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SUa 7iJlt;nleCBy Dudley Early'That Forsyte Woman'A MGM Pieter* p^pd^f»d fir L«lt;r Gor«»on dirseted fey Compton 8#nn#tt.play fey Jan Lust 9 Ul« Tori s • •« iime^ fit A am* b***lt;rt tt 8oo*« Of * of The Forsyte $ap* fey John Galsworthy,Erroi F»ynn « • a ''** r GftrfenJolyon . . P dgeot D 8 o fee rt YoungJune Janet L# OfeDespite the fact that MGM( nanged the n*nr e of Ga 1$worthv s d ir»- from :f rr.Fmorj serves u* correctly ~ “Man of Property ’ to the more lurid That Forsyte Woman, they approached iT with propi r respect m the producing of it with the result that it is a mov-!* g story, rrpietf with good pe formanres even if it is a bit slow in pace“The Forsyte Saga *' a* manyknow*, is the history of an upper middle-class English famiiv, the member of which are concerned chiefly with money and the possession of it The Man of Property s Snari cs Forsyte played by Errol Flynn A determined man. he pursues impoverished Greer G arson until she marries him. When she frdis in love with poor architect Robert Young, who is beloved of j Janet I^eigh. niece f Flynn and daughter of another F orsyte, Walter Pidgeon, Flynn trs^s to keep her si;]| his property But Fate intervenesGreer Garson gives a sensitive performance ranking with her M s Miniver characterization even Mrs. Chippg. She is lovely to be- i hold in Tf (• hnicoIor Wra 11er Pidgeon and Errol Flynn dx are verv god in their roles But the same may be said for the entirecaat. ■ - - 3S£? J'T: ■r ■ • 'yiifl: JJ; ■ - ■ vj 1ce ifto thieisu s re*— i: -iU T? r \•ngr ssng anaW*r f f he p-c# t p «»11 r 1 v itwas not draggy The story is too performances too good to permit'he pvt me to sag toe fa »t anypointEasih one of the better pictures of recent months'The Gal Who Took The West'A u n v*.-v* I n t*rr At-fene: ft rtuffP'OOuCWl fey a OHo*- dw’wl feyD# Co rdovA »c^r'pi*y feyWlhjsm Osr4»” 8 rolt;1 n•sow pi Ay '-ti At fh* ft* to Theetfyt»Hie o Yyort^f Ot CartaTh* Ci*ner a Chart* Cofeumt.e# Srott B r a a yGrant John ftuttfeMThis * * story nf thf fabulous West Charles Coburn owns practically all of Arizona, and his two grandsons Scott Brady and John Russell, are each determined to own ali tnat the old man owns bkilling the ofher,The erruory i» dn ded awaiting explosion when Coburn d:elt; Rut he refuses to die, hoping for asolution The solution arrives with Yvonne De Carlos coming to singat the invitation of Coburn, who sent to New York for a diva to Christian his new opera house.With an intriguing idea theu ! uer* nave worked *vt reason ably plausible solution to whatseems to be an insoluable problemCharles Coburn dominates the film, with Yyonne De Carlo’s lush beauty running him a close second Scott Brady and John Russell are Bt adequate.The Technicolor is good and the picture will serve to while away an j idle hour or so with no strain on I the intellect or emotions, and with j lt;onsie degree of enjoyment.di t
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Austin American
Austin, Texas, US
Sat, Dec 17, 1949
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