Word: cordova
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Medal for Benny (Dorothy Lamour, Arturo de Cordova; TIME...
...Medal for Benny (Dorothy Lamour, Arturo de Cordova; TIME...
...story about one of the minor U.S. minorities-California's Paisanos, the indigent descendants of the original Indians and Spanish settlers. One of them, an amiable no-good (Arturo de Cordova), is trying to make time with a young woman (Dorothy Lamour) who is interested only in her boy friend Benny, at war in the Pacific. Between failures with her, the no-good succeeds in some fine gypping of Benny's naive old father (J. Carrol Naish...
...story is an old one, which wears well because it appeals to man's desire to be free of convention. A London lady, Joan Fontaine, bored by her secluded life, falls in love with a dashing but thoroughly honorable Robin Hood of the sea, Arturo de Cordova. The story is a romantic and glorified one, but it is not false. No old maid's happy ending makes a travesty of the film...
...other hand, although Miss Fontaine is eminently suited for Technicolor, her acting is often painfully overdone. She has a wonderfully expressive face, which she uses to full advantage in moments of excitement, but she lacks restraint in quieter scenes. De Cordova hasn't the spark that makes a buccaneer real...