The White Falcon - 13.01.1945, Blaðsíða 4

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REVIEWS OF NEW MOVIES
ON NISSEN HUT CIRCUIT
The following reviews complete the list of new films recently plac-
ed on distribution here. Further reviews will appear from time to time as
additonal movies arrive.
WHEN STRANGERS
MARRY.
(Monogram film starring
Dean dagger, Kim Hunter)
A murder story with plenty
of . suspense is this cinema
study of a young girl’s emo-
tional reactions when her
husband, a man whom she
has known only five weeks,
is suspected of having stran-
gled to death a wealthy idler
in a Philadelphia hotel. It’s
one of Monogram’s heller
pictures.
CAROLINA BLUES
'(Columbia film starring
Kay Kyser, Ann Miller)
Returning from an over-
seas jaunt, Kay Kyser and
hand find their vacation
plans interrupted by a series
of performances for war
[workers and bond buyers.
Its 81 minutes are pretty dull
►— except for the dancing of
[Ann Miller.
f END OF ROAD
(Columbia, film starring
Fdmond Norris, June Stor-
i <'V)
1 Another murder yarn,
END OF THE ROAD'may
be worth seeing if you hav-
en’t anything else to do.
There’s little suspense in it
because you’ll know almost
from the beginning “who
done it,” and there’s never
any doubt as to how it’ll end.
MAN ON HALF MOON
STREET
'(Paramount film starring
Nils Asther, Helen Walker)
This picture poses a quest-
ion in morals — can a scient-
ist, whose work is aimed at
the betterment of mankind,!
be judged by other than the
normal standards of right’
and wrong? The scientist in
MAN ON HALF MOON
STREET is an individual
who — by glandular adjust-
ments of some kind — is
trying to make human
beings immortal. In the proc-
ess of doing so, however, he
murders a few.
' TI-IE SINGING SHERIFF
[(Universal film starring Hob
Crosby, Fay McKenzie)
- A “singing cowboy” pict-
ure. No story to speak of.
! MY GAL LOVES MUSIC
(Universal film starring Hob
t Crosby, June McDonald)
Slightly amusing no.nes-
ensc about a( vitamin pill
salesman (Rob Crosby) who
of course also sings.
HOLLYWOOD CANTEEN
(Warner Hros. film starring
practically everybody)
Two soldiers on leave from
the South Pacific visit the
Hollywood Canteen in Los
Angeles where they -— and
other furloughing servicem-
en — are entertained by al-
most the entire galaxy of
Warner Bros, stars, of
whom Joan Leslie and
Bette Davis, are however the
only ones who appear for
more than a few minutes
apiece. The specialty acts
and the music are topnolch
— and the girls are beauti-
ful. Don’t miss it - it’s really
good.
BLACK MAGIC
(Monogram film starring
Sidney Toler)
This Charlie Chan pict-
ure comes out of the same
mold which produced prev-
ious Chan flickers, and if
you liked the others you’ll
probably like this one too.
ONE BODY TOO MANY
(Paramount film starring
Jack Haley, Jean Parker)
A combination comedv-
murder-mystery.ONE BODY
TOO! MANY is the sort of
thing which relies for its
effect upon secret passages,
evil-looking butlers, and
corpses that won’t stay in
one place. It’s neither parti-
cular funny nor terrifying,
for its situations are unbe-
lievable.
STRANGE AFFAIR
(Columbia film starring
Align Joslyn, Evelyn Keyes)
Some more murder! Ev-
erybody tries to he very
funny — even the hero of
the piece (Allvn Joslyn)
when the murderer ties him
in a chair and threatens to
blow his brains out. It’s fair-
ly entertaining — in spots.
BABES ON SWING
STREET
(Universal film starring
Peggy Ryan)
Whether or not you’ll like
this depends upon how
you enjoy the antics of vita-
minized Peggy Ryan, for the
picture offers little else.
