European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 12, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse Hollywood s leading newspaper movie critic recently picked their candidates for top Cinema honors during 1949. While Domestic kims rate most of the laurels the English the red shoes top left which included a magnificent Ballet and the italian bicycle thief below were Amon foreign films receiving consideration. Kirk Douglas right above was High on the leading actor Lis for his magnificent re creation of ring Lardner Champion a Lusty fast moving account of the beak busting business. James Whitmore right below was a standout Choice among the Best sup nor Tiff actors for his Brilliant bit As the sergeant with the aching feet in Mem s Francis tops varied film fare Ibro Derk a Crawford above a selected " threading actor for 1949 for his performance in my the King s men named As of Best picture of the year. A to tag men bears Tartline resemblance to the career of Louisiana s late governor Huey in my. Francis premiered her a couple of weeks ago Withall the Hollywood trimmings including Donald o c o n n o Rand Patricia Medina of the original cast Misback for a More j lengthy stay. There s a lot of laughs in this fantasy about bewildered second Lieuten ant and a mule who talks him into being hero. The mule is quite an Ani Mal and steals the spotlight from his two footed , you Beautiful doll is a remarkably fictionalized version of the life of Fred Fisher on of tin pan Alley s brighter tune Smiths of three decades ago. S. Z cuddles Yakau i pretty bewildered As Fisher but some of the oldies of another Era there s a broken heart for every Light on Broadway in land must be heaven come Josephine in my flying machine o Connor Beautiful doll has nostalgic melodies and the title song brighten up some pretty Dull proceedings. Randolph Scott that fearless frontiersman alternately tipping it his Sombrero Toi new the ladies and ventilating the villains makes fighting Man of the Plains no better no worse than most westerns Jane nigh and Vic Jory Are in Tfaye cast South sea sinner has Little to recommend except Shelley Winters a Well endowed Blond who Slinks around a tropical Island in varying stages of undress. The Story is pretty hackneyed but perhaps you wont Alfred Hitchcock past gems m criterion we have a right to expect something better than under Capricorn which is coming soon especially with performers like Ingn Bergman and Joseph gotten but somehow they Are lost in a trite Story that should t have taken six reels to solve the problems of the principals. This perhaps will be Bergman s final picture in Hollywood. It s unfortunate it could t have been something just a Little bit better.,.and current Pinky an honest look at the racial problem. Jeanne Grain Ethel Waters and Ethel Barry More All Are very Good. Holiday affair droopy eyed Robert Mitchum in t quite enough to hold up a thin Story All by himself. Janet Leigh is satisfactory. Wendell Corey i \ miscast. Bride for Sale a not Verj Runny Triangle involving Ciau Dette Colbert revert Young George Brent and too Muc slapstick. Free for a a so so corned about a fellow who invents i formula to make gasoline out 1 water. Robert Cummings is w Genius. Fat the stars and
