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Cine Mundial. Diciembre 1946 C -n C ite n u m e r o : COMOAyuntamiento HACEN de Madrid EL AMOR P o r Aurelio Pego todo o aue ella Q 6 S 6 a.. PERFUME WHIIE FLAME. l''va¡;iiiicia sublime y hechizadora, que eiicienje los corazones. JUEGO HEAVEN-SENT. Siiiforíu en azul coinpiicsla de trio de perfumes. Tres per fume» : ire? perfume heaven-SENT. Infpiracinn celestial A;;ua de Tocador, 'iüluu, Jabón y Accile para el Baño, sueños en uiw eainpanila transparerile. para glorificar a su ángel más querido. estuche de belleza. Tratamiento completo. Un estuche juego heaven-sent. D úo perfecto pai-a el trio de aguas de tocador. Heaven-Scnt. para cutis seco. Otro para eutis grasoso o normal. baño: Agua-de Tocador y Polvos Talcos. Apple Blossom y Town. Botella.^ de 2 n?,?.' AGUA OE TOCADOR TOWN. A rtística! j u e g o APPLE BtossoM. Combinación perfecta de Agua dei AGUA DE TOCADOR COUNTRY. A d O Va I) le ! Tocador, Talco, Perfume, Aceite para el Baño y Jabón. lelena rubinstein Ayuntamiento de Madrid PELICULAS METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER * SIEMPRE LOS MEJORES TEATROS C ineE-MUNDUL. Bnterfd ag aecotid-eUM miticr. Ootober 7, 1920, >t the Po$t Offise, New YorK, u o d e r tK* Act o( M»rch 3rd, 1879. Isme dated Deeembor, 19*6, Vol . XXXI, No. 12. PublUhed moothly by Qulmer. Publifbiol Co., S16 Fifth Av«„ New YorK 18. Sub»cription p n c e : J2.00 lor one year. Pr.ated m U. S. A. Copyright 1946 by Cbslmers Publishin} Co. Ayuntamiento de Madrid tierra unas cuantas almas, al encauzarlas por el camino del bien, llega a un acuerdo con el gángster según el cual éste debe encargarse de realizar los designos de Satanás, al mismo tiempo que destruye a su enemigo- Para ello ascienden el gángster y Lucifer a la Tierra, y el Rey de las tinieblas mete con malas artes el espíritu del gángster en el cuerpo del juez bondadoso, con los resultados funestos que pue­ den suponerse. Menos mal que el juez tiene una novia, Anne Baxter, que es el ángel reden­ tor que Muni lleva simbólicamente sobre sus hombros y que es quien a fin de cuentas salva "CALCUTA" . ÍPoromounfJ Havilland, que realiza una acertada labor en la situación de modo inesperado y original, des­ su difícil papel. Al comenzar la película, ad­ pués de muy divertidos e interesantes inciden­ AKLAN l LADD obtiene otro triun­ mirable de dirección y de fotografía, se ha tes, en los que no falta la nota poética.— Santos. fo. Los triunfos de Alan Ladd se traducen en cometido un crimen. Las pesquisas dan por re­ el número de puñetazos que atiza a otros sultado que la culpable es una de las dos her­ hombres y en el de desprecios que prodiga a manas gemelas. Y como éstas se, niegan en ab­ '■EL MATRiMONfO PERFECTO" las mujeres. En “Calcuta,” una película de am­ soluto a descubrir quién pueda ser ella, los IParamQunt¡ biente exótico que tiene relación con unos con­ jueces se ven imposibilitados de hacer justicia. trabandistas elegantes, el joven protagonista, Un joven médico (Lew Ayres) se interesa en "C C.L matrimonio perfecto” es un con su acostumbrada expresión de perdonavidas el caso de las dos hermanas, que pertenece matrimonio imperfecto. Y como se trata de una que tanto furor hace entre el elemento feme­ precisamente a su especialidad. Y por medio pareja—Loretta Young y David Niven—que nino, arrea trompazos, dispara tiros y le larga del moderno procedimiento de las pruebas representa rondar la cuarentena, pudiéramos de­ un par de bofetadas a la pobre Gail Russell, Rohrschach, logra descubrir el misterio y evitar nominar al matrimonio, pretérito imperfecto. que infortunadamente es la protagonista, de las otro nuevo crimen, en escenas de interés sen- Aunque ambos se quieren mucho, juegan a no de ordago. Creo que basta lo dicho para pre­ sacionaL En fotodramas de este género, es éste quererse y hasta llegan a discutir con un abo­ decir el gran éxito de “Calcuta.” Viene a ser indudablemente uno de ios mejores y justifica gado amigo el divorcio. Tienen una niña, inter­ un film detectivesco, con las consabidas muer­ la fama del escritor Nunnally Johnson, autor pretada por Nona Griffith, que aunque de pocos tes, la mujer que se vale del amor para en­ de “Casanova Brotvn" y de "La mujer de la años, posee más sentido común que sus padres, gañar, también muy consabido, y ese dinamis­ ventana,” entre otras películas de éxito.