THE JEWISH NEWS-71
Hollywood's New Films Prove
'Movies Are Better Than Ever'
Friday, September 19', 1952
By LEON GUTTERMAN
Copyright, 1952, Jewish. Telegraphic Agency, Inc.
HOLLYWOOD — Despite the more people went to see more
di re propheci
h es of what televi- 1 big
"big"
pictures than ever before.
si on would do to motion pictures. 1 Movie-goers-continued to express
their confidence in good movies
by investing .more dollars in ad-
missions than ever before.
The most important smash hit
of the year was "David and
Bathsheba" (Fox).
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On the New Year
New Year Greetings to
Our Friends and Patrons
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"A Place in the Sun" (Para-
mount), the distinguished pro-
duction of Theodore Dreiser's
"American Tragedy," emerged
as a perceptive• and powerful
drama worthy of its place
among the great works of the
screen and won for the bril-
liant young composer - con-
ductor Franz Waxman the
coveted Academy Award
"Oscar' for the finest screen
music of the year.
Sincerest Holiday Good Wishes
Director Mark ("Champion")
Robson and a fine cast deserved
and won much credit for "Bright
Victory" .I.Iniversal), an excel-
lent movie drama.
Producer Hal Wallis' able ta-
lent rode herd on the raucous
actions of Dean Martin and
Jerry Lewis to produce an ef-
fective farce-comedy in "That's
My Boy" (Paramount).
Producer Julian Blaustein and
Director Robert Wise c a in e
through with "The Day the
Earth Stood Still" (Fox), a sci-
ence-fiction story that was given
grade "A" treatment and re-
sulted in an exciting motion pic-
ture with a few things to say
about modern civilization.
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"People Will Talk" (Fox), a
provocative and entertaining
colnedy-drama based on the
German play "Dr. Praetorius,"
bore the distinctive stamp of
two-time AcadeMy Award win-
ning director-writer. Joseph L.
Mankiewicz.
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Palestine and the people who
live there, but was distinguished
chiefly by the excellent. acting
of the war-weary children from
all parts of Europe and Asia.
The title of "Retreat, Hell!"
(Warners), a Korean war drama
in documentary style produced
by Milton Sperling and directed
by Joseph H. Lewis, was taken
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In "Westward the Women"
(MGM) producer Dore Schary
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'Detective Story" (Paramount)
but an electric, absorbing drama
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o f greatness and of human falli-
b ility. The acting of Kirk Doug-
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from the screen in a musical
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color and sound. Here musical
comedy, as written by Alan J.
Lerner, attained the level of
fine art (and won the Aca-
demy Award for the best pic-
ture of the year.)
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