Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 21, 1952, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press thursday August 1352. Feet of lumber go up in flames Vancouver three alarm fire tuesday night destroyed Between and Board feet of lumber As it ripped through a storage shed Here. The Blaze was struck out 2v. Hours after it flared at the Albion lumber and Millwork co. Ltd. Lodge icon. Portage Sharp e. Pm. C-j2jj. Jane Powell Fred Astaire Royal color Marie wife in John Lund my frien d 1rma" general just across the Street reunion in Beno two films can live As cheaply As one on a double Bill by there is no guarantee that if they were added together the Robert Mitchum Jan Erussell William Bendix Wilt air conditioned narcotics added feature College gift Kite Paul double Debra Roxy Janet Leigh Pinza strictly dishonourable rot it teen hou11s" adult Rosi Tower sum total would reach one sub Stantial feature. This week the Garrick is showing two whisky movies one of them concerning a problem child who wants to divorce her parents the other Deal ing with a Young woman who works Lor a plumber under false pretences. Both just across the Street and reunion in Reno could have at the limit been stretched to half an hour apiece. Even with Light hearted Pace agreeable performances and some amusing scenes they Are hard put to run their coarse As full fledged Fea Tures however. Ii. Is even possible that reunion in Reno could have turned into a poignant study of a child whose sense of Security is wrecked when she hears a Chance and foolish remark by her toothed. The scenarist however. Lave chosen to treat is As an exercise in whimsy ind the situation s All but Smoth ered in treacle and resolved in Heatrick and highly unlikely fashion. Gigi per Reau who plays a a he child is doubt Ess a highly a Gigi Ferreau complis hed Little actress but she has not been called upon to de liver much More than studied cute Ness of manner. Gigi arrives in Reno nut Case and Teddy Bear in hand and visits Ait attorney to de Mand that he divorce her from her. Parents. The hard boiled attorney decides that this is no matter for the police and he resolves to Jet at the Bot Tom of the Case. The child s reticence stalls up the prob Lem Long enough for the ice Alite to soften up and also to indulge in p. Romance with a pretty proprietor of a Public stenographic Bureau. There Are sume fairly diverting moments Irr reunion in Reno but the wheels of the plot Are too obviously in motion and so is the fact that in glossing Over an essentially tragic situation with Light fingers they have hidden the compulsive theme. Refreshingly sincere Mark Stevens is engaging enough As the lawyer Peggy Dow is refreshingly unpretty and sincere As the Steno and the rest of the cast includes Ray Collins Leif Erick son Frances Dee and Fay Baker. Miss Baker in the role of a hard boiled Secretary manages to make her Brief assignment a Good Deal More amusing than it deserves. In Case you be wanted to get a glimpse of the divorce capital of Reno the movie was filmed there. Which brings us to just across the Street. There in t a germ of a serious idea in this one and it Lias fittingly been decked out a Giddy farce. However there not been enough funny devices to cover the Bones of the theme Al though there Are some Amus ing enough single scenes. Ann Sheridan plays the role of a hard boiled working girl who is cursed with a bib Ulous father and the need of a Job. She manages to get a Post at the plumbing shop across the Street and the Rathe r dim witted proprietor John Lund gets the idea she is a Rich girl. The deception involves or. Lund driving miss Sheridan m i 1 e s across town after which she wearily makes her Way just Back where she started. This results in some funny complications but repetition dulls the Edge. Begins to hum it is not until the final couple of reels however when things begin to Hunt and there is some farcical double talk that the com Edy really begins to jell. Miss Sheri Dan is Good Nat redly hard boiled in her role and the part of the Bumpious plumber suits or. Lund. More amusing however arc Cecil Kellaway As miss Sheri Dan s father. Robert Keith As a magnate who sus Ann