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LEE THEATRE
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Showing Today: 2.30, 5.15, 7.30 & 9.30 p.m.
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MARGARET LOCKWOOD. GRIFFITH JONES NORMAN WOOLAND
Look before you Love
Katy Fing
PHYLLIS STANLEY
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Praeced by Jon CORNELO
A KAROLD MUTH
MAROLI NETH
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William BENDIX
COMMENCING SUNDAY
Claire TREVOR
in
Charles BICKFORD
"THE BABE RUTH STORY”
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Life Of Babe Ruth, Coming To Lee, Entertaining Film
Rating: ***
"The Babe Ruth Story". Röy~De! Ruth's Allied-
Artists' Production which is opening at the Lee Theatre on Sunday, is one of the most dramatic and entertaining films to be shown in the Colony for some time.
It is a film which not only details the amazing athletic prowess of the great Babe Ruth, but includes intervals of the deepest pathos. After seeing the picture, which is definitely in a class of its own, it is not difficult to understand how this greatest baseball player of all time became the idol of millions.
The **Bab Ruth Story" in film which will appeal to young and old of both sexes, whether they be followers of the ball game
or not.
William Bendix, Claire Trevor and Charles Bickford are scen in the stellar roles and each con- tributes in a great measure to the success of this picturisation of the enreer of the Babe.
Bendix given 1 magnificent performance in the title role and enrries off his impersonation of the Bambina iz grami style.
Claire Trevor, as the dancing show girl who eventually becomes Mrs. Babe Ruth, has never been Her to better advantage. spen talent and her charm combine to bring to the screen a performance which is filled with a quality of jebarm and genuine warmth. Ir Charley Rickford, who enacte
the
Matthlas. part of Brother play the role with a slepth of understanding and sincerity.
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End Of Gangster LIBERTY
Rating: **
tollywood has always been adept at mixing fact and fancy; of late, it has tended to emphasise fact and hos thereby won the fancy of countless movie fans with pictures that have gained, im- pact in their factual telling.
Starting a continuing "cycle" which is still going strong, "The House on 92nd Street" immortalis- ed the wartime operations of the FBI against the Nazis in America.
"Boomerang" was another early ops with A factual basis a shocking murder in Connecticut. A fim unit was sent to the New the which was -scene of the crime, thereby
kancing
the dramn with real scenes,
Doctor Wears England town
A Skirt At
The Queen's
Rating: **
cords
"To the Ends of the Earth" was an expose, based on the re- of Various government
of agencies,
Inter- A nefariour notional crime ring.
Now
Columbia Pictures has NOW!
to the screen,
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of all
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The supporting cast includes Sam Levene as the newspaper. man "pai" of the Babe, William Framley, Gertrude Niesen, Fred Lightner, Stanley Clements Bod- dy Ellis, Lloyd Gough, Griggs and a lovable, faced youngster, Tony Taylor. "Let's Live A Listle," Eagle- brought
week-end al- The Babe Ruth Story" opens Lion production starring Hedy Undercover Man," with scenes of the Babe's early Lamarr and Robert Cummings traction at the Queen's Theatre, life in Baltimore, where his father and
perhaps the greatest described opening today at the runa u saloon, it takes the Babe! Queen's Theatre, is light and crime storice, but with a factual foundation, since it in to St. Mary's Industrial School,
especially based on the revelations of Mr. amusing film fare where he was taught to be intended for such harassed Frank J. Wilson, Chief of the tailor but tarned out instead to folks as advertising executives, US. Secret Service, Ret. be an outstanding baseball player.
Starring Glenn Ford in the The story shows how Brother foreign ministers, financial ex- Matthias took Ruth out of the perts and newspaper editors: title role, with Nina Fooh in the
It breezes along at a gay and principal_
part and supporting ranks of the incorrigible boys and
Whitmore picasang pace and provides plenty James
and Barry gulded him to baseball greatness. incentive to those who think they Kelly a180 Importantly cast,
in All the thrilling highlights
should see a
a psychiatrist, although director Joseph H. Lewis the career of the Babe, inter-
Robert guarantee
Rosson that all psy-producer spersed with
scenes of pathus we cannot
"are, as chiatrists
beautiful as worked hard, and with Hedy Lamarr.
success, to import В realistic quality to the fim.
and of comedy, are depicted in the film, which ends with the Babe making the greatest "homer" of
his life.
and have good
Nevertheless, Robert Cum mings, successful advertising man In this never-before-told story; who has reached the stage where of how Federal undercover men "The Babe Ruth Story" de- he puls on his singlet over his ended the reign of terror of Anitely qualifica in every respect waist crat and finds the left shop Amerien's
most vicious crime as one of the most outstanding trifle uncomfortable for his ring, many talented actors from films and is a picture which right foot, is lucky enough to end the Broadway singe and
radio, should be seen by all.
up consulting Dr. Lam
Lamarr.
largely unknown to cinema audi- when Cummings ences, have also been used. In tries to sell Miss Lamar on on advertising campaign to boost
MAJESTIC
SHOWING TODAY
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WILD ADVENTURE IN A LAND
BEYOND
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It all starts
cyes,
£
but
her Intest book on how to relax times rather far fetched, The pretty doctor, doesn't waste
with eagle
Lime since "Let's Live A Little" is a much
much in comedy.
it makes sense in a before
even Cummings has
hilarious sort of way and pro- chance to display his salesman-
Very vides a means of escape from the ship, he s a
15 patient-a
ided. Red menace and rising prices. willing one, it should be added.
Since Cummings' mind and Cummings appears a bit Jerky nerves aren't strained to the ex- in his acting; however, he is sin tent where he can't recognise a cere enough to arouse the sym- charming woman, Cupid manages pathies of the audience, especial- to hit the target, alded by moon-ly when he starts hearing ima- ringa. Miss ginary telephone light and a canoe ride on a rip-Lamarr still has her beauty and pling lake.
The whole thing may seem at the supporting cast all in there
doing their best.
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producer Rossen has: addition, filmed hali of his picture on location in Los Angeles, utilising the city's actual civic buildings, the airport and station, instead of movie sets, thus accentuating the atmosphere of roality.
"The Undercoyor Man" is an enjoyable show.
RATINGS
The "China --Mali" is using the following classification to indicate to readors the quality. of film reviewed:
Excellent Very Good
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