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.
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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
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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.
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Now Playing!
"Now Voyager"
with
BETTE DAVIS
PAUL HENRIED
also
"Busses Roar"
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Disney's Best!
Walt Disney’s New
Full Length Feature
"BAMBI"