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...turns out to be brave." ¶ River of No Return (20th Century-Fox) is a CinemaScopepic starring Marilyn Monroe, who 1) wears "Tailored Levis," 2) fights off Indians on a raft with an oar, 3) sings two songs, 4) battles a wildcat barehanded and wins. ¶ King of the Khyber Rifles (20th Century-Fox), also in CinemaScope, stars Tyrone Power in India, has been called an "eastern western." ¶ Garden of Evil (20th Century-Fox), with Gary Cooper in CinemaScope, is "a western in Mexico." ¶ Red Garters (Paramount) is a tongue-in-cheek musical western using abstract settings...
...Zanuck has placed $35 million worth of eggs in his CinemaScope basket by scheduling a total of 14 pictures for wide-screen production. Already made: a sequel to The Robe called Demetrius and the Gladiators, and such swashbucklers as Prince Valiant, Hell and High Water and King of the Khyber Rifles...
...stairway. She went right on being Mrs. Roosevelt. She "performed namas-kar" repeatedly, once giving some wealthy hosts the jim jams by using it to salute the footmen at dinner. She crept into native mud huts, worked an ancient spinning wheel in New Delhi, accepted a handmade revolver from Khyber Pass tribesmen, showed some Pakistani teen-agers how to dance the "Roger de Coverley." In the seven years since she has become the world's most famous widow, Mrs. Roosevelt has hardly been still a moment : kind, literal, awesomely helpful and endlessly patient, she has trotted up & down...
...Lukas) and Horse Trader Flynn, who doubles as a spy. Recognized by the British, who pack him off to a pukka school, Kim plays hooky, picks up some tutoring in espionage and pits his wits against the Russians who are stirring up trouble on the other side of the Khyber Pass...
...British withdrawal from India will leave Afghanistan with only one powerful neighbor. The extra enthusiasm of Jash'n Istiklal last week might have been connected with the Government's doubt as to how long they would keep their 27-year-old independence after the British left the Khyber Pass...