Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 26, 1948, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free August a 194s Page River lady v most startling development 01 the amusement beat today is tha celebrity concert series Ltd direction a. 1c. Gee presents of Richard i doers a Oscai Hamm a Stein id b Rouen Mamou Mam m Anis d. Mini auditorium to night 8.20 Sharp and All this week matinee saturday at . Good seats still available prices eggs. Incl. Prov l tax 51.90, s2.50, 53.15, s3.75, s4.40 Mats ?1.25 to 53.75 seats now at celebrity Box office 383 Portage ave. Until 5.30 . At auditorium 37-155 7p.m. Yvonne de Cailo can act. I d have been willing to bet my Best silk bib and Tucker that miss de Carlo s charms were All on the optical style and that the nearest thing she could come to a characterization was to sideswipe it with her hip. However in paver lady which opened at the Gar Rick theatre the lady comes across with a credible and Well thought out performance of a hard boiled and scheming mis Tress of a Mississippi showboat. As a matter of tact everything about River lady is a step ahead of the usual de Carlo opus. It has a compact Vav e 11 worked out Story the characterizations Are Well drawn the direction is Swift and. It should Appeal to ail those fans who like a Yvonne de Carlo bustling melodrama. A Skeleton outline of the plot Bon Carlos Casino dinner 6-9 Dine dance 3-1. Al Patio open air Llna Highway reservations phone 44 597 famous Pla yers Toffa tres addle Bracken Wells ladies Man plus adult in color i Kay Mililani Teresa win gift trouble with women Randolph Scott adult Albuquerque color Elizabeth Taylor George my itchy Cynthia Jon Hall i last of the redmen in Gine color bargain matinee till 1 . 30c card me who gels pal Pitot no Paul Che. Who d rather Roll Dice than Romance rather Cut cards than says retd a color c Foon Buccaneer Bunny to i Kal our Friendship with the . Neighbor to the North trolley bus service Avail Able direct to the Uptown from Portage and notre Dame general and final week would not reveal anything out of the Ordinary in the Way of development. The period is 1870 and an unscrupulous band of lumber operators Are push ing the Little fellow out by Means of gangster methods. Miss de Carlo is sequin the conniving owner of a show boat which takes the gang Ster s Money. She likes every thing about lumber Jack Rod Cameron but his Lack of ambition. In order to help Cameron she him into a cushy Job Only to find that rebels. He bounces onto the Side of the Small lumber operators and there is a fight on his hands. The Good woman Angle of the plot provided by Helena Carter. This Story however has been reasonably and care fully worked out and All the actors Are so natural that you get a feeling of participation in the proceedings. Color helps the spectacle along but does not halt it. George Sherman the director has done a work manlike Job of welding his material together. Don t run away with the idea that the movie is an epic but it does make Good solid entertainment. With an Alert touch miss de Carlo plays the Brash sequin with an Alert touch Deal ing her moves with a shrewd hand it in t a. Difficult sort of a role to do but it is done very competently and hitherto All that she seems capable of seems to be to repeat her lines in front of the camera. Cameron the hero of the piece is in his usual nonchalant form and Dan Duryea does a conventional villain with a hint to humor. Miss Carter is a Graceful and shrewd ingenue and makes the most of an appealing role. Sup porting parts Are Well handled by Lloyd Bugh As Cameron s buddy Florence Bates As a Slatterly Saloon proprietress and others. Alias a gentleman alias a gentleman one of the lyceum theatre features for this week is a conventional hastily assembled vehicle for the talents of Wallace Beery and the whole thing has been handled without much imagination. Indeed you could punch holes in the plot from the distance of at least 100vfeet, or. Beery s bag of tricks has been opened for the customers for a Good Many years now and to make them palatable they need a fresh Container. Alias a gentleman is not the movie to provide it and the chances Are it will Appeal to no one but the most confirmed Beery Ite. Beery starts out the film As trusty in a state Penitentiary. On the eve of f being released finds that his worthless farm is Worth to an Oil firm. He Sells it and pm 3arks on a life of luxury m e a n while searching or h i a lost Wallace Beery daughter. Crooks try to gum up he works by hiring struggling Oung actress Dorothy Patrick ,6 pose As the a fighter and get information. One of the weakest inks in the plot is that this in formation could have been gained Vit put a bit of trouble. Beery is his usual Good natured and mugging self. Our own Dorothy Patrick is very pretty As the daughter but her performance is of the conventional order. The screen projects her Good looks in glowing fashion but she needs time to smooth off the Corners of her acting. She does t suggest the kind of girl she is supposed to be and Tom Drake does t suggest the kind of Young Chap he s supposed to be seems much too Nice and juvenile to be a Crook and he seems to Reform at the drop of a hat. The supporting cast