Sheridan pet s his wife of infidelity Nat Alie Shafer As the wife and Alan Mowbray As an understandably perplexed Butler. Afterthoughts Gigi Perreau s work in reunion in Reno was the signal for Universal International to her to a contract in Hopes of having Temple on its hands. Shell be seen at the Garrick theatre again soon along with Piper Laurie i and Charles Coburn in has anybody seen my Gal. Nine year old Gigi and her Bro ther and sister seem to be Well on the Way to cornering a moppet acting Niche in Hollywood. Both she and her brother Peter Miles aged 12, have been before the cameras for seven years. She started her career at the age of Perreau got tier screen Start playing eve Curie As a child playing one of the children of Madame Curie. Paul Henroid and Katharine Hep Gigi s seven year old sister Jan Burn in song of love. For Tare x at i Kirk Ticu Park Albert Prescan Melcone Perriere Les Nouveau maitres Fri. I the Jackpot Buffalo Bill deluxe flail a Orch main shown James Stewart Lulia Adai Bend of the River finders keepers general a Odeon Morton Winnipeg theatres Susan Hayward Ocolor i i d the t highest Mountain Dana Andrews general i tub Foo men Vern Ellen i a Tiv co i.ovel1" i Rod car Tui i stage to both color Markure suit inn no sad songs Fok me adult Wayne Morris Sierra passage wonderland Palace Plaza gift Nite or i color i Kobert Sterling adult bunco St cad Irmis ten award t fortunes of i Captain blood i Jeanne Caln general fair color Arlington times gift Nite gift Nite Cacibi i adult Ann Blyth adult Rosalind Ouk own thu. It to William Elliott the judge he wire color i Loretta Louiie Joseph gotten adult half Angel Man who cheated himself Mac s Alan Lydd branded color Mickey Rooney he s a Cockel in wonder general famous players theatres Park air conditioned Doris Day Gordon Mic Rae Tea for two Carey Alexis Smith Cave of outlaws open at general Complete show in grand color Garry 4 i r conditioned Dean Martin Jerry Lewis at War with the army Maureen o Harn Jeff Chandler the flame of Allaby endur open a i general a perfect family show see ii. Air cont toned adventure Man has known Tyrone Tower Ann Blyth ill never forget you 1 in Majestic technicolor 2nd a mix crammed hit adult Havana Hose starring Kite Llu the Toast air Conoit joined general Ann Sherman John Lund added feature Dean Stockwell Darryl Hickman the Happy years color Tim Hull Jane nth treasure adult first Sbowler Thunder country 2nd terrific general the rough no Dan wild horse ambush 3rd hit canine detective Star Hhd Frank Lovejoy was a communist for the plus adult Rod the sea Hornet George Montgomery in Zane Grey s riders of the purple Sage added feature. Preston Joster my Friend flick color general Airport Tonitte to lome Lucky Patron a Beautiful Queen Chrome breakfast suite designed and manufactured by trys5on Mac. Ltd. Sold exclusively by Harcrave furniture Ltd. 330 Hargrave at Ellice i ave. T drive in theatre big double Bill Donald o Connor Jimmy Durante the Milkman it Rte 10.15 . Also general Lon Mcallister red stallion in color starts 9.00 . San Francisco Story it.00, 1.30, 4.20, 7.10, the Beanstock 32.00, 2.50, 5.40, 8.35 in soft preview omit Fitrer a z30 Friday Robert Tayli m it i v on Sheridan jute Lund a sword doff added feature Darling How could yom Jim Fontaine Fred Astaire Betty Mutton let s dance technicolor Steve Brody Smyrna Dell Rose of the Yukon general Golden horde polor general when you re smiling All color show general Dau Siiter of it Oslo o Grady return of the frontiersman Peon open m.30. Feature 12.05, 2.20, 4.40, 9.20. He had her. Right where she wanted him in her arms 1 Stewart Granger Edwige Neuil Pereyr air conditioned Tomor dui j it uhf tie test or Cerf Cimarron kid m added feature _ we Murphy Yvette Dugay Lidji we. Rogers silvekp1ate last ii mks today treasure of lost Canyon technicolor flight to Mars 2 hits 2 june Bolger look for the Silver lining in technicolor starts 10.15 . Plus general Sabu 9 elephant boy starts 9.00 . John Wayne Sands of iwo Jima it jars 10.15 . Extra adult Penny Singleton Arthur Lake Blondie hits the Jackpot starts 9.00 . Approach this Shew Story conceived by to make you Wandw if h f while your very o Keefe Margo ;