilation among the of the hearty gut- vation, he takes along the whole proponents regiment instead of the small law.
that bodyguard which was all
It is a pretty situation when William He then was necessary.
arro- Lieutenant
Seacroft gantly orders Cochise to return (William Halden) arrives at or take the consequences.
Ruth's home steaming gently with
has
other
POP
Gèsu! It's.
OVERDONE!
this
+21
LETE PUT IT IN THE
FRIGE
MANDRAKE! THEY TRIED TO KILL YOU?
an artist.
"Bacon took several students and teachers of the University of Nevada at Reno for bit paris picture, in his latest 20th Century-Fox Although none had even appeared "Mother is a Freshman.”
in un
amateur play, they all came through well.
Personality Shows "An appealing or amiable par- son who can relax and still_keep Heils mind on the lines can always do a fair screen test or part,” Bacon Bald. "I have even seen non-professionals in the newsreels who registered beautifully Impromptu lines.
Black and white artist!
- AND UNDO IT!
on
"Many a dull personality has
to managed
get considerable charm across the footlights by studying the
tricks of acting. These tricks don't work with a movie camern, but if you have the right personality you don't have to use them."
Bacon said he didn't meim that there are no fine screen actors, or that one can't net well on the screen. But wardrobe depart- ments, photographers, cameranten, 'directors "and" coaches canTM take almost any candidate and make him look good in anything but a top dramatic part.
By Lee Falk and Phil Davis
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