CRY OF THE WEREWOLF
(Columbia film starring
Nina Foch, Stephen Crane)
Not many people believe
in werewolves these days,
so it’s pretty hard to feel
any genuine interest in what
goes on in CRY OF THE
WEREWOLF: a girl who
changes into one to avenge
the death of her mother
(also a werewolf) and who
is finally cornered and kill-
ed just in time to give the
picture a happy ending.
ONE (MYSTERIOUS NIGHT
(Columbia film starring
Chester Morris, Jam's Carter)
Chester Morris as wise-
cracking Boston Biackie is
prevailed upon by police to
help them locate a particul-
arly valuable diamond
which has been stolen from
an exhibit. Before he does
so, half a dozen people get
shot up and Boston Biackie
is himself suspected of the
robbery. It’s an average
“cops-and-robbers” picture.
SHADOWS IN THE NIGHT
(Columbia film starring
Warner Baxter, Nina Foch)
Corpses, ghosts, secret pas-
sages — they’re all in SHAD-
OWS IN THE NIGHT. It’s a
fairly entertaining picture
and the suspense iswell kept.
Mexican Farmer Finds
Glut In Volcano Market
“The only man in the
world ever to own a vol-
cano” — Dionisio Pulido of
Mexico City — wants to sell
it — cheap. Pulido, on whose
farm the Paracutin volcano
rose in February, 1942, is
now picking oranges in San
Gabriel Valley, Calif. De-
clares Pulido: “Of course I
am proud to he the only vol-
cano owner in the world. Bui
I can’t farm on it and farm-
ing is the only thing I know.”
FROM THE HOME FRONT
(Continued from Page 3)
of the manpower barrel.
Fayette City, Pa., looked
“damn good”
to Pvt. Peter
Bechick who
“just enjoyed
life, ran a-
round and ate
until it ran out
my ears.” Tir-
ed of sleeping in a sack and
on a canvas Army cot for so
many months, Pete revelled
in the luxury of fresh sheets,
innerspring matresses, a pri-
vate bathroom and a bath-
tub!
Unlike what he had
thought, Tec 5
like kronur.
He reveals that he still has
a sense of “dollar values.”
Shopping with ration points,
though, is the most confus-
ing and complicated experi-j
ence imaginable. Raymond i
admitted that he turned a-
round and eyed up and down
the first WAVE he saw.
Voting in the national el-
______ ection was one!
\io,i * jk*1|>i^
were vitally interested in the
election. Keeping mum about
the way he voted, Smith did
say that he was happy that
Frank .1. Lausche was elect-
ed governor of the Buckeve
State. “C. C.” worked for a
week at the garage where
he was employed before don-
ning ODs — “just to bring
hack memories.” It was a joy
to see the changing colors of
the leaves on the trees along
the rolling countryside. A
record 20 inch snow was the
worst Smith has seen since
being in the Army.
QM. Sgt. Angelo Cleffi
from Dover.
and"' take a
honeymoon. Before leaving
for home, the Sgt. designed
and made the gowns worn
by the female members of
“Blithe Spirit” which played
the IBC last summer. Cleffi
feels that he fairly burned
up the rails between the
theaters in New York City
and his home in Dover.
Burlington, N.C., look-
,1,1—. ed “mighty
wa'rm” and
“felt swell” to
Tec 5 Dwight
P. Clapp. He
lived a ■ nice
quiet life, got
around to vis-
it all the relatives and
friends and requested south-
ern fried chicken and hom-
inv grits for his meals. Be-
fore setting out again for
TeelaMd, he filled up with
seme “liquid anti-freeze.”
Highest Yet
America’s national income
during 1944 soared to the
record peak of $159,000,000,-
000.
GI PHOTO OF THE WEEK
ICELANDIC LANDSCAPE
A scene typical of rural Iceland is depicted in this photo taken by Lt. R. J.
Rosenberger of the Signal Corps. Iceland’s landscape is dotted with little farm-
houses such as this with tree-less snow-covered mountains in the background.
For the information of camera fans, Lt. Rosenberger states that this picture
was taken at 1/100 seconds with a lens opening of f :16.