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FILMS-CURRENT AND COMING

"Four

Guths To The Border takes place down Mexico way as any connois- seur of film titles will imme- diately realise. The fact that there are thousands of dividing lines between coun- tries will never even cross his mind he will know, along with the Hollywood titler, that there's only one that counts as far as west- erns. are concerned, and that's the one separating Mexico from the United States.

The picture liselt is a train- ing ground for two up and coming young stars and familiar terrala for an established one,

Perhaps it is not quite fair to describe Rory Calhoun as "up and coming" as he's been a top featured player for some considerable time. However as he has looks, a flickering spark of acting ability and a fair for making even a foolish role appear masculine, his studio must be holding him for better things, and for this reason he cannot be said to have yet "arrived".

Colleen Miller, is different, She was without doubt being groomed for more commanding Winters roles in the Shelley picture Playgirl and in spite of opposition from no less person than Nina Foch, in "Four Guns To the Border** her name appears at the head of the feminine cast I doubt.. whether her chances of arriving finally are as good as Calhoun's however although she's not been treading the "long hard road to success" that actresses like to talk about, quite as long.

Supplying the quality of ex- Walter Brennan. perience Unfortunately

exechen Inés character actor is being bogged down in stertyped roles these days and although his name was once synonymous with

competence

Lhe

the

By JANE ROBERTS

The New Films At A Glance

SHOWING

"Athena". HOOVER and LIBERTY:

A back-to-nature family whose children are named after Greek' goddesses try to convert a crooner and a young businessman to their moon-struck ways. Edmutid Purdom, Jane Powell, Yle Damone and Debbie Reynolds. KING'S and PRINCESS; "Four Gans To The Border".

western in which the bad boys have a change of

A

heart.

Rery Calhoun, Walter Brennan and Colleen Miller.

"I'll Be Seeing You". A girl on temporary leave from prison and a nerve-shacked soldier help to rehabilitate each other. Ginger Rogers, Joseph Catten and Shirley Temple NEW YORK and GREAT WORLD: "Enion Pacific”.

western dramatising the building of the railway linking the Atlantic and Pselfie coasts of north America. Barbara Stanwyck and Joel McCrea.. QUEEN'S and ALHAMBRA: "Paris Fallies". A light- hearted musical based on the revue. Raymond Bussieres and Robert Dhery, ROXY and BROADWAY: "Daddy Long Legy". A. re-make of the old Janet Gaynor picture with Leslie Caron taking her role and Fred Astaire that of Warner Baxter.

COMING

HOOVER and LIBERTY: "Battle Circus". The American Medical "Corps in action during the Korean war, Rumphrey Bogart, June Allyson and Keenan Wynn. KING'S and PRINCESS: "Conquest of Space". A science- fletion picture which will be running with a short feature called "Assignment Children" Danny Kaye's recent trip round the world in connection with UNICEF's health programme.

The Sleeping

A psychological romantie Tiger", drama showing the reactions of a neurotie doctor's wife when he brings. home a handsome young hoodlum as research material. Dirk Bogarde and Alexis Smith. LEE: Front Page Story". A day in the life of a British newspaper. Jack Hawkins. Elizabeth Alian and Eva Bartok

NEW YORK and GREAT WORLD: "A-Hanting We Will Go".

An Abbott and Costello comedy.

QUEEN'S and ALHAMBRA: "Ten Wanted Men". A western in which a one-time gun-fighter turned peaceful rancher faces the opponents of law and order single-handed. Randolph Scott and Jocelyn Brando.

"Creature With the Atom Erain", Science-fiction with the accent en horror. Richard Denning and Angela Stevens.

ROXY and BROADWAY: "That Lady". Histories) drama.

Olivia de Havilland.

we saw in "The Black Widow",

let's put

However,

thes

tie dreams of an adolescent and writes her duty letters to her "Dear Dadsty Long Legy letters he never bothers to rest and which are duly filed by the secretary's month under

every

Julie.

