Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 June 1951 — Page 7
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The
BA Comedy About a Southern Belle
By DICK MITTMAN
Coming Up; Two Westerns, Too
A COMIC ROMANCE, two more chapters in the building of our West and a mystery thriller (see pictures on this page) will come to downtown theaters the coming week. The pictures. by title are “Strictly Dishonorable” (Loew's, Wednesday), “Cavalry Scout” (Lyric, Thursday), “Apache Drums” (Indiana, Wednesday) and “Strangers on a Train” (Circle, Thursday).
Haunting Rhythm
STEPHEN McNALLY portrays the untrustworthy gambler and then the hero in “Apache Drums” (Indiana, Wednesday). MeNally is run out of the town of Spanish Boot by the respectable, hard-working blacksmith and mayor, Willard Parker, Coleen Gray is in love with McNally, but is undecided whether he merits her affections. McNally returns to warn the village that the Apaches are on the warpath. He then leads a group of men to river for water after the public well had been poisoned by the Indians. McNally's undertaking is
‘has him arrested on a technical
charge of giving a glass of beer to an Indian scout. Parker is killed in the Apache raid and McNally takes command. = Fighting heroically he and the villagers drive off the marauding savages. The way is
ithen cleared for love.
Authentic Indian music is pre-| sented by an ‘orchestra of 20 Apaches.
So Innocent
THE ROMANTIC escapades of a young southern belle furnish the plot for “Strictly Dishonorable” a remake (Loew’s, Wednesday).
against Parker's wishes and he' Janet Leigh enacts the part of
EE i ee
a sweet and innocent young thing from the’ heart of the Southland. She falls for the original nmale star of “South Pacific,” Ezio Pinza. Pinza, making his second appearance on the screen, sings the memorable ‘“Veau d'Or” from “Faust” and “The Return of Caesar.” Janet meets Pinza when she asks him to sing the wedding march for her and her fidnce, Arthur Franz. Franz objects to the attentions Miss Leigh directs toward Pinza. Pinza’'s other feminine interest is Maria Palmer. As a Viennese charmer of his life, Miss Palmer has ample opportunity to display her charm and beauty tonat has made her a favorite of Broadway. The man who is always at the right place at the right time and sometimes at the wrong time is Millard Mitchell, Pinza’'s press agent, Scattered through the nlot are songs, comedy, adventure, sus-
{pense and love.
Gatling Action
ROD CAMERON plays the part of a civilian scout forthe U. 8. Cavalry in “Cavalry Scout” (Lyric, Thursday). He has been assigned to trace two Jatling guns and other equipment stolen from an Army arsenal. The Gatling gun was one of the greatest warring inventions of its time. Initial usage was during the Civil War. Mounted on two-wheel carriages, it nad small, clustered barrels which were loaded at the breech, The shells were discharged very rapidly by turning a handle. The female lead is played by Audrey Long. She portrays the part of a saloon, hotel and store
|proprietress. Vying for her affec-
tions Davis, Cameron
are Cameron and Jim
tracks the stolen
{ordnance to a small frontier town.
FUNNY RETURNS—The Esquire Theater is bringing back to
the screen Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis in their first two movies. They will be seen in "My Friend Irma’ and Tw Friend Irma Goes I
West." PorkraYing Irma in the two pictures wi umb secretary’ of radio fame.
the original "
be Marie Wilson,
Here he finds James Millican, a freighter who trades illicitly with Chiefs Sitting. Bull and Crazy Horse. Cameron uses his guns, fists, integrity and foresight to rescue Audrey and bring a peaceful
Isettlement to the Indian uprising.
Preview: ‘Strangers on a Train’
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Farley Granger (left) nervously laughs off a murder scheme offered by Robert Walker in (Circle, Walker tells Farley, a tennis star, he will murder his estranged i. if in return Farley will kill Bo"'s-hated father. Walker says both will have
“Strangers on a Train"
perfect alibis. Granger, who is quite shaken by this horrid suggestion, leaves the table forgetting his lighter.
Farley goes Thursday). catch and beg
meet Bob. On Love'' he strang
to Washington, but Walker is set
with his plan and continues north to the hometown of Granger's wife. He follows her into an amusement park. She believes that he is another
ins to flirt with him.. She soon
difches the two boys. she is with and goes to
a small island in the "Tunnel of les her. Leaving he goes to Wash:
> ington to find out how well Granger succeeded.
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Indiana "APACHE DRUMS’
New movies fo appear at downtown theaters include: Rod Cameron in "Cavalry Scout” (Lyric, Thursday), Ezio Pinza and Janet | Leigh in “Strictly Dishonorable” (Loew's, Wednesday) and Stephen McNally, Willard Parker and Coleen Gray in "Apache Drums” (in.
diana, Wednesday). '
In Hollywood—
Fve Arden’s Worried About Boredom of Fans ==
HOLLYWOOD, June 23—Eve Arden sighed from the|editors for success in cheering up| “everybody's envious of a good
top of her sleek hair-do down to the lacquer on her toes over the nation’s gloomy, down-at-the-mouth movie fans.| The fans are wilting from sheer boredom, Eve said. “We've taken their pleasures away,” Eve sniffed. “Things are so dull in Hollywood, Nobody lives in palaces Nobody does anyawful for the
any more. thing. fans.”
