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Indiana “THE STEEL HELMET"
Violence Sets Pace i For Week's Film Fare
Small\ Movie Outfit Scores With First Celluloid Based on Korean War Theme
By R. K. SHULL : VIOLENCE WILL PACE all the first-run films entering the city during the coming week, with special emphasis on the first Korean War film to be produced. Here's the way the new films will arrive: “The Steel Helmet” (Indiana, Wednesday), “Frenchie” (Circle, Thursday), and a double. bill, “Vengeance Valley’ and “Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone] 1 (Loew's, next Saturddy). lin -case she needs to exterminate
: lanyone, Coming back on return en-| Sheriff Joel McCrea maintains] gagements will be “All About Peace, but tension mounts. The) »
Eve” (Esquire, Friday), and a town banker is shot and McCrea | double bill, “The Thief of Bag-|blamed, since the banker's wife is dad” and “The Jungle Book”|/in love with McCrea. Shelley (Lyric, Monday). The Lyric alsodelps McCrea ' escape from jail, | is slated to start a pair of whats- Setting the scene for the bang-| its on Friday, “Madman Goeb- bang climax in which Kelly and! bels’” and “Madman of the Gesta-/his mob line up against McCrea, po.” ‘Shelley and her gang. ; ® as = aa national contest. In Chicago, en
Occupation: ' Irritation Film Fan Special route, Marjorie meets a down-
“THE STEEL HELMET” is! OCCASIONALLY, through some | 1-the-heels lawyer, James Whit-| the second case In less than a Special effort in booking, a well- more, who proceeds to woo her| . year where the Robert Lippert balanced film program will arrive pretty niece’ when he learns Mar(quickie) film company. has/at one of the downtown theaters.|jorie is about to come into the, beat the big-league celluloid mills/Such is the case in “Vengeance chips. to the punch. yalley- and “Mrs O'Malley and Oy Io i Sanger r. Malone ” ach film is com-| Who owe aan fal, Lippest Shin oo | plementary to the other, although | onto the same train Marjorie is]
4 Circle “"FRENCHIE"
First-run attractions coming here durin include: William Chun and Gene Evans in "The Steel Helmet" (Indiana, Wednesday), Donna and Diana Norris, James ‘Whitmore,
{fine performance.
temptress in history.
few bare lines,” he said, “but we know from the impact she made on a kingdom that she had the beauty of Cleopatra, the wiles of {Delilah, the cunning of Mata Hari, and many of the good and evil qualities of Josephine, Helen of Troy, Joan of Arc, Mary Queen of Scots and Catherine the Great.” -
Wi R wg corpse and Marjorie Main in "Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone" | ins ecognition film patronage when he made a either could stand alone as a|Tiding to New York. Also on the Sto creen and the gangster's ex-wife who OWN Screen version of the story,/sky highiwhen the actors can be ry Screened a large studio could complete it's of violence in 'which half-broth- g ; | ace | { t HOLLYWOOD, Feb, 2 (UP) IA d Several glamorous girls also1n short, it was his baby. ‘tors each are playing cre are contemplating big-budget no conflict comes from the | ee ’ ad dole 5 Some but be-|C'annishness of two ranch fam-| oo ear of purposeful characters, [eSult is an Acadamy rd win (under the guiding hand of theitpe Bible, is finally getting the to protect his sister's honor. exactly| er lling, Lippert, their cameras rolling pp When Burt Lancaster and Rob-| | (what he wants and how to get| ert \wood system which is to select a rangement is reflected in their| \n8 David saw bathing on a it must be remembered that the > Das become an unwed moth- 5 8 8 {the wrath of God on her, David {into a shooting script, have the sacrifice quality on many oc-| SINCE JAYZEE, currently at y . McCown, says Bathsheba was \ 8 8 b. | y - “The Steel Helmet” does serve Sally's brother, John Ireland, be- seems to be snowballing to great-vert the various writers’ lines into through tomorrow ‘night, the ./a pair of pre-war reissues, “The ter audiences. Evans portrays a Violence: begins. porates all the elements of a good! the Hollywood system, if the An middle of the Korean War (ex. Main and James Whitmore in the, “Eve” points up many of the truly, another Hollywood miracle onics set in the Near East, the Marjorie, a boarding house make the mistake of surrenderup a show. la vehicle in which they can be-islated to start another double claim her winnings in a large that he's the only one in’ his - Darryl F.