Before the climax, when Fred Astaire is tricked into reading Tis

ward's lonely. pathetic Jetters, there are amay varia- tions on the old boy meets girl, bby misunderstands girl boy gets girl theme-though I feel it is stretching the definition a little to apply that description to fty-year-old Fred.

This as it way for Janet Gaynor, is Leslie Caron's pis-, ture. "Daddy Long Legs may be the lite, but though he dances, sings and behaves with as much insouciance as ever, the battle goes to the females-the second in this rose being tha: Thelma dependable -trouper, Ritter.

The dancing is delightful with plenty of imagination having Leer used in the choreography, and the

clothes-with the ex- ception of some of the hideous worn by fernale Karments American college freshmen- and colourful.

This is a Cinderella story without any ugly sisters being around to spoil her fur..

Randolph Scott

v The Rest

Randolph Scott's pro- ficiency at horse-riding, his ability to stare straight into the camera with an air of resolution, and his glorious inability to show emotion of any kind have made him a hero to at least two genera- tions of youngsters. "They'll find nothing to discredit their idol in "Ten Wanted Men'

hindered Single-handed-even

by the well-intentioned efforts of his frebrand nephew, Skip Homeier he fights off the as- serted killers imported by the opponents of law and order.

As 2 domestically-inclined

and wrong." ace again

*

so "Union Pacific" reminds us gloomy though's behind us and seems to have disappeared with

retreating years. Although of a girlish, Barbara Stanwyck consider the present-day Daddy young women with well-delined

Abbott ideas of right striding Long Legs." The Judy remains the competenc

wasn't always and who

of will almost

Miss Webser's book has Jocelyn Brando never about in riding boats, cracking changed her nationality and be shows glimpses of the family certainly fade.

the brightness of the a whip or curling a lip at the

esme a Bile French

ray of talent, and the rest of the cast, unusual seems to have vanished good girl,

sunshine

Andre called Julie

whether they are good or bad, from his playing

Lestic Caton

behave according to pattern. plays her with an abance of coyness remarkable This will follow "Parts Follies" when one considers what most at the Quern's and Alhambra, of the young stars would have which is already on for a steend

In Union Pacific" she has And now to the picture. Il

straightforward frontier láss tells of a robbery staged by a

rolema little fiery, as becomes gang of four outlaws the leader the Irish daughter of a railway of whom acts as deezy by bait-

engincer--but with a heart of

ing the town's sheriff into 2

un gold.

fight. The robbery is successful And the four medium-grey villains (not black, in order not to make us dislike them too much) ride off to the border with four different plans jor how to spend their ill-gotten gains.

Following the same trail, but ahead of them, is a reformed outlaw, played by Brenaan, and his daughter-Colleen

Miller

der. This is where the medium-grey shade of the bad boys turns even lighter. Apaches are tradi- Ling the eid man

his and daughter and it's obvious that very soon they will be over- taken and captured,

done with the role.

It calls for a young orphan of 18, the pet of a

a children's home delightful French- The second half of the tur- rua by

woman who. speaks English. bulent nineteenth century has.

thereby enabling Fred Astaire to provided an inexhaustible mine face the audience with a bit of for writers of western stories repartee which comes over as Anything that was worth having whew!, that takes the strain in the way of land, wemes or off

Leslie Caron wealth had to be fought for would never win a prize as a

my French". not with the kid glove methods singer, but when Fred Astaire, of today, but with the mare as a visiting American diplomat, spectacular ways provided by discovers her, she completely guns, knives and fists.

captivates him by her vocal efforts at teaching Ine A.B.C. to her fellow orphans.

The latter three weapons scem to have been employed exten- sively in the building of the Union Pacife railway linking the Atlantic and Pacific coasis almos. of North America and every foot of track laid down

be torn up by Liable to a marauding Indians or lawless

white men,,

Leader Calhoun couldn't t his fans down by leaving damsel in distress to the mercy of the savages (no ForschÆL about the redskins being "mis- understood this time) so off he rides to the rescue, followed, decirtedly unwillingly, by three partners.

The former peter, Carlson, in the director.

