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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 6, 1943)
MOTION PICTURE GUIDE By Bill Lindley, Motion Picture Editor, The Emerald ’Morocco’ Laugh Hit Due for McDonald Third in the hilarious “Road” series, “Road to Morocco,” opens Thursday at the McDonald theatre. Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, and Dorothy Lamour are pictured in a scene from the film. ’ Walt Disney’s 'Bambi’ Due for Long Holdover In his constantly improving inimitable style, Walt Disney has made his latest full length production, “Bambi,” a picture to be cherished by the theatre going public of America until the war is won and he can again return to making films for amusement purposes. All the knowledge of color and animation which Disney has at his command was used in the production of the film, which was four years -in the making. Fur ther perfection of the multiplane technicolor process is evident in this, his sixth full-length film. “Bambi,” adapted from the story by Felix Salten, is the story of a deer, tracing his life from ^oirth until the time he becomes king of the forest. In his amaz ing knowledge of animal actions, Disney has constructed a film which is entirely believable. Even the way in which the animals speak in ordinary English is al most believable. Eambi’s iife is filled with the simple pleasures common to child hood and the fears and dangers which man, the dreaded enemy, brings to the forest. Disney’s workmanship is as un believably fascinating as ever, and as this is to be his last pic ture for the duration, fans should take the opportunity to see him at his best. The picture will play at the Heilig theater Wednesday, and then move to the Mayflower for a tentatively scheduled run ^'f one full wreek, with a special Saturday matinee. United Artists schedules “The Crystal Ball,” with Paulette Goddard and' Ray Milland. Nunally Johnson is adapting “The Moon Is Down” for 20tn Century-Fox. I r 1 Two Hits!! "True Confessions" with A CAROL LOMBARD FRED MacMURRAY and “SUNSET ON THE DESERT” with Roy Rogers Bambi and his forest friends are shown in a scene from Walt Dis ney’s fantasy in technicolor .... “Bambi.” Now Playing Heilig Wednesday only Bambi Thursday through Saturday The Bells of Capistrano The Falcon’s Brother Sunday through Wednesday The Navy Comes Through MAYFLOWER Wednesday only' You Were Never Lovelier Thursday through Wednesday Bambi (including Saturday matinee) McDonald Wednesday only Now, Voyager The Busses Hoar Thursday through Saturday Road to Morocco Street of Chance Sunday through Thursday The Black Swan The Devil With Hitler REX Wednesday only True Confession Sunset on the Desert Thursday through Saturday Orchestra Wives A-Haunting We Will Go Sunday and Monday The Yanks Are Coming Secrets of a Coed Tuesday and Wednesday Buck Benny Rides Again Boogie Man Will Get You BUY UNITED STATES SAVINGS /bonds Hand stamps When “Road to Morocco" opens Thursday at the McDonald thea ter, students will have a chance to see Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Larnour cooperating for the third time in the most hilarious comedy of this series. The laughs begin when Hope and Crosby are seen as castaways on a desert island. They meet a camel named Mabel who takes them to a large city on the is land. At a loss for food, Crosby sells Hope as a slave—to Prin cess Dorothy Lamour. When Crosby finds out what a grand time Hope is having at the pal ace, he tries to take Hope's place, but both are foiled when a shiek carries them away into the desert. Their escape brings the film to a hilarious climax. The trio shares many laughs, and Mabel, the talking camel, gets extra chuckles. Bing Crosby has a chance to sing several songs, including “Moonlight Becomes You,” "Con stantly,” “Ain’t Got a Dime to My Name,” and "The Road to Morocco.” The latter is a duet with Hope while riding on Ma ble’s back. Spencer Tracy will soon go be fore the cameras for “A Guy Named Joe.” Lana Turner has joined the cast of “DuBarry Was a Lady.” c.Hollywood R&pXiSlt&l During- the first term Down Front appeared in the Emerald, a number of persons criticized the column for always concluding that the picture being reviewed was good entertainment. This is true, and there is a reason for it. Since only one column was run each week, it was thought best to evaluate a good picture. Not that there were no poor pictures playing