Word: paramount
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...moviegoer, Boston is decked out in a sparkling array of new films. Alec Guinness once again proves he's the master of English humor in "The Lavender Hill Mob" at the Exeter, on the street of that name. James Cagney invites everyone to "Come Fill the Cup" at the Paramount on Washington Street, while Jean Peters cuts up Bluebeard in "Anne of the Indies" at the RKO, entrances on Washington and Park Streets...
Detective Story (Paramount) is the latest in the current harvest of high-quality movies that have been transplanted from the stage or the library (see CURRENT & CHOICE). Though the film rarely ventures out of the single indoor set that housed Sidney Kingsley's 1949 Broadway hit, Detective Story makes an even better movie than a play...
Twice nominated for an Academy Award (for an Italian soldier in 1943's Sahara and the Mexican father in 1945's A Medal for Benny), Naish has been under contract to a studio only once, to Paramount in 1938. Since then he has freelanced, turning down half a dozen contract offers and as many chances to get star billing. "I like to go after roles," he says, "and when you're under contract, you've got to do what they want you to do." His next part: in RKO's forthcoming Clash by Night...
...nine-month net from $7,000,000 to a whopping $12.8 million. Utilities, which have succeeded in getting numerous rate increases, were also gaining: A.T. & T.'s third-quarter net rose from $73.8 million to $79.7 million. And there were comebacks among ailing industries, notably theaters; United Paramount's third-quarter net rose from...
...Desert Fox brings in James Mason with a glorification of German General Erwin Rommel. At the Paramount and Fenway...