of the Pic ure includes Gladys George an Eon Ames. There s a touch o coincidence to the presence o Ames and miss Patrick. Five year ago Dorothy applied for a Par n his play Little Darling. So did t get it but Ames thought so had Promise and recommended her to my a. Now he plays the part of a Man who hires acres Atrick for a Job of impersonation Mae defends herself los Angeles aug. 26 actress Mae West came to Cour tuesday to defend herself in suit brought by writer main o Brien of new York an Michael Kane of Hollywood the allege she used material from the Ketch based on the life of Cath Erine the great and did not compensate them. . Head to retire Ottawa aug. 26 h. Hall chief superintendent of the order of nurses for can a will retire sept. 30, it. Announced tuesday. Miss Hall Active of Guelph ont., succeed Elizabeth Smellie As chief superintendent in May 1947. I Willard Parker Marguerite Chapman Chester Morris Fanis Carter one Way to love Edgar Bergen Dinah Shore fun and fancy free general i p a r k air conditioned John Hobson great expectations Laurel hat adv general sons of the desert an outstanding British film open alter deluxe air conditioned or manic Chekhov Abie s Irish Rose Frances Martin adventures of Bon Coyote in grand color general open after what s on today Bride goes wild drama feature starts 11.35. 1.20, 3.30, 5.35, 7.45. 9.50. Last Complete show begins 9.20. General. Drama feature starts 11.30, 1.33. 3.3s, 5.33, 7.42, 9.48. Last Complete show 9.20. Adult. Grass or Wyoming Melo drama feature starts 11.00, , 3.21, 5.29, 7.42, 9.55. Last Complete show. 9.10. Selected shorts general. Lady drama feature starts 1.20, 3.30. 5.35, 7.45, 9.55. Last Complete show 9.10 adult a gentleman comedy feature starts 2.15, 4.50. 7.25, 10.00. Lone Star Moonlight musical Western feature starts 1.00, 3.35. 6.10. S.4o. Last Complete show s.45. General. My sons drama feature starts 12.00, 2.00, 4.00, 6.00, 8.00. 10.05. Last Complete show 9.35, adult. Or notre Dame drama feature starts 11.48, 2.13, 4.3s, 7.03, 9.2s. Selected shorts adult. Last com plete show 9.00. Preview s. 15. Adult drama Sudan drama adult. Darling Clementine drama the bowery drama adult. Green was my Valley drama selected shorts Ruth comedy three strangers drama adult. Drama last of drama general Irish Rose comedy adventure of Don Coyote drama general. Enchanted cottage drama fantasia comedy general. Orleans drama dark Delu Sion drama adult. Paulne drama bom to Speed drama general. Way to love drama fun and fancy free drama general. Reservations drama Wyoming drama adult. Man drama shaggy. Drama adult. Drama birth of a Star drama adult. Vigilantes return Western tars and spars drama general. Expectations drama sons desert drama Dallas drama big town. Drama adult. Drama the knockout. Charles Hunchback of notre a Dame spoors drama general. Trouato the Sailor drama Lovei with women drama adult. And drama adult. Tower Les drama fun on drama lady Luck drama. Adult. Or thieves drama the verdict drama adult. In the Lake drama sine while you dance dram adult. A weekend drama adult. Each his own drams our hearts were growing up drama. Adult. In the wind drama swell Guy. Drama a adult. Furby College open g . Air conditioned Betty Button John Lund perils of Pauline color Johnny Axil in born to Speed general Aih conditioned Tyr cd gift kure i Jonn i1olden dear Ruth Cerald lne flt Cherall Sidney three strangers Padwl Roxy Dorothy Arturo Patrick Cordova Herman and his orchestra Bouls Armstrong und orchestra new Orleans hit no. 2 adult Craig dark delusion Jox Obix Hood in Prince of thieves in sparkle or color Peter Lokre in verdict a Academy award picture returns Maureen Walter o Jiahua How Green was my Valley 3 special added comedies general Laurel live ghost three stooges Shireiii Xgo Sherlock air conditioned Esther Ricardo i Ivl Linnis Man Talchau color Robert Barbara i Young Hale i Luck adult Rose Maureen i inf Cranks. Or. O Llara sinbad the Sailor j Jack Cali skin love and learn Tower Charles Les it x1tk kurd re Maii ii jiiskrah1.es" a Deli Bracken adult Tun of a wonderland Palace Plaza John Lund adult to each his own Gall Diana Brian Bussell Donty Evit our hearts were crowing up Hajj Lindsay i Cvine i the vigilantes return general Alfred a lilt tars and spars Girt Nile 12 prizes i Deanna Niri Ilton Donnld o Cox nok something in tote w1xo" imy Tufts Swix guv in just i air conditioned Joel Veronica Mccrea Lake f i Danny Kaye adult i of a Ami conditioned John Hartinka Slang Yak heed Hillary la Rake big town Adwill Arlington gift x1te Ingrid Gary i Ber Max Grant i notorious adult i i Maria Jon i Hall i Sudan color i times Mac s gift site Trizis i Tobitt Montgom Kiriy Hildn a Tottka in Tiik Lake Lillen Vor 1 Danric and Llull i Jolt wave a Cloud Attr William adult i Winnipeg theatres Vvonne Decarlo Oan Duryea Tod Cameron Helena Carter i Lusty brawling adventure Biver lady color by technicolor held Over Linn. Dorothy Mcguire Robert Young Herbert Marshall second i Walt Disney s fantasia i technicolor Gene Tom Drake Dorothy Patrick l Columbia s mss Ilus thu it a psf we sneak preview of the warehouse clearance Sale at family fair Ltd hangar no. 8, Stevenson Field tonight from 6-10 . Admission free phone 64 871 Hill ally sons ;