Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 December 1949 — Page 9
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SECOND SECTION
Varied Themes in Week's Film Fare
By R. K. SHULL VIOLENCE and matrimony will be the strange coupling of themes to appear on the local screens during the coming week. Indiana Theater will head,
the parade of new films, opening Wednesday with ‘Bride for Sale,” starring Claudette Colbert, Robert Young and George Brent. Thursday openings will include: “The Doctor and the Girl” at Loew's, “The Black Book,” , LYTIC, and a double bill at the “Circle, “The Gal Who Took the West” and “Thieves Highway.” Hoosier Caravan will make its second bid for the Indianapolis amusement dollar at the Indiana Roof Thursday. Following on the heels of last night's initial haee-down performance on the ballroom stage, the Caravan will Téature well-known local hillbillies
in the guest spots Thursday. i - [——
DIPPING far-into filny history, Esquire Theater -with-come up with two W.-C. Fleldr oldies starting Friday; “Poppy” and "Million~ Dollar Legs.” The two Fields films will follow a new program by the management of the Esquire to intersperse the art film offerings with a few of the U. 8. movies that received rave notices “way back
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» - J CORONET Theater will bring in “Anna Karenina” for its second city showing Friday. AS you may he learns that his other child, remember, the film “is based on Gloria DeHaven, is having an afLeo Tolstoy's book by the same fair with a married artist in| nomer and stars Vivien Leigh in|Greenwich Village. He decides to the title role.” {give up his children as a pair of Supporting Miss Leigh will be/lost souls. two other well-known British! When Gloria becomes ill, she stars, Ralph Richardson and Kier: 80€s to her brother, Ford, for aid. on Moore. As the ‘story goes, Viv. She dies on the operating table.| jen is married ‘to tired-business- Coburn, awakened by her death, man Richardson and leading a makes another plea for his son to! very dull life. petufn to the fold. Comes the day when she trav-| Ford, in the best A. J. Cronin els to Moscow and meets dash- Style, refuses, content to offer ing cavalry officer Moore. Comes Succor to the helpless and the fireworks and disaster poor. Only when Coburn: observes * =» ow» Ford in action, does he realize the BACK to “The Doctor and the wisdom of his son's ways and deGirl” which was slated to open| cides to join forces with Ford. at Loew's last month, but suffered s a = a series of set-backs. Glenn Ford] “THE BLACK BOOK” recounts is a promising young doctor head- an episode in the reign. of- terror ed for a big career under the guid- during the French revolution. ing hand of his society-doctor fa- While France was taking a blood ther, Charles Coburn. {bath under the guiding hands of Ford is progressing nicely on Robespierre, a minority group the road to riches.and the upper was secretly plotting his downfall. social stratas when he meets al! Robert Cummings plays a clev-poor-girl patient, Janet Leigh. |er spy sent to Paris to learn the Against Coburn’s wishes, Ford secrets of Robespierré’s inner marries Miss Leigh, forfeiting his ticket fo high society. The young|lene Dahl, headed for the same couple settles down in the -tene- place with like intents. Together, ment district, with little income|they make French history. from Ford's charity-case clientele., Role of the French master vilPapa Coburn’ s _blood boils when lian is _Played by Richard Base-
‘Bride For Sale
Hunting fs wealthy husband, Claudette Colbert ¢ goes to wrk for income tax expert George Brent so she can inspect wealthy bachelors’ tax returns in "Bride for Sale,” opening Wednesday at the Indiana Theater. Brent and his assistant, Charles Arnt soon discover Claudette's motives, Brent decides to teach her a lesson. He. tells. her that marital fappineat is more than a Bank book, and that love also is essential. v
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hart. When Cummings’ true iden-| {tity is revealed, Arlene permits {herself to be captured so that| Cummings can effect a get-away. Basehart, the blackguard, gives; Arlene the treatment. using all his 18th Century torture equipment. She is on the verge of squealing - when Cummings and cohorts come to the rescue. Robespierre and his henchmen get the axe and Cummings gets Arlene Case closed. » » ” . CIRCLE’S double bill offers a lot of action, both hot and humorous. ‘Thieves’ Highway” concerns the California produce racketeers and Richard Conte's one-man battle for law and order. Conte's mercenary sweetheart. Barbara Lawrence, demands that he get rich quick. He decides to start trucking apples into San
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paid occupation. Thugs waylay him in San Francisco, ruining his truck and mauling ' him. At an all-night] lunch rdom, Conte meets Valen-| tina Cortesa who befriends him. | When the gang attempts to steal] his apples; Valentina and Conte work together to stop them. Forcing the gang-leader, Lee J.
