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Narcy (Griffith Jones) is using Sally (Sally Gray) an s shield in the gang battle which is the climax of "Be- came a Criminst," a Werner the Bros. fim showing at Queen's next week.
COMEDIES COMING FROM BRITAIN
After a fairly long spell of, consiruct such situations as the Francis L.. Sullivan in the tense air disaster in dramatic films of the heavy,
one in the zoo wher, while the story of an
Film atullos sea-lions are being fed with flah, "Broken Journey." type, humour has returned to
Mirando, watching Soon after
from her in Beltain are in the fortunato the London screen.
to manages anatch position of being able to draw on the light comedy romance of bath-chuir,
and devour one of the tlah, to a wealth of comedians of tho "Spring in Parq Lane" came
the pmuzement of the bystanders. finest order. the premiere of "Miranda", a
Humour History comic fantasy.
Miranda in mermaid whu makes
of 1 the equaintance young London doctor, on a fish- ing holiday on the coast of Corn- wall, England's most south wes- terly country. It is her greatest London, and stre wish to ece persundes him to take her with him.
And so, with her fishtail hid den beneath a long dress, Miran- da, ostensibly a dripple, Cors to stay with him and his chann ing wife in their flat. Actually she is so lovely and flirtatious that number of men are wildly distracted by her.
Hollywood "Business
"Miranda" 19 welcome xe- minder of the great tradition of humour in English literature, theatre and art. English car- lenturists since Hogarth, English of Shake. comedies since those speare and the Restoration play-
By Patricia Clary wrights, satirical literatura cince Dean Swift, DTC. known the The trouble with Hollywood, world over. The cinema in Bri- tain does well if it carries on this says Sir Cedric Hardwicke, is tradition in its own way and can industry instead of the movie that it talks about the movie to world audiences film present entertainment of the finest type, "art."
Picture people talk about A number of promising autor- Gus filmy have already been themselves in commercial terms, mude in Britain.
thinks it Before World Si Cedric said. He
help along their rtistle Anthony Asquith filmed would
they'd overhaul irresistibly ainbitions it Rattigan's
thout their vocabulary to give it a the film which, by its unlimited funny comedy "French Without | cultural slont.
Tears". Even better known as
"For
example,
always world
To speak of the Alm "Industry' or George adaptation
the movie 'business'," he pointed Shaw's "Pygmalion", with the
aut. brillant performance by the sale, umorgettable Leslie Howard. An- other achievement was
Clive Biuok's "On Approval", based on Frederick Lonsdale's play.
script Although the film adapted frima stage-play, it
make technical possibilitles, can the widest possible use of the subject, It enn, for instance,
SHADOWS BEFORE --
of
Jup with a gang of black mar- "THE BIG CLOCK" (Queen's),
Stars: Ray Milland, Charles keteers run by Narcy (Grifth Laughton, Maureen O'Sullivan, Jones). Later he tries to back Story: Even Earl Janoth out, and is framed by the gang (Charles Laughton), head of a and imprisoned. In prison he is
sub-visited by Sally (Sally vast publishing concern,
Gray), ject to the wilen of women. In Norcy's girlfriend, who wants him a vicious rage he one day kills to revenge Narey's desertion
Morgan
and "protege" in her flat, and her knows that the only danger to through an accident is accused of murder which he did not com- 1 himself is from a man
shadow he saw as he left the mit, In desperation he faces the
in their building. He tells off his crime gang in Soho hide-out, aditor, George Stroud (Ray Mil- knowing that only Narcy can land) to track down this man, clear him, and manages to force and poor George tins to do a con- a showdown in the end. This
of tracklag
down film is vincing job
a new departure for all of
whose a
Uscapes,
himself. without letting either the top stars, especially for the police or Janoth know Just Trevor Howard the gentle doc- who the man in
in the fat
tor of "Brief Encounter") and a pasi master in Grimth Jones (the gentle squire Ray Milland the art of being severely haunted of "The Wicked Lady"), and is and yet managing to rise above firmly realisticlmost too much It to cope with the situation. so, (Warner Bros.). Maureen O'Sullivan, in a belated
return to the screen, is adequate- ly wide-eyed as Mrs. Stroud. (Paramount).
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·CINE MODDITIES
"IT HAD TO BE YOU” (King's)
Stara: Ginger Rogers, Cornel PRINCESS KANZA Omar, a Wilde.
professional dancer who claims Story: The stars, are more lm-descent from the house of Prince portant. The story is a muddle Mohammed, High Priest of Syria, about an Indian complex suffer- plays a role in "The Bishop's ed by
by Victoria Stafford (Ginger) Wife," a Samuel Goldwyn produc which makes all ber dream mention starring Cary Grant, Loretta Indians, and has the unfortunate Young and David Niven for RKO dreams into Indion "George Me-
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Cassin" (Wilde), who very de CARY GRANT whose real finitely persists in his attentions name was Archibald Leach, was
મ not deterred when she boasting to Myrna Loy on the set meets her Indian in a business of RKO Radio's "Mr. Blandings suit, in the person of fireman Builds His Dream House," that Johnny Blaine (yes, Wilde ngain). he had become an uncle for the Somehow it all straightens out.ith time and that the baby would Australian actor Run Randell has be named Cary. "Which means his best Hollywood rule to date
as the man Victoria might have your English relations. bave given married but didn't before the In- you a new Leach on life," Myrna dians struck. (Columbia).
quipped.
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"LURED" (Lee).
FRED MacMURRY, while film- Stars: George Sanders, Lucilting "The Miracle of the Bells," Q Jesse L Lasky-Walter Mac- Ewen production for RKO Radio
Ball, Charles Coburn.
