FEATURE REVIEWS Story Synopsis; Adlines for Newspaper and Programs THE STORY: "When Willie Comes Marching Home" Bill Kluggs Dailey) is popular in Punxatawney. He (Dan leads the band, has a girl named Marge Fettles (Colleen Townsend); a father (William Demarest), who is a veteran of World War I, and a mother (Evelyn Varden). Comes December 7 and Pearl Harbor. Bill, first to enlist, makes the headlines and is given a big farewell. A few weeks later gunnery instructor. He advances slowly to sergeant. Everybody is bored, including Bill. His efforts to get a transfer _ fail regularly. One afternoon he fills in a vacancy as gunner \^^, on a bomber. About 15 hours later the crew bales out in a log and Bill finds himself in France, where the underground gives him pictures of a rocket bomb location and ships him to England. At the end of the fourth day he is back home. CATCHLINES: Home Guarders, Local Heroes, Waves, Wacs, Legionnaires—Everybody Should See It and Come Out Laughing, Funniest Film Since "Sitting Pretty"—Laughs Come So Fast They Hurt. Hero Today—Bore Tomorrow—Hero Again—A Laughquake.
PLUS SERVICE Listed herewitu, alphabetically hy companies, are all oi the feature pictures reviewed in BOXOFFICE during the last twelve months. This is designed as a further convenience for Picture Guide Users, the page numbers being the key to reviews kept therein. Between quarters. Review Digest pages serve as accumulative P. G. index. QUARTERLY INDEX TO PICTURE GUIDE REVIEWS First, Second, Third iq^q January and Fourth Quarters •l*'^" Through December QUARTERLY INDEX TO PICTURE GUIDE REVIEWS First, Second, Third iq^q January and Fourth Quarters A*'^*' Through Decembt Universal-In ternational Abandoned - 1080 Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karlotf 1061 Adam and Evalyn. 1093 All Over the Town... _ 1044 Arctic Manhunt _ _1071 Bagdad _ 1095 Blind Goddess, The 1052 Blue Lagoon, The _ 1060 Calamity Jane and Sam Bass.... 1044 Christopher Columbus 1079 City Across the River _ 1015 Criss Cross .. 1005 Daybreak 1057 Fighting O'Flynn, The . 1004 Francis 1097 Free for All. . 1090 Gal Who Took the West, The 1074 Girl in the Pamtmg, The 1060 Her Man Gilbey 1045 Always Leave Them Laughing.. 1094 Beyond the Forest 1082 Colorado Territory 1038 Flamingo Road 1025 Flaxy Martin 1006 Fountainhead, The 1048 Girl From Jones Beach, The 1047 Hasty Heart, The 1096 Homicide 1018 House Across the Street, The 1063 Inspector General, The 1092 It's a Greot Feeling 1058 John Loves Mary 1008 Ballad of Dolores (Lux Films)....1095 Bandit, The (Times Films) 1066 Battle of the Rails (Mayer-Burstyn) 1100 Cavalcade of the Hours (Nayfack) 1086 Children, The (Scandia Films) .1103 Chips Are Down, The (Lopert) 10S4 Devil in the Flesh (A.F.E.) lOSO Dolwyn (London Films) 1070 Facts of Love, The (Oxford Fihns) ...1098 Fallen Idol, The (Selznick) 1080 Fame Is the Spur (Oxford) 1104 Fantastic Night, The (Noyfack). 1085 Flight Into France (Lux Films) .1060 Four Steps in the Clouds (Distinguished) 1022 Germany Year Zero (Superiilm) 1086 GuagUo (Lux Films) 1061 Guinea Pig, The (Variety Films) 1030 His Young Wile (Armanac) 1023 Interlude (Globe Films) 1006 1 Am With You (Rudolph Carlson) 1024 It Happened in Eiaxop« (Lopert Films) 1086 Iron Crown, The (Superiilm) 1065 Last Stop, The (Times Film Corp.) _..- 1053 Warner Bros. P. O. Page Illegal Entry 1046 lohnny Stool Pigeon. 1055 Lady Gambles, The 1036 Uie of Riley, The _I009 Ma and Pa Kettle 1024-A Once More, My Dolling 1057 One Night With You... _...1024 One Woman's Story. _ 1042 Red Canyon 1009 Rugged O'Riordons, The 1100 Snowbound 1024 Story of Molly X, The 1092 Sword in the Desert ...1068 Take One False Step 1041 Tight Little Island 1093 Undertow 1097 Woman Hater 10G7 Woman in Hiding 1100 Yes, Sir, That's My Baby 1064 Kiss Miscellaneous P. G. Page the Dark, A 1016 Lady Takes o Sailor, The 1096 Look lor the Silver Lining 1049 My Dream Is Yours 1020 Night Unto Night... 