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and acceptable socialite, to dupe Claudette. One look at his-tay return and Claudette is convinced she has found the men of her dreams. She makes a determined play for him. Young gives her the her through a series of brain
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Appearing in attractions slated for Indianapolis during the
| coming week will be: Yvonne DeCarlo and John Russell in "The
G4 Who Tock the West" (Circle, Thursday), Janet Leigh, Gloria | DeHigyan and Glenn Ford in "The Doctor and the Girl" (Loew s, hursday), Robért Cummings and Arlene Dahl in “The Black Book" Hey Thursday) and=dna Coleman and Mickey Walker, with the Hoosier Caravan, of the Indjana Roof Thursday.
Cobb, 1 to: give him $4000 for ‘the, man to make an honest proposal} apples, Conte sends for Barbara then chooses the one she intended | with matrimony in mind. to marry from tiie stirt. os She arrives to learn that Conte PE 3 { HOOSIER Caravan will bé=all| local talent for its second show, Heading the lineup of hillbilly | and Western entertainers will be} Country -Cousin Chickie, Emmie! Lou and Billy Dyer from WIBC,| Regular acts on the program will include the Log Cabin Boys and the Continental Four. Other attractions will be yodeling vocal-| ist Ina. Coleman and Mickey, Walker, | Seats are set up on the dance floor of the ballroom, lending an auditorium effect, | Added attraction on the show will be the Hoosier Talent Quest, a half-hour program of local amateurs working for their chance on
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Conte goes gunning for Cobb, forcing a showdown battle.
» » LJ YVONNE DE CARLO comes to an Arizona frontier town to sing for the opening of Charles Coburn’s new opera house in “The Gal Who Took the West.” Upon her arrival she meets Coburn’s feuding grandsons, Scott Brady and John Russell. Both men make a play for her, each content to kill the other if necessary. When Yvonhe refuses to decide between the two, they draw up | their forces, ready for war, Coburn averts a bloody battle by, the regular programs, . calling in the U. 8. Cavalry The Caravan may bécome a [Yvonne calls a truce, permits each h| weekly feature here in our town
Claudette refuses.to give up her pursuit, now becoming mildly interested in the man as well as his bank account. When Claudette learns that Young and Brent .were_-inseparable-buddies—in--college, she realizes she is the victim of a scheme, Deciding to turn the tables on them, the - con= tinues with Young, ——— &v {
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| band features
Indiana Roof HOOSIER CARAVAN
‘Funniest Band"
Lin movies,”
Alice Raye Don Ragon will bring his “Funniest Band in the Land” to the Indiana Roof for dances tonight and tomorrow night. The
Raye and Keith Milheim and | the masked antics of Ragon.
Brent realizes that he has fallen for Claudette. He begs Young to bow out and let him have her but-Young--also-is in— terested. Claudette lets themargue over —her, getting. her sweet revenge. R
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| But for a movie Indian, they pick] la New Yorker who's never been {off the Times Square Reservation. | “Until T began playing Indians! Joe Vitale said, “1d, {never been outside a Broadway | |cigar store.” Mr. Vitale was a full dress city! slicker from the Toots Shor tepee; untii Bob Hope called him west{ward ho! on the heap-big, Chief | He played a redskin in “The Pale.! ta [face” and made guch a good one) that Mr. Hope asked him to repéat in his current Paramount west |ern, “Fancy Pants.” | » v .
ST 5 ” » ” TRICKY CAMERA a fight scéne between and - Willard, Parker in pot.” a Director Mél Ferrer rigged up | ia barricade around the Samer. |" “HOPE TOLD me they'd igveiFists By Hight into the ‘camry
me at the Lambs Club,” Mr, Vitel" ns ale ‘grunted, waggling his teather| “JANE WYMAN; who doesn't headdress. “I'm sure my perform- need any, wears falsies in “The ance will turn even the reddest Glass Menagerie,” It's part of the {fedman's face red. |seript, Her mother (Gertrude “And the moccasing hurt my Lawrence) insists that she wear
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Both men propose to her, but she puts them off. When they of into a fight over who shall have her, Max Baer ink aer decides that their quarrels are needless and packs them off to-sen- Claudette: Faced with Fwe monetary-matrim pects, Claudette still cannot decide which man shall support & Buse continues to keep the two separated. until she cl 8
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