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politically-wise secretary, have Described by a leading through a
As the big shol politician key roles in one of the most film critic મ
of tongue and effective casts ever assembled who by gint English "altogether one of the best inagnetic personality climbs to for a single picture. pieces of film-making to the political
of his Pinnacle come out of California", the state, Broderick Crawford turns triple Academy Award winner, "All the King's Men", opens
nt the Roxy
and Broadway Theatres to- day. It was awarded the "Oscar" for the best picture of 1949.
The story of the Aim is based Warren's Robert Penn upon Pulitzer Prize novel of the life and times of Willie Stark, a ruthless, power-grabbing gov- thor of an American state. The novel was built on some of life of the the aspects of the
for
Jale "Kingfisher" Huey Long, Governor of Louisiana,
The im would be best membered for Broderick Craw- ford's characterisation of Gover- Stark, were it not
TC-
that
DEU JOANNE
The dictator's society girt friend. there is in It another perform mance that won an "Oscar"; that
are
ล
BRODERICK CRAWFORD. winner of the Academy Award as the film actor of the year his performance for Governor Wille Stark in "All the King's Men".
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in a performance that is forceful and dynamic. The rest of the east-and It is a farge one that lakes in gamblers and crocks and aristocrals-round out the film of the year,
The story of Willie Stark is the story of how dictators he- come such. One could almost feel that he would be a very pleasing personality had he but a small part 10 play in the affairs of the day. But he is pleasing even so, else he would not attract supporters to his rise to power, and when he Isn't
of 27 brillant newcomer to he la ruthless enough to ride Hollywood, Mercedes McCam- roughshod over al opposition. bridge who, the film magazines Joanne Dru ns aristocratic
in ushers saying,
Anne Stanton, a worshipper at new Hollywood em in which the shrine of the "great" m
the girls don't necessarily look John Ireland us Jack Burden, beautiful but add to the picture newspaper reporter and the big through an ability to make a shot's hatchel man, and Mercedes role come to life."
MeCambridge, as the earthy,
Broderick Crawford is no newcomer to films, nor is he the first of his family to entertain the cinema-goer. He is the son. of
Broderick, that Helen comedienne of the old Rogers- Astaire series fast seen e
een here In the revival of "Top Hat."
The role of Willie Stark is not Crawford's Arst good part. Many will remember him as Lennic John
Steinbeck's "Ot in
Mice and Men." Since his por- rayal of Lennie, greeted by the best film critics as one of the
ог
A reason why he did so well in "Of Mice and Men" and in
SHOW TALK
FORGOTTEN MAN
Robert Rossen, who produced, tilrected and wrote the script for Columbia's "All the King's Men", has received accolader from most of the leading news- papers and magazines for his direction and production of this
film prize-winning for the script.
One
Governor -Willie Stark, played by Broderick Crawford, plans the new hospital in this scene from "All the King's Men". Alercedes McCambridge, Dumke, Shephard Ralph Strudwick. Crawford, Joanne
Dru, John Ireland, Wil
Wright and Walter Burke are on the stage-left to right- In this scene from the film.
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France at Jean Simmons's Regal Films prizes, the New York Film disposal during the Easter DICK
Critics' award, came his way for his role in turning out what was
of the year.
holiday break. He himself was travelling through
between
POWELL
Fez and LIZABETH
arljudged the outstanding film Morocco by primitive desert However, he missed making it transport to little known sweep of four prizes as no places "Oscar" for acting came Marrakesh. .way.
He is in the first scene of
Men" in the "All the King's part of the newspaper reporter who tells John Ireland that the boss wants to see him.
ILM
MERCEDES McCAM- BRIDGE, whose performance
tite
efficient earthy. sccrclary of Governor Wille Slark won her the Academy Award the best supporting actress in films released in 1949.
