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Bright Road (M-G-M), a drama of Southern Negro life, spins a slight, sentimental story about a pretty, fourth-grade schoolteacher (Dorothy Dandridge) and a handsome principal (Harry Bellafonte) who, through kindness and understanding, reform a rebellious, eleven-year-old pupil (Philip Hepburn). The picture tells its story simply and straightforwardly. Unfortunately, for all its charm, it often seems unreal. The writing and direction are stilted, things have a too-well-scrubbed look, and the characters frequently appear stiff and selfconscious. In the main roles. Nightclub Singers Dandridge and Bellafonte, making their movie debuts, are at their best when...
Despite its gallop, the case is excellent. Audrey Hepburn justifies her notices, playing Gigi with a vibrant warmth. With remarkable beauty and a purr in her voice, she is completely captivating as a spirited hoyden or a demure young lady...
With Miss Hepburn, a Gallic air, and rather determined effervescence, Gigi is an engaging play. But don't glance at your program; one of the scenes might dash by in the meantime...
...African Queen (Horizon; United Artists). Director John Huston's Techni-colored version of C. S. Forester's novel about a prissy spinster and a gin-swilling skipper; with Katharine Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart (TIME...
...play's ideas are familiar and many of its situations are inept, it has its interludes of fun; had Shaw but written it 60 years earlier, it would undoubtedly have been said to show promise. As it stands, it is simply a vehicle-a monster bulldozer-for Actress Hepburn, who bangs about in it with gusto. She has come far from the days when Dorothy Parker described her as running the gamut from A to B. In The Millionairess she runs it from ff to fff. The effect is often enjoyable and ultimately monotonous...