Story: This is on intriguing release, told about the newly rich drama with, for the movies, an Hollywoodite who built a home unusual twist. Scotland Yard is with three swimming pools. One puzzled to tatters about the mur-pool had cold water, the second dern of eight beautiful girls who answered Personal ads, and dis- warm water, and the third no appeared. They enlist the aid of water at all. "Some of my best Sandra Carpenter (Lucille Ball), friends can't swim a stroke," was to answer any
any future ads
ads, and the way the third pool was ex-
"see what happens." Plenty does plained. before Sandra amenages to track down the real murderer-after having suspectee half a dozen in-
nucent bystanders and onlookers Current Shows:
and the love of
a good man (played, in his own un- matchedly cynical und aloof way, by George Sanders). In Holly wood, crime seems to have paid. so successfully that it is even bo- coming intelligent. (United Artists).
"Ivy" (King's).
Stars: Joan Fontaine, Herbert Marshall, Richard Ney.
Story: "Ivy" is-plush-covered murder which just escapes being mellerdrammer. Ivy Lexton (Joan Fontaine) loves money more than her husband, so she plans to murder him and bave n persistent aduniter convicted of the murder, and thus be free to enjoy the delights which-wealthy Miles Rushworth Herbert Mar
The only shall) can provide. The flaw in this operation that
Is Investigating Inspector Orping 'ton (Sir Cedrie Hardwicke) happens to have Instincts which tell him that Dr. Gretore
Patric
Knowles), is innocent add Ivy guilty. He pursues his in- vestigations on
on this Ilne and Ivy
the
meets her just deserts rather stickily at the bottom of a lift: shaft. Joan Fontaine is flawless- ly beautiful as Ivy," and manages to be convincing murdere without antagonising anybody, wÊN
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"! DECAME A GRIMINAL"
Ma (Queen's);
Starac Bally, Gray, Howard.
Story: Clem Morgan (Trevo Howard), ex-RAF, officer, Joins
KING'S: "It Had To Be You" stars
gorgeous Ginger Rogers with Cornel Wildo in an Indian trick without reservation. (Columbia) QUEEN'S: "Treasure of Sierra Madre." A tough story
Terence
of
Was
"Blithe Spirit"
in
We
"When we discuss plays, books and stories which may be made Into pictures we call them "mn- terial. We refer to the result of the efforts of our actors, dirge tors and artisana as 'product."
"It sounds like we are talking! about the operations of a factory."
Ploy Is All
These, however, were not films in which the special possibilities of camera trick technique were expleted with the ingenuity
Bir Cedrio docan't under- shown
"Miranda," An out-
estimate the importance of a standing example of the use of
dollar in creative endeavors in this technique, possible on the
Hollywood, or Eroadway or in atreen only, was "Blithe Spirit".
a struggling artist's garret Noel Coward's comedy filmed in
"They count the house 011 Tecimicolor
'during tho war
Broadway, too," he added. years.
"Broadway
people talk about Here wick technique "brings show biz too, but I don't find to le
life" the spirit
of a dead that their shop talk has as much woman and confronts her with of the commercial Idiom us has her former husband and his Hollywood's. second wife. The film became "It has always seemed signlat- world famous.
cant to me that we 'play' in the
but But actually it is true enough theatre,
'work' in the' to say that almost every British movies. film includes some hurnous char- Sir Cedric personally agrees. aster. Even in a thriller like the however, that making movies is He says 'a murh recently released "Snowbound" real work.
more of a physical strain then. we meet Stanley Holloway in a disarmingly
orenacting a part on a stuge.
posl. funny
"IVY"
Jervis Lexton (Richard Ney) and his loving wife, Ivy (Joan Fontains) at the balloon, festival, where Ivy meats a wealthy man for whom she le willing to murder her husband. (Universal-International)
tough men on the trail of 4 ON LOCATION
gold. (Warner Bros.)
LEE: "Cheyenne." Wild West drama, with Dennis Morgan
and Jane Wyman.
(Warner
Bros), STAR: "Dark Passage", starring
Humphrey
and Bogart Lauren Bacall in a huntin' and shootin' thriller.
"The Big Clock"
The evidence of the Big Clock has convicted-Bar) Janoth (Charisa Laughton), of murder, and his efforts to escaps from George: Strauid (Ray"Milfand) and the accusations of his score** (Kary," H$pan: (Giorga“? Maorway) only bring about his -final Kowatali, (Paramount)
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Movie making these days re- sembles
a year-round tion, in some ways.
Take Tyrone Power,- for in- stance, who in one year travels to the vacation spots of Mexico. Sun Valley and Italy, all ex- penses paid, and drawing a cou- ple of thousand dollars a week Coaldes.
The resemblance to. à vacation stops right there, Power says Ho visits the world's best vaca- tion' spots, all right, but he can't get a vacation. He works har dar than ho does at home.
"
"Locations are no vacation," he'sald emphatically, "You have to get up early; you have to
work hard undar ungemfortable
are a
acriditions. And studios aren't anxious to delay the expensive location stay · by
by giving their aters time off for sight-seeing Power's location trips result of the new movie colony epidemic, especially virulent at 20th Century-Fox, of... making movies in their netual settings, Critics say its makes them, more realistic.
"Captain From Castle" took * Power to the "Mexican resort of Acapulco and other towns for several months. When he finisher":"Leave It to the Iriah," ho goes to Sun Valley, Ida, the now resort, for That Wonderful Urga And he expects to leave
In July to star in 20th Century. Fox's Prince of Foxes" in Hely.
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