(Loew's, next Saturday), Joel McCrea and Shelley Winters ir | quick little opus titled “Rocket- Single feature. train ar8 3 detective (Who , is : | | By PATRICIA CLARY “Destination Moon.” ers, Burt Lancaster and Robert is looking for the hidden money/had 2 voice In the selection of Ee theie miles The ro €.< One of the greatest sirens of are tossed into the rail-born films on the Korean War, | ! | ilies and the efforts of a brother The train ride becomes a little un- ner {man who wrote the story, and| | (served for 3000 years. has “The Steel Helmet” on Walker return fron the | urdered, and nearly everyone 18/arrangement and the usual Holly-|it Their enthusiasm for this ar(winter cattle roundup, the learn { hi -| ry ICY {bl isturb you, the whole story! {roof and who set off a chain of The speed with which the Lip ood-disturb yo e y story, set # platoon of scepa er during their absence. : {and their people Lippert company has had to] Such Nice People > 2 SHng SEpt, have the people. casions in order to stay within e's Built, but keeps quiet to pro- BO roy a aa y to 3ptioddce a. Hew character lieves Lancaster to be the guilty er success with each performance some semblance of meaning when theater will open Monday with “ ished film retains any of the Thief of Bagdad” and “The World War II infantry sergeant Other half of the bill, “Mrs. production. Te, “police action”) title roles. The story gives both shortcomings of Hollywood, and has been achieved. former a tale of fantasy, and a very good reason for the meth-/“All About Eve” is that the story ling book. . keeper in a Western cowtown ing to the Reds. When the Joseph Mankiewicz wrote his|lieve. Morale and enthusiasm. go pill, “Madman Goebbels” and group not to dte with a bullet in
Zanuck,
R “. pe ; | _ Bathsh "Frenchie" (Circle, Thursday). sheba, David y : ship X-M” and peddled it before! “Vengeance Valley” is a tale looking lor the. gangsters loot as a source of alimony cast, and then directed the story. In “Eve” six accomplishe OEE Won Correspondent Currently, several companies Walker, become mortal enemies. ; : ; : les, and are doing their acting history, beautiful Bathsheba of fore they can.even begin to get i {recognition her exploits have de|comfortable when the gangster is] Note the contrast between this| therefore knows just the | Bathsheba is the woman whom local theater screens. under suspicion. But don’t let the pert outfit moves is amazing, but Cat @ neighbor girl, Sally For-|;, strictly for laughs. 2 = = : (sinful events that brought down jwriters to work the ‘story ie 3 jumbled Bill | Lancaster is certain of Walk- A Bible historian, Dr. Chester budget and time limitations tect Walker's wife, Joanne) Dru.! A HOLLYWOOD. FILM. Liat), ve a director to attempt to con-|the Lyric, will only stay there actor named Gene Evans to thea- Party and starts gunning for him. is “All About Eve,” which incor- mouthed by the actors. Under hi O'Malley,” etc., stars Marjorie |author’s original meaning, then|jungle Book.” Both are action o finds himself right in the : 1 His. ouiads a change of pace. redundantly proves that there is| Another important thing about {he 1atter adapted from a Kipvans and some of his buddies ods used on Broadway in setting|is “meaty.” It gives the actors] Then, on Friday, ‘the Lyric is boards a train for New York to powder-smoke clears, he finds who! is “Madman of the Gestapo.” Let's 7
: ; 8 ’ : I let it go at that. shebs a 2 y 4 mwa 0" Stars fo Show in ‘Bedtime for Bonzo' Here J Shela i a 20th Century. Foz Tou n other mericans, x »" BV fights for survival behind _— ss : pn 'Ho-Hum: Bonzo Bathsheba,” starring Gregory
Peck and Susan Hayward, has in-|