1028 One Last Fling 1051 , South of St. Louis 1011 Story oi Seabiscuit, The 1083 Task Force 1068 Under Capricorn - _'. 1071 White Heat ..._ 1065 Younger Brothers, The 1033 P. G. Page Lost Youth (Lux Films) 1099 Love Liie of Napoleon (Reviewed OS Mile. Desiree) (Lopert) 1004 Malia (Lux Films).... 1104 Man to Men (Siritzky) _I024 Merchant of Slaves, The (Lux) .1093 Monsieur Vincent (Lopert) 1004 Monte Cossino (Superiilm) 1003 Movie Craiy (MPSC) .1045 Outcry (Crest Films) 1023 Peddlin' in Society (Lux Films) 1086 Prince of Peace (Reviewed as The Lavrton Story) (Hallmark) 1026 Prejudice (MPSC) ...1018 Professor, My Son (Lux Films) .1054 Quiet One, The (Mayer- Buxstyn) 1030 Return oi the Eagle, The (Lux Films) _ 1096 Saints and Sinners (London Films) _ 1076 Secrets of a Ballerina (Distinguished) 1002 Stollion Canyon (Astor) 1044 Street Corner (Viro, Inc.) 999 Train Goes East, The (Artkino) 1075 What's on Your Mind? (Oxiord) 1002 WUd Weed (Eureka) _ 1069 Woman Troubles (Lux Films). ...1045 Air Hostess ~ 1055 Alioirs of a Rogue, The 1012 All the King's Men _ 1087 And Baby Makes Three 1090 Anna Lucasta 1054 Bandits of £1 Dorado 1082 Barbary Pirate 1072 Big Sombrero, The , 1027 Blazing Trail, The 1061 Blondie Hits the Jackpot 1080 Blondie's Big Deal 1021 Boston Bladde's Chinese Venture 1021 Chinatown at Midnight . 1099 Cowboy and the Indians, The ...1099 Crime Doctor's Diccry. The... 1043 Dark Past, The 1000 Desert Vigilante 1029 Devil's Henchmen, The 1069 Doolins of Oklahoma, The 1043 Holiday in Havana. 1074 Home in Son Antone ....1034 Horsemen of the Sierras 1069 Johnny Allegro 1047 (liiippi Jolson Sings Again 1064 '"" Koson 1049 Knock on Any Door.... ....1013 Ladies oi the Chorus 1005 Laramie - 1041 Against the Wind. 1042 Alimony 1049 Big Cat, The 1033 Black Book, The (Betviewed as Reign of Terror) 1038 Black Shadows 1077 Broken Journey 1044 Canterbury Tale, A. 1010 Dedee (French) 1052 Don't Take It to Heorl 1007 Down Memory Lone 1073 Easy Money 1017 Fighting Redhead. The 1077 Give Us This Doy 1100 It Always Rains on Simdoy 1017 Miranda - 1003 My Brother's Keeper .1016 Once Upon o Dream. ...1051 Parole, Inc. 1003 Amazon Quest Daughter of the West Frustration (Swedish) Judge, The _. Lost Boundaries Columbia Eagle Lion Film Classics 1P40 1032 1023-A 1075 1037 1050 P. G. Page Law of the Borbory Coast 1054 Loaded Pistols 1001 Lone Wolf and the Lady, The .1058 Lost Tribe, The - 1036 Lust ior Gold , 1039 Mr. Soft Touch...- 1069 Miss Grant Takes Richmond. 1076 Make Believe Ballroom ....1037 Mary Ryan. . Detective.... 1099 Mutineers, The - 1029 Prison Warden 1097 Reckless Moment, The 1084 Riders in the Sky 1096 Riders of the Whistling Pines...l041 Rim of the Canyon ....105S Rusty Saves a Life 1029 Rusty's Birthday 1094 Secret of St. Ives, The 1049 Shockprooi ....1003 Slightly French 1010 Smoky Moxmtain Melody.— 1008 Song of India.... ....1014 South of Death Valley 1G61 Tell It to the Judge 1032 Tokyo Joe 1087 Traveling Saleswoman, The 1104 Undercover Man, The 1021 Walking Hills, The .- 1039 We Were Strangers 1033 P. G. Page Passport to Pimllco 1077 Place of One's Own, A. 1013 Port of New York... 1095 Portrait of Jennie (SRO) 999 Quartet 1023-A Red Stallion in the Rockies 1019 Ride, Ryder. Ride 1017 Roll Thunder RoUl 1053 Saraband _ 1029 Scott of the Antarctic 1028 Shamrock Hill _- 1035 Sleeping Car to Trieste 1023-A Spring in Park Lone 1076 Trapped _ 1076 Tulsa 1022 Waterloo Rood _ 1011 Weaker Sox, The _ 1053 Woman in the Hall, The 1C23 Zamba 1081 P. G. Page Lovable Cheat, The. 1025 Not Wanted _ 1048 Pirates of Capri, The 1098 Project X __ 1091 State Department—File 649 1015 fi #1 fl
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