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ITTLE ISLAND"

Two Drive-Ins Invade Major First-Run Field

Schedule ‘Baron of Arizona’; Violence Flares

On Downtown Screens; Loew's Keeps ‘Annie’ : R. K. SHULL } pee ROUND-UP OF new films entering the city during the coming week shows two drive-ins breaking a local precedent

by starting with a first

attraction Tuesday,

, ppea tling in at Loew's for an extended stay, while the other first-run houses are blossoming out with a rash of violence

pictures. Openings are: “Colt .45" (Indiana, Wednesday), “A Ticket to Tomahawk” (Circle,

- Thursday), “Cargo to Capetown”

(Lyric, Friday) and “Tight Little Island,” British = film (Esquire, Friday). If “Annie Get Your Gun” should

—Jeave Loew's Tuesday, then the

next ‘attraction will be “The Reformer and the Redhead.” — x » rn » Drive-in

THEATAIR and Westlake

Drive-In Theaters will open Tues-

made a futile effort to retrieve {the waylaid hootch. The plot is a weak peg on which to hang the film, but the real enitertainment value has come via {the director, a genius at droll umor,

" » »

Reformation : | LAST MONTH, whén “The Re{former and the Redhead”. was: {first slated for Loew's, this column |

"" First-run films fo arrive here soon will include: “Bruce Seton and |

AR 8 COLT 4s"

| In Hollywood—

Harpo Upset

The Bookkeeper \ Paramount Still ‘Unbalanced’ = | By Trick on Woollcott By Ersk wen... HOLLYWOOD, June 10—Veteran Director Paul | Sloané, who's due for critical huzzahs when his comeback .

film, “The Sun Sets at Dawn,” is released, told us this Harpo Marx story. Shortly after Alexander Woollcott dis-

[covered the four Marx Brothers in New York, Sloane signed .

. : : Loew's 5 |THE, REFORMER AND THE REDH

“espn

—). When the plump critic

\gave out several paragraphs concerning the story. It still goes,

| Joan Greenwood in "Tight Little Island" (Esquire, Friday), Lloyd | Bridges, Ruth Roman and Zachary Scott in "Colt .45" (Indiana, | ‘Wednesday), Anne Baxter and Dan Dailey in "A. Ticket to Toma-

June Allyson, playing oppositel .) _iu {Circle, Thursday), June Allyson in "The Reformer and the

Harpo to play the village idiot in “Too Many Kisses” with Richard Dix and William | Jos: = She says she wants to Powell. Harpo agreed to do|be just like Grable: = ~~ * -- i ' ‘I'm not a dramatic actress” {the role only if Woollcott ol phe Fl rien onl name was used in the cast credits nappy pictures, laughs : give as the idiot and if all salary|y don't want to let off 4 Salty. checks made out.to Woollcott.” {trations for audiences.” ~ ered the trick, he threatened to| . EL sue Harpo for forgery. “To this oY STEWART sloped the day,” says Sloane, “Paramount vey" stage ant on UT's “Harhas never been able to balance its) = in time. books because of the uncashed| checks made out to Woolcott.”

day with “The Baron of Arizona,” her real-life husband, is the title] pogjhoad” (Loew's, Tuesday). and John Ireland i | a gli, Ei Sa anu starting a new trend in the sum-'redhead. Dick Powell is the re * Y) 1 and Ellen Drew in lll 3

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mer outdoor business, Until now, the drive-ins have confined their film fare to the ragged fringes around the firstrun theater offerings: Second-run films and items not desired by the indoor palaces. According to Dr. Marvin. Sandorf, president of the Theatair company, other first-run films will be brought into the two drive-ins throughout the ‘summer. Next month, the theaters will start the Marx Brothers’ latest comedy. This first-run trend at the drive-ins will be a great inducement for the independent film producers in Hollywood. The small producers can now by-pass the large film releasing companies by offering their products directly to the drive-ins and

other independent theaters, » » »

Drunkards All : ONE OF THE NICE THINGS that has happened in the film world this year is “Tight Little Island,” an 81-minute laugh fest served up by the British, : The story deals with a small

{sland off the coast of Scotland.|

The liquor-loving residents were

having untold hardships during]

the recent w when rationing completely cut off their supply ef whisky. When —everyone—en

a cargo vessel carrying 50,000 cases of booze became shipwrecked on their coast.

