Evening star., 1956-12-26


body's unpaid Christmas bills.
He Is also more miserable than
anybody. Money did it. or pre-
cisely oil wells which are a dirty
liquid equivalent of money.
Look what these did to his son.
The kids got a private airplane
that would awe the Aga Kahn,
more Jaguars than most men
have shirts, and Lauren Bacall.
But do toys like these make him
happy? They do not. All the boy
wants is another drink of raw
corn whiskey which he buys in
paper sacks at a crossroads fill
ing station. This opiates him
against two things; a hangover
that would make Richard the
Lion Hearted quail, and the fear
that he will never have a son.
A mans got to have a son,
you know. to inherit the oil wells
and his old mans gnawing hum
ger for raw corn. Well. Bob
Keith has this boy and wishes
to Heaven he didn't.
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Okay, again, squirm out of the
picture If you want to. but stick
with this report on it.
Actor Keith's boy is horrible.
granted, but he comes with a
matching sister. Sex is her
problem. She's in love with Rock
Hudson who spurns her. This
drives her mad. mad. MAD! Her
father has to hire a private po-
lice force to protect her from
desperate impulses. The high
ways, presumably Texas are
alive with these cops. They chase
the girl in her feet Of Jaguars
as she goes from filling station
to filling station looking for
football players.
Sometimes, well once, she
eludes pops prowl cars. Those
Jags are lightning you know
They can get girl to a fancy
motel with her halfback pickup
before the family radar can spot
the rendezvous. This is enough
to give a man a fatal coronary,
although a welcome one in Mr..
Keith's case.
So stop worrying about how
you are going to pay for the
youngsters roller skates, bikes
or even skis. which are, sophis-
ticated but cheaper than planes
and sports car fleets.
It is not clear what happened
TO Universal -Internationa's taste
In making Written on the
Wind" OF course. it could have
become so unhinged thinking Of
IT'S Christmas bills that 1t took
q few swigs of something and
decided to make a soap opera
with people about like the Rock
efellers. Financially like" only.
Of course.
Whatever the reason. Writ
ten on the Wind" has been re-
leased just in time to make it
q strong candidate as one Of the
years worst movies. It's cast,
poor Rock and Lauren, Bob
Stack. who plays the dipso son.
and Dorothy Malone, play it as
II they we're determined to make
1t a parody Of itself.
This was one way of saving
their sanity. If you want to risk
yours. that is up to you. But
don't whimper later that you
were not warned.
SOME "BESTS": Film Daily.
which yearly polls the Nations
critics (this one always mislays
his BALLOT. has come up again
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"bests" for 1856.
Collectively. the film reviewers
have given Film Daily some solid
selections for its Famous Fives,
the papers way of arranging poll
winners. Actors, for example
come off. in order: Yul Brynner
for The King and T.: Frank Sim
atra. Man With the Golden
Arm; Kirk Douglas. Lust for
Life: Charlton Heston. "Ten
Commandments" and Paul New
man, Somebody Up There Likes
Me"
Distaffiy, the winners are:
Anna Magnani. Rose Tattoo;
Susan Hayward, "I'll Cry Tomor-
row.; Deborah Kerr. Tea and
Sympathy; Audrey Hepburn,
"War and Peace" and Deborah