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...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...
...year or more since Jerry Wald and Norman Krasna, Hollywood wonder boys, formed their own producing unit at RKO Radio (TIME, Aug. 28, 1950), they have busied themselves with optimistic announcements and tinkering on movies already in production at the studio. Now, at last, they offer two products of their own: a wacky farce and an unabashed tearjerker. This double-barreled attempt to hit the target with old-fashioned bird shot may well succeed at the box office, but it also blows holes into the bright Wald & Krasna promises of original moviemaking...
...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, as a plain, unhyphenated American-a major change of pace for Hollywood...
...length. Pascal finally wangled a grudging O.K. from the trustees of Shaw's estate to raise the alteration rate to 25%, and fattened up the script with lines borrowed from Shaw's own preface. With the biggest barrier hurdled, Androcles was only two weeks behind schedule at RKO last week...
...Earth Stood Still is more than science fiction. See this dramatic, thought-provoking film at the RKO Boston...