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...City (MGM) demonstrates that Clark Gable still cuts a manly figure in his underwear, still generates the tough, swaggering charm that made him a durable favorite of U.S. women moviegoers. To get Gable's clothes off and otherwise display his talents, M-G-M has slapped together a harum-scarum comedy that tries anything for a laugh, and sometimes succeeds. But the effort is more conspicuous than...
Despite the lapse, the picture leaves its fleetly traveled route strewn with ingratiating performances, serviceable tunes and clever lyrics, first-rate dances (especially Vera-Ellen's Miss Turnstiles Ballet) and lighthearted comedy, including a neat spoof of Manhattan nightclubs. It also leaves a happy impression that M-G-M has hit upon a bright new idiom for cine-musicals and a bright new directing team that knows...
...months ago, she had worked herself to a frazzle, complicated by insomnia and jitters for which she had long been trying to doctor herself. After she had a series of temperamental blowups on the set of Annie Get Your Gun, M-G-M suspended her and tackled the expensive job of starting all over again with a new star, Betty Hutton. Judy apologized for her behavior and then entered a Boston hospital for a rest cure. Among other things, she needed to put on some weight...
...week's end, having made her peace with M-G-M and with L.O.P., Judy had managed to work off another four pounds in song & dance rehearsals, was plugging away at the last four pounds and hoping very hard to keep everybody happy...
Playwright Tennessee Williams, who walked out on an M-G-M writing job before his Broadway success, returned to Manhattan from a second stint in Hollywood. "I had a lovely time," said Williams. "It isn't such a bad place, really." His assignment: writing a screen play from his stage hit, The Glass Menagerie. His latest experience: "I worked with [Warner Producer] Jerry Wold. We get along perfectly. We were in complete agreement on every point . . . Well, we did have to compromise on an ending. They wanted what they call an upbeat ending. I didn...