~The islanders hung on. a- binge:

to end all binges, while the revenuers and other official agencies

Preview:

the—isiandwas at the acme of suffering as; a result of this beverage drought,|

Price sees the posibiis of a giant

former, Twist of the story is that : the redhead has to reform the re- reach Tomahawk by a specified former. [time.

Poking fun = politics, the film| The stage coach interests are traces 'owell's political career] . § from his honest beginning to his 3! out lo 208 ipat. the corruption and through his refor- doesn't make it. matiorr. Slapstick humor is sup-| Hired hoodlums place boulders iplied by a house full of zoo ani-lon the tracks, burn trestles, drain mals who serve as June s friends. water

train wail

storage tanks, incite the

» | ~{Indians and even shoot holés in Western Laughs the engine boiler before the train

DAN DAILEY is a‘ waylaid reaches its. destination on time. traveling salesman in “A Picket! Rules of the road force the rail-

to Tomahawk.” ; iroadhen to keep one paying cusHis troubles start when he to aboard the train during the takes passage on a small-gauge entire trip. Dailey is that cusrailroad train on its initial run. loner, : { Romance pops up en route, The train, in order for the rail-'when a Deputy U. 8. Marshal, road to keep its franchise, must Anne Baxter, is attached to the TTT TTT TTT" train to prevent violence, Dailey falls in love with Anne, and in {the final reel, they plan to marry. {| Rory Calhoun takes the role of he heavy, who is in the hire of he stagecoach men, and Walter {Brennan -is seen as the engineer {who pilots the train on the riotous {journey. Dailey also gets a chance to work in a couple of musical [comedy routines when a group of -{lady ‘entertainers board the train. {Of course, the whole thing is in color, Tr » 8 Six-Shooter RANDOLPH SCOTT introduces , Wm he first t | Coys the first repea ing pistols to the West in “Colt 45.” First taker for. " Randolph's new product is Zachary ‘Scott, a bandit king

~ June Allyson a la Xavier Cugat

Baron of Arizona’

who

Going to Spain, Price joins an order of monks

fraud in the Southwest, where the U.S. honors to have access to the king's original land grant

Spanish land grants, in "The Baron of Arizona,"

making a double entry Tuesday and. Westlake Drive-Ins. He ta

for her. + ;

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records. He successfully forges a document into - _the records, granting the whole territory of Ari. zona to the child. With the aid of Tina Rome, a gypsy, Price is able to locate the duplicate lard grant files. =

at’ the Theatair kes an

| "Cargo fo Capetown" (Lyric, Friday).

steals a brace of the six-shooters| from‘ him. Zach organizes a gang and starts a series of holdups, tearing up the countryside with his two repeaters. Randolph: sets out determined to bring him to justice.|! Twist comes when the wife of ' one ‘of Zach's cohorts comes to! visit her husband, Lloyd Bridges. The wife, Ruth Roman, doesn’t approve of Lioyd's ne? profession and threatens to squeal. : Zach gives her a warning about tattling by plugging Lloyd in the! back. Feeling powerful, Zach then! takes over the near-by town, set- | ting himself up as the law. uth, plenty mad, goes to Zach, intent on killing him. He disarms her, then makes her the unwilling subject of his attentions. Ran-| dolph breaks up the session when! he raids the town with .a gang| of friendly Indians (good-guys). | When the Indians have pretty] well mopped up on the outlaws, Randolph makes a dash for Zach.

yric "CARGO TO CAPETOWN"

The two Scotts fight it out, both &

armed with Colt 45's. ’ Randolph wins the battle and Broderick Crawford, who is a chlef was below deck in the engine Ruth. engineer. room, : of And when girl Crawford and Ireland have a Sea Story friend, Ellen Drew; comes aboard glugfest, which. is climaxed when ITINERANT SEA CAPTAIN to protest, he shanghais her, too. Crawford forces Ireland, as capJohn Ireland jumps at the chance Another complication is that John tain, to marry him to Ellen. The

to take an oil tanker from t ' ] ; Dutch East Indies to Oro the had been Ellen's beau before she ceremony is iriterrupted by an exx iploding oil tank.

