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00 World Theatre Intense Suspense in 'The Hitch-Hikers' Offers a New Italian Movie fly WAN HA UM.l-y fgWyjjgsy -w--ifngJlllin IIIHII Hy AT CAMERON v. The producing company of Film-akers, in which Collier Young and Ida Lupino are partners, has turned out several pictures of a sensational nature. In their latest, "The HiJch-IIikers," they have made good and exciting use of an incident that occured not long ago in the Southwest, when a couple of. vacationers were kidnepped by a to a. CO C4 Cm V.

Favorable reports on "Koine 11 O'Clock" reached us here lon( the picture arrived at the World Theatre yesterday. The new Italian film, with Kruflixh titles, lives up to the promised dramatic quality but it's a lon picture that rould have stood more careful edit inn for American audiences. "Home 1 O'clock" ia based on an incident In the Kternal City in 1951, an accident that injured a couple of hundred or ho j-irls who were answerinff an advertisement convict with a gun in his hand. The picture on the Holiday Theatre screen is filled with a terrific atmosphere of suspense that will keep the audience in a state of excitement from the very beginning of the picture until its thrilling end. 4- William Talman in "The Hitch Hikers." lookout for the American car, but Collins and Bowen have little hope of shaking off the killer long enough to flag the police.

The action is taut throughout and Miss Lupino has done a fine job of directing her own story. The three principals are very good, indeed, in their roles, with O'Brien and Lovejoy expressing the terror SHATTERS EVERY LONG-RUN RECORD 111 THE 34-VEflR HISTORY OF THE "The Hitch-Hikers" was made on a modest budget from a screenplay by Miss Lupino and her ex-husband. Collier Younfc, and is being presented through RKO, with Edmond O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy and William Talman in the leading roles. A couple of hard-working fellows, Roy Collins and Gilbert Bowen, otF on a fishing trip, are stopped on the road leading to the Chocolate Mountains by a hitchhiker. The rider turns out to be a man with a gun who means business if they fail to follow his directions.

Collins and Bowen soon learn from the car's radio that they are in the hands of a desperado who has killed several motorists and is being hunted by the police. The convict, Myers, sits In the back seat of the car with his gun at the ready, and directs his willing hosts to head for the Mexican border to enable him to elude his pursuers. The Mexican police have been alerted and are on the nil. I I of their situation realistically andf Talman lending conviction to his portrayal of the killer. Anyone in search of a vicarious thrill will get it by picking up "The Hitch-Hiker" at the Holiday Theatre.

Astor Schedules 'President's Lady1 "The President's Lady," 20th Century-Fox historical romantic drama starring Susan Hayward "The Hitch-Hikers," an RKO Radio Pictures release, directed by Ida Lupino and produced by Collier Young. The screenplay by Young and Miss Lupino. Presented at the Holiday Theatre. Running time: 1 hour, 11 min Se I CAPITOL! A THE CAPITOL HALL OF 1 THE CAPITOL HALL OF and Charlton Heston, is sched-u 1 for the Astor sometime late in May. The featured cast of the pictura based on Irving Stone's novel about Rachel and Andrew Jackson, includes John Mc-I tire.

Fay Bainter, Whit utes. THE CAST Roy Collins (iillwrt IdtwpiL TMmond O'Brirn Krank l.tivHov Km met Yrrs William r.itnuui I.uria in "Kome 11 O'Clock." for a typist. The stairway, in an old building on which the fcirls were waititi)- in line to be interviewed, collapsed, injuring some slightly, others severely, one fatally. Usinif this accident as yie nucleus for a movie plot, diusep de Santis and collaborators have woven a story around these girls, most of whom needed the job desperately. Directing, De Santis has made a moving drama that points tip a relatively small number of the pirls, Riving an insight into home-life, revealing why each applied for the position, sjiowing the result of the accident on ench girl.

Among the girls brought closely to audience attention are a girl of social standing who marries a struggling artist, a retired general's daughter, a girl who H.oesn't want to return to her country home, an unmarried girl who is expecting a baby, a prostitute who wants to become honest, a very young girl whose is with her, a young married woman whose husband is also out of work and an older, unattractive woman who thinks the world is against her. Under De Santis' direction, the performances are restrained and nincere. The players include some of Italy's outstanding movie actors and actresses such as Dei t'oggio, Itose, V'arzi, Padovani, Scala, Van-leek, Cirotti and Vallone. Ovei length of the film can be attributed, 1 think, to, too many authors, live irt all. Facts have been heavily embroidered and some of the padding could have been eliminated without harming the picture.

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UNE of the BIGGEST OF THE SEASON! WorU-fe. i Sun Km A PLACE IN THE SUN 7 Weeks AFRICAN ...7 Weeks THE QUIET MAN 7 Weeks QUO IN WHICH WE 8 Weeks STAGE DOOR CANTEEN 8 Weeks NAKED CITY ...8 Weeks ANCHORS AWEIGH 10 Weeks SINCE YOU WENT AWAY. 10 Weeks GONE WITH THE WIND 11 W'ks, 2 Cays and now topping them al! MOULIN ROUGE 12 Weeks Rosalind RusseU brightens Broadway in a rib-tickling film!" "Rosalind is having a field day on Broadway!" Daily Nwl Paul Douglas Marie Wilson -Mirror II directed by (iiuseppi de Santis and produced by Paul Craetz. The screenplay by C. Zavattini, De Santis, B.

Franchina, R. Sonego and Puccini. Presented at the World Theatre. Running time: 1 hour, 47 minutes. With F.nglish titles.

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Simortii it Doors Open 9:45 A.M. Klrnn iii AMwrllll.ft lnitiviini Ih-lia Siiil.i, lrmi H.na lira Kultier nl I I r. OOOKOPTff nnv 10:30 A.M. wms Bern's xm it. ROMULUS prestnis JOSE FERRER JOHN HUSTU.TS "MOULIN ROUGE' with ZSA ZSA GA30R SUZANNE FL0N introducinf COLETTE MARC HAND Directed by JOHN HUSTON Rate, fern UNITED ARTISTS ICE-CCKOHAMA CAPITOL onwu Academy Award Winning TOM JERRY CarfaXM "JotuM Mouse' 'Bright Road' MGM "Bright Roud," at the 55t' St.

Playhouse, was financed ty MGM and produced under that iiiios banner, not an independent production released by Metro as was tated in yesterday's movie review of the film. ETHEL MERMAN DONALD O'CONNORjM A Muwal Sulut VERA E1LEN GEORGE SANDERS.