Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 29, 1949, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press tuesday november 29. 1949 Page 5 task Force task Force the movie which opened at the gaiety theatre monday is a painstaking and Laboured account of. The struggle which went on in United states naval circles to establish the aircraft Carrier As a vital weapon of War. Due to an unwieldy and unimaginative script plus the lethargic playing of Gary Cooper it fails to generate much excitement and Only some stunning Battle shots in the last half save it from Complete medi Delmar Daves who produced and directed it had Good theatre night the University of Manitoba alumni association presents a varsity alumni theatre Nite on wed., november 30th, at 8.30 . Uptown theatre admission 5oc per person entertain inf and movies cheer leaders band floor show tickers May be obtained of room 252a, Broadway bldgs., a n d at Box office. Ror further information. Plump intentions but they have been smothered in the generally Pedes Trian level of script and acting. Covering something like 27. Years in Span the film which runs four minutes less than two hours is necessarily episodic in form but the first half in particular de votes itself far too much to fairly unimportant de tails leaving the main facts to fend for themselves. The romantic sequences Between or. Cooper and Jane Wyatt Are subdued but also get in the Way of the. Main line of conflict. Once the hurdle of the first hour is surmounted the Pic Ture fathers momentum with the attack on Pearl Harbor and blossoms into technicolor for the last two reels with Hattle shots which incorporate on the spot sequences. In Mak ing love or fighting for his country or. Cooper is not one to betray a Flicker of emotion. You Are not riven the chalice to feel the suspense of whether hell survive since the first shots show him As he is at the end of the picture. Misuse of the Flashback Aplin Cooper is Jonathan l. Scott a Pioneer Navy flier. In his defence of the aircraft Carrier he gets into Gary Cooper who is the second mrs. Tanqueray find out at the playhouse december 9, 10 tickets at censer to 927 780 hot water and is placed in a Remote spot but emerges to see his ideals crystallize into a Concrete example of the Worth of this form of War fare. His marriage to the Young widow of a Pilot Friend is the framework on which the romantic aspects Are draped. Miss Wyatt is pleasant enough As the wife and Walter Brennan gives a Workmanlike touch to the part of a gri22jed Navy Man. Others in the cast include Wayne Morris Bruce Bennett Jack Holt and Stanley ridges. A maugham Symbol if you be seen quartet at the Odeon theatre you May have noticed the rather queer Symbol which appears on the opening captions. This Symbol also appears on the jacket of All of or. Maugham s books and i be always wondered just what it stood for. A glimpse through the press Book which accompanies quartet gave me the in formation and i m passing it on to you. The rather strange do Sirn happens to be a moorish Rood Juck Symbol and or. Maugham has adopted it As his personal sign. This sign was found in Morocco by or. Maugham s father and is supposed to guard afr inst the evil Eye. In his Book the summing up the author mentioned that father had the put on All the i Hiss in his House. Somerset maugham has n Villa in the South of France and when his guests go to a nearby Casino to Gamble or. Maugham gives them a copy of the Symbol for Good Luck. That same Villa in the South of France figures in the opening shots of the film when or. Maugham introduces the stories. When or. Maugham went to the gains Borough studios in London to make these shots he found himself in a perfect reproduction of his study in the Villa. The same books he had last left on his Spanish table desk were in their place. His old chair was waiting. Even his own notepaper confronted him on the blotting pad with his Persona Matchbox bearing the moorish Good Luck Symbol. The i Cassos on the Wall were As he left them the familiar etruscan vases were placed round the room and the tall wooden framed lectern on. Which he rests Standard works of reference was there. Even the View from the windows was the same. This masterly bit of reproduction was the work Art director Richard Yarrow. For nearly a week he and a photographer worked at maugham s Villa taking More than 300 pictures and making scores of sketches and taking measurements. Craftsmen in the studio work shops then reproduced the study making everything themselves. The a Picasso were photographed and then painted in their original color Ings by studio artists. There was one Happy Surprise for the author though. A burmese Cabinet which he gave to sir Gerald Kelly some years ago was in its old place again. Darn Clever people these studio Folk Mike drama adult. Song is born musical the decision of Christopher Blake drama general. Earrings drama Johnny Apollo drama adult. J o the Horning drama Neath Canadian skies drama general. Belinda drama sack drama adult. Belinda drama variety time musical adult. Mummy s curse drama the weird drama adult. Drama tide drama adult. My sons drama Are you with it drama adult. Jones comedy sport of Kings drama general. Beyond the door drama that Hasen drama adult. Dear to my Cleart. Drama Manhattan Angel drama general. Sisters drama show them no mercy drama adult. Of vengeance drama manhandled drama adult. There s life comedy . Drama general. Karenina drama i e takes a flier drama adult or f k Arnd my Jmc Tuni land. 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