Only trouble is that the tanker js SWitched to Crawford. a little loose in the seams and a When the hurricane hits, Ire-| Crawford and. Ireland fight the hurricane is due to hit. iand and Crawford do a master- resulting fire and save the ship : Unable to find anyone willing/ful. job. of saviog. the. ship; -butiagain When the smoke clears to sérve under him on the old tub, Crawford. hears rumors to the ef-laway, Crawford realizes ‘that ElIreland shanghais a crew. He fect that Ireland has been hav-|len and Ireland are truly in love, even shanghais his old friend, ing an affair with Ellen while he!so he gives them his blessings.

nA Crawford's

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~—— While Tina and some other gypsies distract the attention of a Marques, Price forges the only existing duplicate records of Spanish grants. His work finished, Price flees Spain and returns to Arizona, his mythical claim now substantiated. He reclaims the child he had adopted, now a beau. tiful woman.

the U. S. Government (Reed Hadley) checks Price lieves it is valid. The U.S. recognizes Price's ¢ Arizona are forced off their lands, railroads have

Price has them restrained, legally.

Price marries the girl, Ellen Drew, and sets himself up as the Baron of Arizona, with her as the Baroness. A records expert for

the right of way. Dtiven from their lands, the settlers, rebel. -but

GLORIA JEAN, the former kid ghout to tell move star, will do “Strictly Dishonor-| joan aver to Biman 1 able” in summer stock in Vir burning again. Joan tossed a ginia. eo Fox is Sooking Oh paliittle home dinner and invited ady pirate yarn, “Anne o € Danny and exIndies,” for Susan Hayward. . . .| ¥-and *y Husband Oy Willa. Rita Hayworth's youngest broth-| I Ad ; er, Eduardo Cansino Jr, is mak- i Jovin Rundices ing his film debut as a Spanish|g, 500." moved. an or dancer at Republic. ... Bob Hope's buildin y "Toor bad It reg Rew answer to questions about his fall wondeul Sten oT tbat TV series: mE {censored in a bullding dec E+ “First I have to see the Mayo | with marble nudes . . , Betty Hut- | Brothers to find out how much |fon's ex-mate, Ted Briskin, is | work they'll let me do. {keeping the wires hot from Chicaoy nN go calling Anne Sterling . . , A | THIS js the story of an actor new title trend will exhaust. {who loves his home. In 1943 Rich-| movie-goers before they even get : {ard Carison enlisted in the Navy into the theaters. Coming up are {and spent five years in the South | “Gir] on the Run,” “Hunt the {Pacific. On his second day back In! Man Down” and “He Ran All the clyvies, RKO hired him for “Solway.” {Well Remembered” and sent him]

” to England for ‘eight foggy) MARK character actress Flormonths. On his return, Josh ence Bates down as the likeliest | Logan signed him for the Chicago | contender for the starring role |company of “Mr. Roberts,” wherein’ the film biography of Marie {he spent a year and a half, {Drbssler. She says: When he returned to Holly- “Yes, there is studio interest in { wood M-G-M promptly shipped filmitig the Zoe Akins play about him off to Africa for six months [Marie (“Evening Star”). I didn't | to co-star with Deborah Kerr in know Marie and I don’t pretend “King Solomon's Mines.” Final- {to be another Marie. She can't ly. home, Dick landed the lead |be replaced. She was a combina~ - in Bob Stillman's “The Sound {tion of talent, force, heart, brains of Fury” and was sent to Phoe- (and guts. Real gutsy.” nix, Ariz, for six weeks, Now | 5 5 = . home with his family, Dick says | RONALD COLMAN is Hollyhe's afraid-to pick up the tele- |wood’s absent-minded professor phone, - | just before his air show, “Halls of “It may be some producer who/Ivy,” hits the mike. Mrs. C. wants to make ‘a picture titled, tested him out the other day five ‘Rocket to the Moon.'” minutes before airtime. “Ronnie,” » » » i MARIE MacDONALD warbled| don’t think I'll goon this time.” with bands before Hollywood bul, Colman beamed back: “Fine, gets her first chance to malke| Bonita, but let's talk about it like a film canary in “Hit Parade after we do the show.”

” .

Price refuses an offer of $25 million from ‘U. S. for his claim and confinues fo exploit thy area. Government experts frenziedly search Pri records for a flaw, while the settlers plan a | rebellion to regain their lands. Price, with Elle his side, stands ready to defy the world

claim, tial

's claim and belaim, Settlers in to pay him for

| said. Bonita; “I feel fatnt- ung T