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A Jungle | Washday

Drama For The King's

When a tiger is wounded and loses his speed and agility, and can no longer hunt down his usual game, he turns to the village and attempts to satisfy his appetite the easy way by killing a human being.

And oner that tiger has tasted human flesh, he never again re- turns to his former bill of fore. but continues

his satisfying hunger on man; he becomes a man cater.

That is the basis of Universal's "Man Eater of Kunnon," which comes this Sunday to the King's Theutic,

Based on Jim Corbett'a Book- of-the-Month Club adventure story, the film takes the movie- goer deep into the Indian jungle and lets him witness a plot that must have occurred many a time wherever man and beast meet- the story of the hunter becoming the hunted,

Universal made in our opinion one inistak. It interrupted the smooth flow of the picture with a love angle which, although sub- dued, is nevertheless typically Hollywood, Let it be sak, how- ever, that this does not detruet

Washday Observer

Robert Mitchum dosen't want to halp but he likes to watch

as Loretta Young does her weekly wash, in this scene from CO-STRES the RKO Radio's "Rachel and the Stranger," which pair with Willam Holden.

And Along Came A

Handsome Stranger

from the general enjoyment of The conflict between two frontiersmen over the

the picture,

The performance [ Wendell Corey as the hunter, who seeks

for his peace

inner

by self braving the dangers of the wilderness. is sincere narl ne

wife of one is the basis of RKO's "Rachel and the Stranger," Easter attraction at the newly built Roxy Theatro.

curate. He handles his part well is an engaging story of pioneer life in the Unit-

and seems destined for bigger parts.

The conflict within himself to right his mistake and save some- unsel. thing that one may coll Ashness tron dying an ignoble leath in the breast of a enccer man, unfolds itsell gently and with a tender warmness.

Juanne Page's sweet and un- affected neting blends well with the story and the rest of the cast which, infortunately, includes Sabu as an Indian backwood boy For that, we ord sorry to say,

Sabu looks too much the figure

ed States, when Ohio was a sparsely-settled wilderness, and men and women led a hord struggle for life and subsistence. It combines rugged drama, intriguing complications, and appealing touches of humour. Starring Robert Mitchum,taining comedy-drama that should Loretta Young and William Hol- please a

wide rango of movie. dan, Dore Shary rushed the film's goers.

There are purts which production because he hoped to seem unreal, or, to choose a better cash on the notoriety which word, unconventional. On the fared up when Mitchum was whole, however, the film flows arrested for smoking marijuana. with pleasing swiftness and smoothness, and the audience will "Rachel and the Stranger" diri notice little the weaker parts in

rush.

On the the script which, to do Justice, contrary, the picture la an enter- are very few.

of the world's light-heavy weight not lose by the champion to impress.

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Loretta Young, who can always be relied on to hand in a fine performance, does her part to make the film a success. Robert Mitchum, too, impresses as the crooning deep-woods hunter who is Indecently polite, while William Holden turns in a skillful and engaging plece of acting.

Jericho's Walls Stands On Weak Ground

Not every acclaimed novel makes a good motion picture,

because some books are either not suitable for screen adapta- tion, or are stripped of their intrinsic beauty in the direc tor's attempt to picturise the author's interpretation of his or her characters.

"The Walls of Jericho," a 20th Century Fox drama which comes to the Roxy next week, is one of those stories which should have been left in novel form.

Paul. Wellman's best-seller is a provocative and probing story. It has all the ingredients of a fast- moving and tense drama, but falls to impress one as such on the screen, where the characters and slug it out through teara laughs until the Inevitable end.

Wilde, as Cornel

the small town county attorney is sincero enough in his role, ulthough he strikes us. at times as being tou simple. Linda Darnell demon- strates once again that the part of a hussy suits her to perfection; while Kirk Douglas hands In convincing performance which should lead him to bigger-parts; The bright light of the mi Anne Baxter's lovely handling of a part that calls for fueling and warmth Miss Baxter, is refresh Ingly charming and natural, and her court-room pleading for u child on trial for murder is un excellent piece of dramatis acting, not to mention her love scenes with Cornel Wildo.

There are moments when ""Tha Walls of Jericho" achieves what it sots put to do portray the emotions of small town

people and their. night with a schoening und ambitious woman who spina And har web cleverly, only to herself too deeply.emeshed in 1

* Again, there are moments when the nim (figs along at a mall's pace, mainly because the sim makers have.. tried too hard / 10. follow the novel

1 t

Salution To

A Love Quadrangle

Deanna Durbin, the girl with the golden voice, comes to the screen at the Lee Theatre nex" week in Universal's "For the Love of Mary," and although Mina Durbin has leag passec her peak, the film is a pleasant and enjoyable comedy,

Miss Durbin seems to hove been stamped for roles just like the one in this. lm, in which she runs the ammut of mix-ups and mirthful complications under the highly unattractive but sugges- tive name of Miss Peppertree.

Whatever story there is in "For The Love of Mary" is of the usual boy-meet-girl variety, with another two fellows thrown in for good measure to make up the not-so-naunl quadrangle. The producers of in this case. how- ever, have been successful in making their pleture amusing and easily digestible, and movie- goers are assured of 90 minutes which of Kay entertainment won't tax too much their powers of thought.

Not forgotten should be Deanna Durbin's rendering of old-time favourites such as "Moonlight Bay." "Let Me Call You Sweet- Home heart," " Take You

and "On The Again, Kathleen,' Wings Of A Song."

Miss Durbin demonstrates again that her voice is still her greatest asset, and that little less Hollywood glamour would help a lot in making her more

ikeable.

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