the enemy lines until the United Nations forces advance to their| ® area. Supporting Evans in a principally male lineup are James, Edwards and Steve Brodie (both have been lauded for their roles in “Home of the Brave”), Robert Hutton (whose war-time Hollywood * success has been on the gkids in recent seasons), and Richard Loo (who has been kick-
GETTING HOPPED up over |
Feb. 15, is pretty dificult. In act like the intelligent woman she | t {must have been and motivating! recent years, an Indianapolis a. actions. |world premiere consists of open- | BATHS ‘i Bien ing the theater a half-hour early A must have been { a ravishing b ty, o in the morning and bringing in Vaung beamy, ot. coud
not have attracted a man of a couple of the stars for a quick David's wealth, wisdom and many
. {walk across the stage. wives,” Dr. McCown said. ing around in the movies as a Where's all the glamour and The mere sight of her beauty! Japanese, Chinese and Philip-| (fanfare that's supposed to be caused him to send for her, seduce pino for seyera) years}, |connected with a world premiere? her, dispatch her . husband to »
{Maybe if the show people could|death in battle and marry her. {get a little enthusiastic about/She managed to save her own] |their films, the public could, too, [skin while he piled sin and shame) | Anyhow, Diana Lynn, Jegse on his head for her. (White and the film's star, Bonzo| Secondly, McCown says, she ¢ the Chimpanzee, all will be on must have been shrewd .in her hand for the opening day, and handling of the king. Later in are slated to appear on stage for life she became active at David's three of the performances. court, using her influence to have
Shelley and Horses
BILLED AS a Western with sex | appeal, “Frenchie” stars Shelley| Winters in the title role. i A New Orleans gambling hall girl, Shelley heads west with her cohort, Elsa Lanchester, to find the two murderers of her father. Shelley finds one of the murderers, Paul Kelly, but decides to take her time'in getting revenge. She starts a new gambling hall in the| cowtown in competition with one operated by Kelly. She also sends for her triggerman, John Russell,
Bonzo, complete with his Hopalong™ Zassidy suit, wil come here for the opening of his fitst starring film, ''Bedtime for Bonzo." He'll bring along Jesse White and Diana Lynn of
his supporting east.
Jesse White played the role of the sanitorium “attendant in "Harvey" so long he's been: seeing rabbits in his sleep ever since. He gets a change of pace as a district attorney in ''Bedtime for Bonzo."
Diana Lynn has been one movie youngster lucky enough not to get type-casted. She's been fluctuating between goodgirl and villainess roles in recent years. She's a goodie in Bonzo, nr \
see fit to give the stars the fan-'even though other children of fare ' they deserve, but there his other wives were first in line seems to be a feeling among the | for the throne. ° ' (backers of the film that a light-| From these sketchy clues, the ed candle in front of the mar-| studio has evolved a character] quee is sufficient to light up the!for Bathshéba which the .Bible| |siy and pack in an audience. [authority said “very likely fits.”|
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dramatizing the ‘story of Bath- Pir oct 1 Ingliss and theench in Roof Feature |
structed his writers to fill in the the world premiere of “Bedtime gaps in Bathsheba's life which the |
for Bonzo” at the Circle Theater Bible leaves, making her live and | i
It's too had the. showmen can’t their. son, Solomon, named king
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Carmen swapped pidgin English]
thonee, I'm Raye dose seax boys {back of me. We spik Portugese] all time. I mek first movie. Director come to me and say so-and-so-and so, Mess Miranda. I'm| say, ‘Heh?’ They give me ticher, only leetle fights.