here during the term, but because to write an entire column about a poor picture is a com plete waste of space. But to prove that not every picture met our approval today’s column is devot ed to selecting the ten worst pic tures of the year. These pictures have earned a distinct reputation, a. reputation which is hard for the actors and actresses who made them to live down, and a reputation which lowers the pres tige of the studio at which they were produced. Here they are (not necessarily in order of of fensiveness) : Broadway (George Raft, Janet Blair). Raft, although once a big time dancer, fell through in this film. The story was partly re sponsible, but Raft was given a poor supporting cast which didn't help him out very much, and cer tainly didn't add to the picture’s drawing power. A bad job in more respects than one. Bahama Passage (Madeleine Carroll, Stirling Hayden): Stir ling Hayden quit motion pictures after completing this one, and that was an intelligent move for him to make. Paramount was probably ready to quit him. He has no acting ability, an ambling walk which photographs poorly, and a monotonous tone of voice. The depressing story was no help. Miss Carroll was given little op portunity to display her abilities. A waste of valuable color film. Crossroads (Hedy Lamaar, William Powell): A story based on psychology, and poorly writ ten at that, made Hedy Lamaar and William Powell seem like stars of a Monogram “B" picture. What the picture needed was reality, but it didn’t have that or much of anything else to offer. The Great Man’s Lady (Bar bara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea): Two excellent players were wast ed on a drama which seemed to drag endlessly. Both are excellent in comedy roles, and under the guise of entertainment Para mount wasted valuable talents and valuable raw film. Her Cardboard Lover (Norma Shearer, Robert Taylor): In this picture and another failure, “We Were Dancing,” Norma Shearer has lost most of her rapidly dwindling fans. Clearly Miss Shearer has little to offer as an actress, and Taylor (who goes all right in this type of story) could be used to greater advantage with practically any other MGM actress. Goodbye, Miss S., for ever, we hope. I Married an Angel (Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy): Re cently MGM has been mistreat ing their best stars by giving them stories which cannot pos sibly be successful as completed films, and this is probably the worst of the year. Miss MacDon ald is definitely not suited to this type of music, and Nelson Eddy seems destined to lose all his screen popularity if not given a good picture soon. Lure of the Islands (Margie Hart): This film is a failure be cause some companies seem to have the idea that strip queens have acting ability. Whereas cur iosity will provide a good audi ence for their first pictures, they soon lose popularity, and are cast back to the strip and grind hous Dramatic Bette Davis has the feminine lead in “\*ow, \ oyag cr,” which finishes its run at the McDonald theatre tonight. cs where they should have stayed in the first place. Masie Gets Her Man (Ann Sothern, Red Skelton): It's diffi cult to tell why this one fell through, but there is no question about the fact that it did. Skel ton deserved a better break than this, and should ha.ve had a bet • ter opportunity to display his tal ents. He is strictly a comedian, and any attempt to make an ac tor out of him will be a failure, bliss Sothern has been slipping" slightly, and will need' a good vehicle soon if she expects! to save her career. Springtime in the Roe.ln.CS: (Betty Grable, John Payne): This was probably the worst big bud get musical of the year. Payne seems to be giving his parts noth ing but a passing interest, and Betty Grable wasn't given a chance to do her best in this one. Carmen Miranda and Harry James and his orchestra saved this one from being a complete failure. Well that’s all for the flops of the year; next time we'll pass out the orchids. Autry Film Booked "Bells of Capistrano,” stirring drama depicting- a fight between two great rodeo shows and star ring America’s number one cow boy actor, is due to open at the Heilig theater Thursday tor a three-day run. It's Autry’s j2xk! Republic picture. guilt'll mi Now Playing! "Now Voyager" with BETTE DAVIS PAUL HENRIED also "Busses Roar" 1 1 Disney's Best! Walt Disney’s New Full Length Feature "BAMBI"