''Stars In My
Crown' Sunday
"Stars in My Crown," new
M-G-M attraction at the Viccar
Theatre, beginning Sunday, is a
tenderly-unfolded, heartwarming
story of a small Southern settle
ment at the close of the Civil War
and of a two-fisted preacher who
leads the way in making his com
munity a better place to live in.
t Joel McCrea enacts Josiah Gray,
ex-cavalryman who comes tu the
little village of Walesburg, in
spires the community to build its
first church, marries the pretty
organist, Harriet, and becomes a
second father to their little ward,
John, The parson’s steadfast cour
age and honesty make themselves
felt on almost every member of
the village and he even wins the
iconoclastic Doc Harris over to
his side when he saves the life
of the latter’s fiancee. Faith, after
•all the jdoctor’s medical know
ledge has failed. Only one man
proves stubborn in his resistance
to Josiah’s precepts of honor and
humility. He is Lon Backett, the
town’s richest man. who tries
to exert his own authority over
that of the law, but who in the
picture's stirring climax, is forced
to bow to the stronger will of
the indomitable preacher.
# Although "Stars in My Crown"
has its share of rugged action, it
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is the atmospheric details of a !
small, growing village, the home- |
spun humoi and the vivid natur- |
alness of characterization which
give the picture its warmth and
color. There is the glowing se
quence, for instance, in which the
experienced Uncle Prill and the
neophyte John go fishing, or the
uproariously funny Medicine
Show scenes, or the episode in
which Doc Harris removes a fish
hook from a young victim, or that
in which Josiah backs the town
bully into a pool of mud. Then
there are the various moments in
which oldfashioned ballads and
folk tunes of the period are sung
in choral groups, an authentic as
well as charmingly melodic touch.
The picture has been beauti
fully cast, with Joel McCrea's por
trait of the parson who can
preach with his fist as well as
with words, one of the most satis
fying characterizations he has
ever attempted. Ellen Drew is ex
cellent as his industrious young
wife with Dean Stockwell win
ning many of the laughs in the
role of little John who would
like to always to be summer so
that there would be no school.
Standing out in a large supporting
cast arc Alan Hale as the parson's
staunch supporter, Lewis Stone as
, the beloved Doc Harris, Sr.,
James Mitchell as the son who
follows in his footsteps, Amanda
Blake as Faith, Juano Hernandez
as the genial Uuele Prill, Charles
Kemper as the Medicine Show
man and Ed Begley as the avari
i cious Lon Backet.
Jacques Tourneur directing,
and William IL Wright on the
production end, have also acquit
ted themselves admirably, with
| the result that "Stars in My
Crown" emerges as one of the
season's fine motion pictures
It will prove an entertainment
treat for film-goers of every age
Audie Murphy
Scores in'Sierra'
"Sierra," the Universal-Inter
j national Technicolor film start!
1 Sunday at the W'atts Theatre, i:
! full of those ingredients tha
bring the whole family into thi
theatre for an exciting show. Ro
mance, action and color with ;
background of wild horses adt
i up to a brilliant outdoor film tha
|earns Audit- Murphy a permanen
i place among the roster of strong
* silent stars.
Running neck and neck w, 1
Audie for acting honors is Wan
da Hendrix who plays a lady law
yer of the early west. Inept as i
novice counsellor-at-law Wand;
makes up for it with determine
tion to help and a love for hu
man that makes for poignan
scenes between these two young
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Guns or gals , . . Rex Allen, rugged new western star, is handy with
both, as he demonstrates to pretty Teala lairing in "The Arizona
Cowboy.” Republic's thrill-filled saga showing Wednesday at the
Watts Theatre.
sters. It is a perfect vehicle for
Audio to display the tenderness
that inevitably shows through a \
rough mountain exterior
The story centers around Mur
phy and his father, played with!
admirable strength and restraint
by Dean Jagger, 1949 "Oscar"
winner for his supporting role in
“Twelve O’clock High.” who has
hidden out for 15 years in the
mountains because he has been j
accused of a crime he did not com- !
mit. Audie’s only friend before!
Wanda comes along is Burl Ives,
America's Troubador, who shows
up brilliantly especially in the
scene in which he sings a jailer to j
sleep so that he can help Audie to
escape.
The villian, Richard Ruber, al
most, but not quite gets the 500
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horses that Andie has eorraled to
tame and sell. And, of course,
Murphy and Miss Hendrix, after
many tumultuous arguments, find
themselves in their lore and wan
der off into the hills together.
Between Alfred Green's direc
tion and Russell Mcttv's outstand
ing camera work the mounting
against which the stars play is
made as breathtaking as any film
background of the decade.
Most of the picture was filmed
in the fabulous mountain country
around Kanab, Utah. The stam
pede of wild horses which is the
climax of the picture is full of
that edge-of-the-seat excitement.
The film was produced by Michel
Kraike.
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