A Worthwhile

Revival

hts

was

the

Cinderella With

A worthwhile revival is No Ugly Sisters

the Ginger Rogers-Joseph Cotten film "I'll Be Seeing You's The story concerns

Adopting A Girl

(Of 18)

week-end.

Beefcake And

Crooning

How does Vic Damone's singing appeal to you? Does he send you into the swoon- ing paroxysms that are sup- posed to overcome his TV fans? Or do you share his modest opinion of himself to Edmund Purdom in the pic- ture "Athena" that he's "just another crooner"?

and man

of

Perhaps his sponsors are try- There's an amusing scene in ing to kill the swooner-crconer which he and his long sumering legend now that it's served its As Cecil B. De Mille has a secretary attempt to convince purpose, because there's even "a controlling hand in Union the ambassader that here is little gentle fun peked at it in Pacific one automatically adds nothing shy about a desire to this picture, together with some

watered-down humour

at the a couple of noughts to the num- adopt a young girl of 18. ber of featured players shown in aid weight to his argument, physical

expense of Edmund Purdom,

culture

ture fends, diet cast list and

even if the Astaire says that he will never addicts and numerologists, Richard style of acting appears a little let the girl know who her bene- The whole thing is a musical daled, there's no doubt that the factor is that he will never hot pot, the ingredients of which 'action is there, with every attempt to see her and that the are the crooner; a rich, pompous

super-colossal trick in De

monthly letter he wants her to

well- young Mille's enormous repertoire write to him, reporting on her intentioned family consisting of being used.

scholarly progress, shall be ad- seven daughters, grandma and

Smith" dressed to a "John

grandpa, all enthusiastically Of

culture course, it's this monthly practising health letter that causes the whole every description.

ructure to come unstuck. Not my cup of tea, I'm afraid. Wealthy enough to be able to but suitable for an evening's leave almost every detail of his amusement if you want to listen personal and public life to his to Jane Powell and Vic Damone, secretary and his secretary's watch pretty little Debbie Rey secretary, Fred Astaire forgets acids and Edmund Purdom or generous impluse almost as admire Louis Calhern's delight- I'm rather surprised that

soon as the arrangements for the ful emmciation. a girl on parole from prison some amateur armchair as

girl's adoption have been made.

One plays of masculine and a man recovering from critic of the written word Having only seen his elongated, about. If the effects of a nervous

hasn't rushed into print shadow on a wall of the orphan- torsos in "Mr Universe" breakdown.

with a diatribe on the in-, Julie, in her expensive sicken you, then be prepared

American school, conjures close your eyes in one or two There is little action, but it's accuracies of a reviewer's around her guardian the roman- places-1 did! a moving piece of cinema in memory. I wish too that I spite of the fact that we are could pass off my lapse as pretty certain from the beginning a two-week deliberate mis- that all is going to turn out

take. However, with happily.

perverseness probably due True, there are moments to the weather I feel im- when Shirley Temple ap pears to be going to spoil pelled to confess all, It everything with her prattling wasn't Fredric March who tongue, but the moment passes, played Daddy Long Legs in and Ginger Rogers, in spite of the original version of Jean the prison sentence hacging over her head is able to restore the Webster's novel, made in confidence of the mentally 1931, but Warner Baxter! upset soldier

The Railway

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It may not seem of world- shattering importance clther way, but the thought is in teresting that of all the people whe

This agerand in the carier filmype whose names have the

Builders' Saga become, if

If not borehold words.

at least labels attached to far-travelling trunk of the early tailles-rict one,

One is an important

Another re-issue being Agure in the cinema of today.

shown at two of the first-run e

„Jake* Gayn

Warner Baxter.

Un Market they're all stars

theatres, the New York and whacce faces can be dragged Great World, is “Union pack into memory, proving that marts Pacific".

they must have made a of some sort but where are Just as "ll Be Seeing You they now? As forgotten as La

different MoviCE will shows us a very

"probably be Ginger Roger from the actress twerdy, four-years from Today,

I must warn you

poses

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