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Kismet (MGM) is the old romance, made famous by the late Otis Skinner, dressed up in some of the finest Technicolor yet filmed...
...spectacle. Instead of South Sea Islanders or Arabians, Miss Montez is surrounded by gypsies and feudal barons. However, she still weaves her torso in the same seductive fashion, eyes muscular Jon Hall with the same old sultry yearning. To show his gratitude, Hall swims moats. Most original use of Technicolor: a close-up in which the entire screen is pink with Miss Montez' heaving breast...
...prize-winning novel for which Mr. Mayer gouged himself is Author Goudge's 13th. It lacks the sterner virtues of good literature, but it is tasty as a marshmallow, and practically written in Technicolor. Its setting swings between Britain's romantic Channel Islands and New Zealand, from 1830 to 1900. Its atmosphere is one of gentle domesticity, flavored with salty thrills of sea journeys and pioneering among the Maoris at the world's bottom...
...only thing dull about Resisting Enemy Interrogation is its title. This latest instructional product of the Army Air Forces' First Motion Picture Unit is as much of a success in its own spy-thriller class as the FMPU's famed Technicolor documentary Memphis Belle (TIME, April...
Supposedly "starring" Maria Montez in a unique but hardly revolutionary role an her own twin sister, Hollywood seems to have burned out another goodly batch technicolor film on the old and oh-so-familiar South Sea Isle set. To be complimentary, honorable mention should be given to the trained monkey and glassy-eyed snake for outstanding performances...