Maclean’s Movies

CLYDE GILMOUR

BEST BET

WINDOM’S WAY: A compassionate but stubborn English physician (Peter Finch) awkwardly attempts a reconciliation with his wife (Mary Ure) on an island in the Far East but soon finds himself with few friends and several sets of enemies. An interesting British drama.

BITTER VICTORY: A cowardly

major (Curt Jurgens) and a mocking, soul-sick captain (Richard Burton) carry on a deadly feud while on a British army mission in German-held Bengasi. The film is compelling in spots but the characters remain shadowy throughout.

COWBOY: A good hard-boiled western with much less than the usual frontier hokum. With Glenn Ford, Jack Lemmon.

THE DEEP SIX: Brought up as a peace-loving Quaker, a quiet ad-agency artist (Alan Ladd) goes to war as an American naval officer. To nobody’s astonishment, he turns out to be a fearless fighting man. Rating: fair.

THE FEMALE ANIMAL: A shallow and formula-ridden drama about life in Hollywood, with Hedy Lamarr as an “ageless” glamour-girl, Jane Powell as her rebellious daughter, and George Nader as a high-minded muscle-boy who is torn between them.

THE GIFT OF LOVE: This is the sort of soap-operatic tearjerker that sometimes flourishes at the box office. Lauren Bacall dies after five years of her unending honeymoon with a boyish mathematical wizard (Robert Stack) but manages to keep in touch with their precocious adopted daughter (Evelyn Rudie). Rating: fair.

THE GOLDEN AGE OF COMEDY: Although the spoken commentary is far too wordy and emphatic, movie fans who are no longer teen-agers should relish this nostalgic roundup of silent-screen funny bits. Laurel & Hardy, Harry Langdon, Ben Turpin and the Keystone Cops are featured.

NO TIME FOR TEARS: A pleasant but too-sugary British comedy-drama about the activities in a children’s hospital. Anna Neagle is the queenly matron-of-nurses.

GILMOUR’S GUIDE TO TIIE CURRENT CROP

All Mine to Give: Drama. Fair.

April Love: Comedy-drama. Good.

Bolshoi Ballet: Russian dancers in

London. Excellent.

Bonjour Tristesse: Idle-rich drama. Fair.

The Bridge on the River Kwai: Action drama. Tops.

The Brothers Karamazov: Drama. Good.

Campbell’s Kingdom: Adventure. Good.

Chase a Crooked Shadow: British suspense thriller. Good.

Davy: Drama with music. Fair.

Decision Against Time: Drama. Good. Desire Under the Elms: Sexy farm melodrama. Good.

Don’t Go Near the Water: Navy-base

comedy. Good.

The Enemy Below: War at sea. Good.

Escapade in Japan: Adventure and

comedy. Good.

A Farewell to Arms: War and love. Fair. Fort Dobbs: Western. Fair.

The Hard Man: Western. Good.

A Hatful of Rain: Drama. Good.

High Flight: Air-force drama. Fair.

The Last Bridge: War drama. Good. Man in the Shadow: Western. Good. Merry Andrew: Comedy. Good.

Miracle in Soho: Comedy. Fair.

The Naked Truth: Comedy. Good.

The One That Got Away: Escape drama. Good.

Operation Mad Ball: Comedy. Good.

The Pajama Game: Musical. Excellent.

Paths of Glory: Drama. Excellent.

Peyton Place: Drama. Good.

The Ouiet American: Drama. Good.

Raintree County: “Epic” drama. Fair.

Robbery Under Arms: Adventure in

Australia. Good.

Sayonara: Japan drama. Good.

The 7 Hills of Rome: Mario Lanza musical comedy. Fair.

The Shiralee: Adventure and drama in Australia. Excellent.

Stopover Tokyo: Spy drama. Poor. Summer Love: Teen-age musical

drama. Fair.

The Tarnished Angels: Drama. Poor.

Teacher’s Pet: Comedy. Good.

Time Lock: Suspense drama. Good.

The Tin Star: Western. Good.

3:10 to Yuma: Western. Good.

Torero.': Bullfight drama. Excellent.

Walk Into Hell: Adventure. Fair.

Witness for the Prosecution: Courtroom comedy-drama. Good.