| Show Burglars Enter Plymouth Service Stanley Johnson Submits Annual Movie Review al! shown until 1955 and of necessity omits the last minbtc entries that studios crowd into the last two weeks of the year in order to qualify them for Academy Awards To the list might be added such pictures as the uneven but visually beautiful new version of “Romeo and Juliet” the taut melodramas “Bad Day at Black Rock” and “The Desperate Hours” “The Country Girl” the wifi a lack of inhonest Ruth Etting surprisingly fort— and we terest The “Love Me or Leave biography miebt as w®1? amif it fit Me “To Catch a Thief’ “Blackfs that 1955 ToVnd s"v yonuintv board Jungle” “I Am a Camera” the (mother uneven film pmdnnts superior s far less and successful was low general avpmer than the sprightly even the films were inferior play on which it was and based) to the of env reeent vear “Aida” a colorful film version As Is unailv the the of the opera pictures of 1955 were not those If films in 1955 were generally that came fn mnv dimensions and larce sires but raiher those uninspired so were performanhonest am- ces c f lesser but more It was easy to find the bitions those that dealt realistic- usual number of competent jobs ally with believable human char- but one looked in vain this year acters Indeed it was a rather for the extra touch of personalvndramatie picture about most ity or genius that makes a ordinary people that at the year’s screen character come alive This qualification madethe year’s' best: end seemed let us “Marty” the simple account of then designate James Dean and a sbv Bronx butcher who wanted Katharine Hepburn as the actor to find love but didn’t know bow md actress of the year The forIndependently produced and re- mer with a tragically short fanleased without spectacular screen career of less than a year fare “Marty” nevertheless found established himself at once in large audiences who responded his first picture “East of Eden” sympathetically to the plight of as a young actor of remarkable Its sad hero in gifts He was overdirected (bat picture and was allowed to HEADED BY THIS film a list indulge in two nervous many of the year’s best might run as mannerisms nevertheless a senfollows: ' sitive personality was revealed 1 that might have allowed Dean “Marty” 2 “Gate of Hell” a widely-haile- to become one of the screen’s actors His death in an autobest Japanese film of spectacumobile (accident after having lar beauty 3 “East of Eden” a somber completed three pictures was an incalculable loss film looking apparently Burglers for money had to settle for a radio and a flashlight when they broke into the Utoco Service Station operated by Keith Lamb at Plymouth Friday night Entrance was made thru the Sheriff Warren W south door Hyde reported and thj place was but noransacked thoroughly cash had been left at the station small For several years it has been of the fancies of this column to choose its own list of best motion pictures and performances of the year— a task based on the belief that the movies are occasionally an aH form as well as sln at a business The time is band for this immml activity but ft must be admitted at onr that the fob as nver before ben one bet bet rae version of the John gripping Steinbeck novel 4 “Carmen Jones” the visually exciting new version of the familiar “Carmen” story set in the American South with a sucast perb bitter5 a “Summertime” sweet idyll set in Venice short on plot but long on atmosphere and beauty 6 “Guys and Dolls" the Damon Runyon stories set to music far less sparkling ' than the play on which it was based but superior to most screen musicals 7 “Mister Roberts” another work that suffered in transition from stage to screen but of interest nevertheless as a picture of navy life 8 “End of the Affair” a rather but affecting version of the Graham Green problem novel 9 “Doctor in the House” a about breezy English comedy young medics in the making 10 “The Big Knife” Clifford Octet’s biting satire on Hollywood manners and values which also becomes a deeply disturbing study of the whole problem of commercialism vs individual in- tegrity THE LIST AS usual includes late 1954 productions not gener JAMES DEAN Katharine Hepburn is no stranger to these annual reviews On three previous occasions she has been designated the best actress of the year As the spinster in “Summertime” who watched life drift past her she had a less substantial role than in such previous award films as “The Philadelphia Story” and “The African Queen” but she nevertheless demonstrated again her unique ability to make her audience live and feePwith the character she is Miss Hepburn’s chief creating came from Dorothy competition a gorgeous creature Dandridge ' there if ever was one who brought a compelling sensual excitement rare on the screen to her portrayal of the title role of “Carmen Jones” Other good work came from Grace Kelly in “The Country Girl” Deborah Kerr in “End of the Affair” and Julie Harris in “East of Eden” End “I Am a Camera” in supWinwood Estelle porting roles in “The Glass Slipper” Jo Van Fleet in “East of Eden” Katy Jurado in “Trial” and Marjorie Itambcau in “Thfr View from Pompey’s Head” stood out UNLIKE 4 TO RETURN TO the male TOP PRICES For IVheat - Barley - Oats Rolling — Grinding — Cleaning Headquarters for Agricultural Chemicals MEMBER APPLES — bst FEDERAL WAREHOUSE EElUin ST0I1L Tremonton Utah SYSTEM per- - tasty Oltzf Delidou$ firm and Enjoy them now —Mrs Johnson Garland I WILL DO Rug Weaving Cro—Mrs-cheting and C nartman Garland phone AL7 5892 2tp Luzier’s TO ORDER metics and perfume Fine call Cos1 NOW Representative for KNAPP SHOE CO— As close to you as your telephone Aar! Bennett Just call AD tf Tremonton 1 AM the “ Can’t yon stick with ANYBODY? then tt wu Clark Gable Ernest Borgnine the formers erstwhile despicable sergeant of “From Here to Eternity” did a complete reversal as the tenderhearted hero of “Marty” and the strikingly handsome ballad-singHarry Belaf onte essayed the serious role of the vengeful lover in “Carmen Jones” with notable success either performance might well be called the best of the Perhaps after all it was year only sentiment that dictated the Other choice of James Dean candidates were Spencer Tracy In “Bad Day at Black Rock” Henry Fonda and William Powell Fredric “Mister Roberts” m March in “The Desperate Hours” Jack Palance in “The Big Knife” and Marlon Brando in “Guys and The best performance Dolls” in a supporting role was that of Rod Steiger in “The Big Knife” but heavy competition came from Everett Sloane and Wendell Corey in the same picture Raymond Massey in “East of Eden” and Rossano Brazzi in “Summertime" First It was Rudolph then Gregory Peck final to the screen’s who though greatest personality absent from films for more than Only one thing bit of homage a dozen years is missing: was a nevertheless the most important figure in the This of screen world of 1955 course is Greta Garbo the recipient during the last year of a special Academy Award for her contribution to screen art and the subject of a biography that attempted to explain her eternal fascination The revival of interest in Garbo was sparked by of her 1937 film the “Camille” in which the possessor of what has been called “the face of the century” Can anyone the famous tragedy who saw it deny that Garbo’s death scene in “Camille" is the most moving moment in the history of the cinema? 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