— d e la y con esa habilidad precoz de todos ios niños mo de Alan Ladd al que, por lo menos en las T orre. cinematográficos se las apaña para reconciliar­ cintas, no hay quien se la pegue. Aunque un los. Como la película tiene un tono satirico, poco turbio el argumento, por exceso de que­ ■■LA NAVE SÍNIESTfi4” resulta divertida. Es una comedia de salón, o rer hacerlo misterioso, el ambiente y la acción sea que las situaciones cómicas nunca llegan del film sumen al espectador en arrobadora (farttmoani) a la vulgaridad de la carcajada. Las especta­ expectación. ¿Qué pasará ahora? Y esperándolo doras pueden regocijarse—y se regocijarán— transcurre el intrigante y diestramente dirigido M lELODRAMAi excelente, con to­ sin estropearse el maquillaje, que es uno de film. Ladd, por su actuación, recibirá unos cen­ dos los ingredientes que eneran en la compo­ los defectos de la risa franca. Loretta Young, tenares más de cartas de admiradoras. Gail sición de estas tramas: piratas, capitanes fero­ tan elegante como siempre, juega a enamorarse Russell es, aunque bella, la mala mujer del film. ces, motines, bellas prisioneras, etc- Se trata en de otro. David Niven, que tampoco lo hace mal, Y lo hace bien. June Duprez, canta en francés, este caso del viaje de "El Peregrino,” un ve­ juega a enamorarse de otra. Todo dentro de y es la buena mujer del film. William Bendix lero mercante que navega desde Boston, dando un ambiente de refinamiento. Hasta Zasu Pitts, tan simpático como siempre al lado de Ladd- la vuelta por el Cabo de Hornos, hasta Sao la veterana artista cómica, hace el papel de Alta película de intriga, muy interesante.— Peffo. Francisco, a merced de su déspota capitán, una sirvienta refinada. Lewis Alien dirigió el interpretado por Howard da Silva. Alan Ladd, film con soltura. No pasa en realidad nada, pero hijo del naviero, cae a bordo a la fuerza, se­ "REG>(LO DEL DESTINO" se entretiene uno mucho observando las im­ cuestrado como la mayor parte de la tripula­ I M e # r o J perfecciones del matrimonio perfecto.— Pego. ción, y tiene que sufrir los mismos tratos bár­ B.>£LLfSIMA película en Tecni­ baros que su.s compañeros. La vida se hace para todos tan intolerable, que no tarda en color, de las más interesantes que se han fil­ " iO R U A D A GLORIOSA" estallar ua motín en el que perece el capitán a mado de caballos hasta ahora. Está basada en f C o f u m b I o ) un incidente de la vida real, de un soldado, manos de los marineros. Estos quieren seguir cuyo solo amor en la vida era su caballo, que viaje hacia el Oriente, pero Brian Donlevy En un relato conmovedor de la se ve obligado a dejar cuando le llaman al logra persuadirles para que vuelvan a Boston a ser juzgados por su crimen, para que su his­ vida de John J. Montgomery, se revela el hecho ejército. El caballo, que es una yegua llamada I g n o r a d o del esfuerzo del primer hombre que “Bess,” al faltarle los cuidados de su amo muere toria sirva de ejemplo y contribuya a mejorar trató de volar en un aparato con alas más pe­ de pulmonía, dejando al muchacho con una la suerte de los marineros americanos. Con Alan Ladd y Brian Donlevy, toman parte en sado que el aire. En su primer vuelo en un gran amargura y desilusión. Más tarde, mien­ planeador, el californiano Montgomery perma­ tras se halla de guarnición en una isla del los papeles principales William Bendix, Howard da Silva, Barry Fitzgerald, Albert DeKKer, y neció en el aire en un recorrido de 600 pies, Pacifico, encuentra casualmente una yegua he­ en agosto del a ñ o 1883. Actualmente se recono­ rida de la que se hace cargo, logrando curarla. la mejicana Esther Fernández, bajo la experta cen sus esfuerzos y se le erige un monumento Esta es la famosa “Bess” de la película, que dirección de John Farrow ,— D o n Q. en San Diego, donde el primer vuelo se efectuó. parece poseer un instinto humano en su actua­ La historia de sus luchas, de sus triunfos, de sus ción. Para todo el mundo, pero especialmente " U N ANGEL AL HOMBUO" amores, con la esposa viejecita que aún vive para los niños, “Gallant Bess” es un verdadero I U n i i e d Ariists) para ver por fin glorificado su nombre, y de acierto-— Santos. su trágica muerte en una de las pruebas va­ P AUL MUÑI y Claude Rains rios años más tarde, cuando ya pensaba insta­ ■’TR/IS EL E S P E S O " como protagonistas en una misma película, ase­ lar un motor en sus aeroplanos, se relatan ÍUnJversgl) guran lie antemano su éxito. El asunto gira gráficamente en “Jornada gloriosa,” con senci­ alrededor de un gángster (Paul Muni), al que, llez, con realismo y con emoción. Glenn Ford .A vuelta de Lew Ayrea a la apenas sale de la cárcel de cumplir una larga en el papel de Montgomery, y Janet Blair en el pantalla, después del interregno de la guerra, condena, mata su mejor amigo, mandándole di- de Regina, la esposa abnegada, nos transpor­ no ha podido realizarse bajo mejores auspicios.
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