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Show I- : f . ' ' P i A:w s f 1 J??, ' 35 a ,eadil New York drama critic, and Lucille Lu-cille Ball, as his wife who entertains notions of becoming a playwright, enjoy a light-hearted interlude in this scene irom Critic's Choice," the delightful Warner Bros, comedy now playing at the Academy Theatre. Marilyn Maxwell, Rip lorn, Jessie Royce Landis, John Dehner and Jim Backus are also starred in the Frank P. Rosenberg production in color. Hope celebrates 25th year on screen in 'Critic's Choice Making his screen debut in "The Big Broadcast" 25 years ago, a breezy young commed-ian commed-ian with a curious profile and a magical way of extracting belly laughs from a single line interrupted his artful shenanigans shenani-gans to sing a new, romantic ballad, "Thanks for the Memory." Mem-ory." The song has become his musical trademark and the public has been thanking him for the memorable impression he has made on the world's funny bone ever since. The gifted newcomer was Bob Hope, who celebrates 25 years as one of the most successful durable and best loved entertainers enter-tainers in screen history with his forty-fourth film role opposite Lucille Ball in "Critic's "Crit-ic's Choice," the Warner Bros, comedy now at the Academy Theatre. ! As a milestone motion picture, pic-ture, the Technicolor-Panavis-J ion production is ideal. Bob's role as a shook -up drama critic crit-ic who gets outlandishly involved in-volved when his own wife turns playwright provides a superb showcase for the talents tal-ents that have made him a uniquely permanent part of the entertainment scene. |