nylons and mink has skyrocketed gince overheard two girls talking about her in the lobby un J n AR . MAYBE it would help if Ava of a Broadway theater a couple
Gardner jumped into a swimming of months ago. pool at the stroke of midnight “Hey, lookee,” one of the girls fully clothed—Eve wouldn't know sald, there's Eve Arden wearing —but somethin’s got to be done the same dress she wore to an to keep the housewife movie-goer opening three weeks ago. This is
ci ke Ned Sparks. a movie star? Phooey!” : from Joking like bit Pp That's why she argued with the
It's a drop in the keep-them- network press agent who asked happy: bucket and a crater in Der to write an article on how the her bankroll She's buying Average woman could look” sharp fancy duds, : ? as a tack in clothes that cost “I guess I owe it peanuts. she shrugged
it's she
to people, ® ‘in
EVE ISN'T passing any medals around to move fan magazine
Ld ” EVE'S BILL ior hats, gowns,
Farley arrives in Washington to find that the police have been loking for him in connection with the killing of his wife. He leaves his sweetheart (Ruth Roman), daughter of a Senator, to contact the authorities. In the shadows of the Senator's home Bob calls out. When Farley goes over to him he is handed his wife's glasses. Realizing what has happened, he is outraged. Bob convinces Granger that he is the logical suspect
and can do nothing. -
their readers, either, “People,” she shivered, “are going to get sick. How much can be written about Elizabeth Taylor? Why do they write about the same people all the time? There are other people in Hollywood. “And I'd be so grateful to see some new faces on the covers. They ran Ava Gardner into the ground for a while.” u nr ” I PUT Eve on another track: What about the movie queens who stand around looking nervous while she reels off the comedy lines that give movie audiences a big laugh. Had any of them drawn a sharp fingernail across a mahogany table top while looking at Eve's scalp? Eve didn't think so. “Of course,” she speculated,
Before a tennis match the following day Farley and Ruth learn that Walker is going to plant Granger's lighter on the isle in the park to exonerate himself. Farley wants to rush after Bob immediately, but Ruth persuades him to play. She says it will look bad if he shouldn't appear. Granger plays. He wins the championship in straight sets. iie then eludes the detectives watching him and catches a train heading north after Walker, : wv
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(Coleen Gray Likes Her Freedom
Coleen Gray wouldn't sign a {long-term studio contract for all the gold in Ft. Knox, she'd rather < {go studio hopping. “It's more fun that way, claims {Coleen, “and I get to pick my {own stories and meet such an in{teresting variety of leading men." Coleen’s most recent example iof studio hopping was out to Uni |versal-International where she {played the lead feminine role op{posite Stephen McNally in the {Technicolor “Apache Drum” (Indiana, Wednesday). | Prior to that assignment the {beautiful young actress had {hopped all the way to Italy to {work with George Raft after haying a sprightly warbling session 'with Bing Crosby at Paramount in “Riding High.” | Coleen’s theory about studio thopping springs not only from {her own experiences in Hollywood {but also from the profound [change that has come over the | professional life of many stars in {the movie colony. |
Wasn't Star at 20th
| The blue-eyed brunette, who (was under contract to 20th Cen-{tury-Fox for five years without getting a good acting break, as
{Claudette Colbert, Cary Grant ‘and Irene Dunne had proven the {wisdom of choosing their stories {and studios she felt it would be {worth while to try her own luck {in the same direction. From the many long-term ofhas had in recent months - she hopes to cull what she considers the ideal arrange-. ment, a picture a year for the same over a five-year period with . freedom to work when and where
comedy line. Hmmm. I wonder.” ” » »
SHE THOUGHT it over again. “No, most of them are glad to she pleases on Totus have me around. Take Doris | 2 ” oh Jutside rr i Day. She gets a boot out of what «14 be really living.” ’ I deo. rE —————— Doris gives me a look that
gays, “This script is a piece of Actor Proposes
limburger, so let's carry on.” Cowboy School
” ” rr TWO DOZEN Seminole Indians reported for work in Gary Coop-| HOLLYWOOD, June 23 (UP)--er's “Distant Drums” on location! A would-be western star wants at 8t. Augustine, Fla. Studio men someone to start a school to teach began smearing them with body actors how to shoot a gun, twirl make-up. a rope and down a whisky straight “What's this for?” asked one without spilling any on the chin. Indian. The idea comes from David “To make you look like In- Brian, who has hag to learn how dians,” said the make-up man. [to be a cowboy the hard way--The Indian thought about this by himself. for a while and then a cunning The right school could make a gleam came into his eyes. He!lot of money turning out actors leaned forward, tapped the make- who, after a short training course, upon man on the shoulder and can approach the finesse of Gary whispered: {Cooper at this western stuff, he “We ARE Indians!” |said.
Farley catches up with Bob in the amusement park, before Walker can plant the lighter. Granger chases Bob onto a merry-go-round, The police, who have been alerted, shoot at the two, but hit the operator instead. The machine whirls at a great speed, while the two struggle, and then collapses. Farley is thrown clear, but Bob is pinned in the wreckage. Granger isi then cleared even though Bob, with a last dying effort, places the killing on Farley, eg bo a
jserts that ‘since such stars as -
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