When 70-year-old Maugham for photographs was wanted with Jean, who stars in his fim, Trio," he could not be found. Telephone enquiries to his villa revealed that he had gone to North Africa-bat nobody knew where he was.
All hope of Anding him had been given up when Maugham himself telephoned from Casablanca to ask Casablanca
Antony Darnborough how the film was progressing.
Jean visited the villa doring her stay in the South of France and was back at Ealing Studios to resume Alming on "Cage Of Gold" on Tuesday morning.
EXERCISE 15 FUN
Strenuous scenes in "Con- vleted," a picture in which he co-stars with Broderick Craw- ford, have Glenn Ford taking up physical exercise in eartiest Glenn, whose bonsi has always walk to the been that a brisk mail box each day was all the exercise he needed, has had to do the hardest kind of work in laundry, scale high walls,
These split rock.
and other priton jobs for the picture have made him realise that exercise is worth considering.
The result is that he is taking dance exercises from his wife, Eleanor Powell.
"Why didn't someone tell me about this before?" he now asks, "Exercise is fun!"
By HAROLD CONWAY
British censors
Hollywood
check
sit
make
up..
vicious
Miss Ells
"All The King's Mens may be I hear, have been speaking their in force, fair is fair-and it Now, I am glad to hear, the that in between unimportant parts in secondary aims he read mind.
high
the fletion of the day and waited Some months ago they Issued began consulting Britich views. Tennent management have made
for something suitable to come
Emlyn Williams, due back hold-up in England experienced back in the West End, as the wife. In Rattigan's *The Browning outstanding characterisations or on the West End stage next by Hollywood's last asylum pic superbly 1038, he has
I still dislike all censorship of Version?" And why, since tho! appeared in 20 autumn, began acting last ture, The Snake Pit." olher pletures. In most of these he has been a big, bad leering week his second Hollywood film or plays. The public's good piny has there been another long a sumcient box-office interval? Are our managements role in "The Dungeon." He sense is
without so embarrassed with richness in n Western, a sea
excesses, 011 man, be k story
something on all plays a criminal who escapes official nursing and no producer stage personalities? After the gangsterdom gone wild.
from an asylum to prove his can afford to rely on a small top dozen, in which
certainly ranks high, I shouldn't Innocence and sanity,
minority of sensation-seekers.
But, so long as the system 15 have thought to. And the British Rim censors,
iz studios time Amerlean
Mary Ellis is to star After all, our own producers amenda
Mary Morris, list of "Don'ts" to all film
submitting for them-with
Morton and Gindys his way. When he read into producers in England and over have been amely
a long Henson-In a strong drama called American censors for the soul of Lennie and of Willie Scenes of violence were their scripts in advance to the Clive
In most cases de- " This. Be Error," by Rachel time-and
Grlove.
She will have, too, the most stage or the screen grew on him roriously. United Artisis whe
dramatic role in which we have Dungeon" and it didn't take any persuasion are making "The
Ellis America's seen her sinco Eugene O'Neill's when he walked in and claimed bave taken the exceptional pre- Mary
original Rose Macio-has "Strange Interlude," at the be the part. It is said that he got caution of submitting their script
built up a reputation one of ginning of her London career. both the stage and the screen in advance to our censors.
And fliey have agreed to meet the most fatelligent actresses on The now play concerns a woman roles of Lennle by informing the
doctor, ttago. In
to a seaside recent married
13 threatened casting department that he felt objections raised by the Board the London
about certain tuations and years she has also been one of whose livelihood It belonged to him.
the most neglected.
when it becomes known that she dialogue.
This pre-production consulta- Why did we have to wait so has been tried for the murder of ion should avoid the fuss and long after the war to see her her first husband.
prominent among the vetoes.
Hollywood is now beginning
Stark, he felt that he understood them. The obsession that he could bring them to life on the to take this British waraing ferring to their wishes.
The same was true of "Ail the King's Men". Columbia Pictures claim, though, that they put him
Mary Ellis again
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