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°y EARLY'Th* Crooked Wav'A *4 m*€t urw, torr Ifianto iinctol tor itltft fto-r*r. ftcwfirtir tor toicherd H 1r*m e rad*# p*ey tor tootoert totnPMey*n# At tti« tocr«m+o*t ThMttf.i Je**o Fayo#V*oee to* or Tuft*Nlt;«* CM«fi Pr«wsayoung nobody with a voice ‘Gloria Grthamei, with the makeshift Trilby getting herself shot aa the picture opens. The itory is told ;n flashbacks, and when it is ail over you wiil wonder why they went to all the trouble.Let it be aaid at the outlet that this is a run-of-the-mi 11 gangster picture But »t develops enough suspense as it goes along to satisfy lover* of this sort of emerra fare.It i* not helped by the presence of John Payne and Sonny Tufts, w ho seem to be out of place. Neither gives much credibility to his part. Tufts' idea of poraraying a gangster seem* to be mat of keep ng his fangs half-bared most of the time.The story concerns an ex-mobster «Pane» who get? out of an Army hopjtal after the war with a piece of shrapnel in hi* head The steelsi jg has blocked off his memorypermanently. As he eU.-ted under a phonv name he don't know from nuttin about himself, except that hecame from Los Angeies.Going back to LA to try to findout about himself, he runs into his past very abruptly. It seems that heonce double-crossed tig shot Sonny Tuft* And that he was a double-narrelled heller who delighted in maiming hi* wife. Fllen Drew But he s a good boy now.Tufts is out tp get him, and the fur flies.It »ill hardly live in your memory.Melvyn Douglas, excellent light comedian, is hampered by bad writing throughout. Others in the cast, ditto.The big moment comes when a key to a New Orleans hotel room is found. Both Douglas and Jay C.FIippen police inspector, got theright idea obout that key at thesame time On it hinges the whole plot But how it gave them the rightidea is a mystery to this reviewer.Maureen O'Hara i? supposed to be very noble cha* acter. But. then it doesn’t come off.Much ado about no’hing.Take Your ChoicePARAMOUNT Thro th Thur»fltlt;r Th* Crooks Way ' with John Fa*n« and Rilen Drvw Feature* »tart 12 24. 2 19 4 14 * 00. 8 04 9 59STATE —Through Thursdaycref with M:Douala* Feature* itart4 1lt; 6 11. 8 06. 10 00Woi.-ar. * fteaurcen OHtra an Vl'p^rr.IQUEEN Laat day The M'Jllneerf with Jon Hail Peature* (tart 1 00 3 16 S 32. 2 4* 10 04 a:»lt;- Henry The Raln-with Raymond Walburn Feature* itart 2 12 4 2R 6 44. 9 00CAPITOL—Throuah Thurwlay *Tn« Stratton Story with Jerneo Ptemart Feature* *Urt 2 00 4 00. € 00 8 00 ?0 00'A Woman's Secret'\ AHfifTY — Through Thur^av M? Crrtii J* Yours wltto Jerk Car«on Featuresfter* 2:2. 4 04 5 $A. 7 48. 9 40An A to O SfCturt, produced ter H#r#r»*oi totr.k.sw.fi diffftkd ter N.cteo‘e» toey. W'HnpUy by H#rmin J No**sUr ng «t tH# totata Tteeeter.Maurttn O Mara Meivrn Ooutfia* G*or*a CrahamtTEXAS Throukh TtiurMfay John Lo*** Mery w.th Fiona td Raagan Feature* start 6 IV ft 09 10 03Nlarah tuft# SusanAUSTIN-Lest da*with Jack Car eonft 22, 10 32M* Drram 1« Your* Feel *ret it art 6 10Notferingan lurid an it* title, this of-purpor's to be a whodunit.In their attempts to mystify theaudience, th* makers of th*' picti re have just about concealed everything but the celluloid One more Attempt, and they’d have hidden the film from themselvesThey tell you so little that you arc left groping from time to time as the picture unreeLThe plot is a rather complicated on*, having to do with a singer Maureen O’Hara! who lost her voice and tried to h* Svengali toIRITZ—Today only Dirk Tracy * D; sir mi a 1*0 *Tha Kid Rid#* Again * with Bui-Crateb#tarCACTUS Roy FII.e*t day ar*##Arkeo s Judea'* withYANK I an dav Roadhou*#’ with ard Widrrark alee Sheriff of Vellay with Billy th# KinRich-Set#NORTH AUSTIN DRIVE IN- Lest day Young and Willing ' with WUUem HoldanSOUTH AUSTIN DRIVE IN Happen* Every Sprint *landLait day It 1th Rev Mil-MONT O POL IS DRIVE IN Lee! da* Gonewith th* Wind with Clerk Oateia.CHIEF DRIVE IN Ijiit day * Fort Aoech#”with John Weyn#.
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Austin American
Austin, Texas, US
Wed, Aug 31, 1949
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