Loew's MALLEY AND MR. MALONE" §
aT HE Carmen Gets Worried About Losing Accent
She's Afraid Spikking Fine Ingliss : Will Ruin Her at the Boxoffice |
By Erskine Johnson . HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 3—This may land like 4 bazooka shell in the I-always-knew-she-was-from-Brooklyn camp, but I have to report today that Carmen Miranda is speaking Sir Laurence Olivier's brand of English. : Wrap me up in corn husks and call me tamale, if fiery, language-murdering Carmen didn’t flip words like “modulaton,” “pedantic,” and “Poly-\poriugese. My head, she got big chromic” at me. {ache.” ;
No accent to amount to a| Had anything else changed
ing els hill of chilt peppers, either, |*°ant Garment T asked, sekiin. eign 5 5 i esate pay riz Aa 7:
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protested: “You're not going to say that I speak good English? Wait a minute, honey. You'll ruin me!” I arranged my features in what movie scripts describe as a “stony demeanor” and looked the other
H - » ¥ 3 SHE WAILED that her pearshaped vowels were getting “ier into hot water. Sebastian would have to stop correcting her mistakes. “Pipple get beeg insolt wen I'm
. ‘leaving off de pineapple and bgCarmen clapped a hand to her »” forehead. {nans,” she said. “You be surprise
She muttered that her husband, Oov, SaaPPOInt 18 my pobblic. David Sebastian, was fo blame joc" LS IY And they are say: for everything. He's been Cor Carmen.” recting- her grammar, { , “But now I'm gonna louse it The Miranda Jeportorie. ahem 2 * up good for you,” she said, eyes {Lovely Bunch of Mangoes” for flashing and bracelets jangling. *
“Nobody quotes Carmen Miran- {“AN, Sweet Mystery of Life"?
5 o o { I GOT her loudest haw-haw. ® nn a {“Honee, Ym surprise on you. THE Deborah Kerr inflection Can you see me singing ballads? disappeared and Carmen was Once in stage, I am horse around back to her old, pre-Sebastian and sing to de pipples: lingual mayhem. { Vet day, he come alung, “The more wrung I'm spikking,| De man I'm love , . . the batter pipples is like it’ “My pobblic is shocked to she bubbled. “Is give me screepts Pieces. I'm. hear them say, ‘Wot in fine Ingliss. I'm change it. Chop/4® hall wrung 'weeth Miranda? up terrible. Very fonnee. Last She nots or Somsthing?" peecture I'm make for Joseph p ‘ Pasternak, he is saying, ‘Wot de Sr YAram nytt Carmen
{décided there had been another | change. “Only was lung, lung time ago | wen I'm first on Broadway. I'm
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I don’ know nawtheeng, ppp MARITAL boat she winked. is now “honky-dearie.” “Tak’ me pretty lung time learn how to hdndle my hoosban’. He's like a beeg boy. Betwinn us is We're much (hoppy. I got out of town, he calling me every night. He say, ‘Gee, babee, I loff you so moch.’” Her hubby is in the business of |converting little TV screens to | big ones. : | 1said I'd be seeing Carmen and she called after me: " “About the accent. Nobody will - [ believe you if you say I don’t have © | one, honey.” 4 ” # ~ GARY COOPER will realize a {long-time ambition by . In the Celeste Holm-John gott production of “The » on Broadway. About & [sheriff trying to held back =a lynch mob. First Gary picture for Warners, [. +. Sight of the week: A French
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i joint RKO-Cohtmun orrom, her Gay Claridge will bring his- cause wanted” a band to the Indiana Roof for with her . She hied herself ~ the first time this season to- hon ia New York, 1d one guest night and tomorrow night. To- : mettow's session wil feature RSE - Joan Yornes love 18 od another series of "Lucky Spot" [necks at / dances, salary, FIVE times hap former