European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 29, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse Stars and stripes or. Toad or. Badger or. Toad by Dick habe1n St Iff writer or Tho a who like animals in Fields and Alona the Bankson streams or in the deep dark Woods. Toad. Badger. Rat an mole Are about As Nice acquaint ances As you could Ever first appeared in a Book by Kenneth Grahame entitled the wind in the the Book was meant for children but grownups devoured it As avidly Asih air offs Tea. President . Roosevelt recommended it to scores of per-\.sons, and a. A. Milne creator of Winnie the considered a a was British civil. Ervant who re tired to the coun try. It is said that he paid Little attention to people but knew the name of every animal in his neighbourhood. He strolled by the Fields with his Friend the whim Sical and tender mole drank Blackberry Brandy with a in his Home by the River Bank and ate cheese sandwiches wit Badger a Gruff old fellow. Most important he also knew the vain pre. Post Erous and Friendly Toad who lived in grand style Asa country gentleman. These a o o d 1 an d friends passe Many hours to � Gether and a Christmas they listened to the Field mouse Chu Dren sing old English carols and took a cup of cheer with the older mice and other Small and furry in human affairs there Are bad animals too. In the the Willows this group is composed of ferrets stoats an weasels. They misused Toad s Confidence and it is with Toad adventures that Walt Disney and company concern themselves during a portion of the adventures of Toad and Ich Abod persons Are familiar wit h the Washington Irving classic but in this writ or s opinion to Many have missed the Story of Toad. It was Toad who had a pen chant for motor cars. In the movie i version he traded t he deed to his Castle to the Wea Sels for a hot automobile. He made off Down the Road driving madly his Little eyes encased in goggles and his tiny paws dressed in great gauntlets. Of course he went to his captors dressed As a woman Toad made his a to the River fell in and a rescued by rat. In rat s co Home. Toad dried off and began to recount his adventures Al ways with a wide Eye for his own cleverness and exploits. His Joy was Short lived. Rat informed him that during his a b s e n c a several Pla Toons of weasels and at least battalion of Fer rets and stoats had taken Over his estate an were indeed at thai very Momeni engaged. Rat Toad s Vintage wines and insult ing Toad in song and jest. But friends to the Rescue As inhuman affairs and by the Cun Ning of Badger the Stout Ness of the tender mole and the spirit of rat vain Toad was restore to his position of old. He became somewhat Wiser less boastful and did not Long for his goggles gauntlets and motor car. And a Christmas the Field mouse Chil Dren again Sang carols the friends walked together in the Fields and the weasels ferrets and stoats were driven deep into the Woods to lick their wound Sand plan if not to be Good at least less evil. And or Lri i., a by a. 1 morn. Tell it to the judge Rosalind Russell stars in new Columbia comedy or. Habein in the most a i c o u s debauchery Eathy Toad s line Haras drinking Robert Cui Minms and Rosalind Russell Tell it to the judge in this Case Harry Davenport. The Columbia comedy for Mula so successful in the 30s with it happened one night Theodora goes wild the awful Ynith etc., wears a Little thin in 1950, but the presence of Rosalind Russell makes Tell it to the judge this week s dec film feature better than most of the current crop. Miss Russell a deft comedian is right at Home in this mix Ture of sophist Arn Dobslaw Cummings gig Young and the always Welcome Harry Daven port do what they can with Astory that s been told too often. The big produced by Jack Dempsey for United artists is the Well worn yarn about big car racing. If you like Mickey Rooney this is for you. Anti Rooney fans had better find a Good Wilson a statuesque Blond with a Beautiful body an mind not to match brings her radio show my Friend the screen with assistance from John Lund Diana Lynn and Don Defore. Miss Wilson s dumb Blond Type of humor i sometimes funny and she is always Nice to watch. Film also introduces the. New team of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis a couple of very funny lads. Trapped is a Low budget film with a Low budget Story it s All about the inside operations of the Treasury depart ment in its constant Battle against counterfeiters. Lloyd Bridges a youngster who has been kicking around the is for several years plays the Lead. He deserves something better. Aiida or remit Tokyo Joe Standard Humphrey Bogart in a sub Standard Story about crime in postwar Japan. Bogie is still mean but this is a far cry from the Duk Manlee role in petrified Story of Molly a june havoc gets a change outpace in this Story of life in the women s unintentional satire on life in the wild wildest. An unknown character named Dave makes a Nice punching bag for Burly Rod Cameron. Pwt
