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1947- PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE II i Andy Hardy Has I THURSDAY, MARCH 6, Group Lists Final Concert of Season Mary Emma Hirsch, soprano, and Robert A. Drumm, pianist, will j- RES HOT IEB HEAB The Last Laugh A i GEORGIA The New Films "Best Years of Our Lives" at Fulton; Senator Gets "It's a Joke, Son19 I FASTEST THIW6 HEELS ALSO SAMMY SMITH HARRY SEYMOUR HELD OVER still hear the whirr of the plane motors and the dying screams of his comrades. SACHS MJKS By Harold V. Cohen There will be no quarrel here whatsoever with the choice of the New York Film Critics Circle for the best picture of 1946. And if the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, meetina in sol But the hardest readjustment is rASIOMIMlC that of the sailor, whose mother chokes back a terrifying sob at the first sight of her son's mechanical hands.

He had left behind emn assembly within the next 10 days, bestows another accolade in be presented by the Pittsburgh Concert Society at the season's final concert Saturday at 8:30 p. m. in Stephen Foster Memorial Hall. Mr. Drum, a veteran and graduate of Carnegie Institute of Technology, is studying at the Julliard School of Music.

Now soloist at the Ben Avon United Presbyterian Church. Miss Hirsch recently ap-apeared as soloist with the Bach Choir. She will be accompanied by Ruth Perry Topping. "Jazz at Philharmonic" Features Willie Smith One of the stars of Norman Granz "Jazz at the Philhar the form of an Oscar upon "The Best Years of Our Lives," that will be perfectly all right with this r' ft i Aywi wr- i v. 'J 1 '1 ImrnfMli WIiw" iBinnrwA fnY-t- -nrfmt fc.urf I "i jliririlr corner, too.

For here is a photoplay of heart 3RD RECORD WEEK! a sweet girl, and now Homer Par-rish feels he can't marry her because of these hooks. In his mind, it wouldn't be fair and he crawls into a shell, a lonely, tragic misfit, away from everybody. In working out their solutions, "The Best Years of Our Lives" hasn't a single phoney touch and its searing dramatic impacts are produced by frankness and a realistic look at things as they are. and of substance, a document of returning soldiers so human, so SLUMBERTUFT neartemng and so conscious of the "THE JOLSON STORy TCKNIOOLOR UAILV la A. M.

veteran's problems it seems cut from the crosscloth that is Amer Perfected by American Beauty for ica. There is not only glowing- en tertainment in "The Best Years of Our Lives," there is also food monic" concert tonight at Syria ISEHATOB Kenny Dc'mar ae SKNATtiK CLAGHOR.V Mosque will be Willie Smith. those who need firmer support. Slum ber Tuft's durable construction as-s sures buoyant, healthful sleep. Not too hard not too soft.

Just right for THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. UNA KOMAY IT'S A JOKE. SON" who has won There's some enormously moving writing here and in addition, the picture accomplishes a genuine service in openly inspecting the problem of the veteran who has to use prosthetic devices. The players without exception ri Mi 1 IK KMART 'Es i 'THE AMIRiO COP" for thought in the issues, at once grave, affecting and humorous, it presents with such understanding, sympathy and compassion. The great dfama of men coming back home from the war has waited a long time to be told, but this is finally it.

For nearly three magazine's Sil- vpr ArvflrH rn Jrhi Havr WAKE IP AND DREAM" In Technicolor LIBERTY alto sax three including i MICKEY ROONEY Love doesn't seem to be laughing- at Andy Hardy here; it seems to be smiling on him quite affectionately. The latest Hardy Family picture, the first since the war, moves this morning from the Penn to the Iiitz. Kv -P. i "WIFE WANTED" 1946. He was also second in tk American Ooury SUMt-TVFTUSS Only S9.S0 '00 (IICAROO RETURNS' I foNE OP THE BESX I the last "Down- beat" poll.

IN '4D "OPEN CITY I xTSiCl 1 r-Mir rj.t PERRY in the three have quickly recognized the challenge of a remarkably forthright script and they respond handsomely. Mr. Fredric March, in a word, turns in the best performance cf his life; he is simply magnificent as the sergeant, and if the Academy Award goes to anybody else this year, it will be a grave miscarriage of justice. Mr. Dana Andrews is only a step or so behind him as the AAF captain who has been through a lot on the other side and still must volumes of illie Smith MARIE" i In Technicolor ANS SHERIDAN ROBERT CCMMLNG8 "KINGS ROW" Granz' "Fhilharmonic" album and used to play, and sing with Jim-mie Lunceford, Charlie Spivak Lecture on Professor W.

George Crouch, of the English department at the University of Pittsburgh, will speak on the playwright, Philip a this evening at the 315 South Bellefield avenue. and Harry James. He has also recorded extensively with Lunceford on Columbia, with James, also on Columbia, and with his own small combination for Disc. 0 CtmVp' "DOWN MISSOURI WAY" Jn.n TWh "CHILDRE OF WILD" H0RTHS1CE Flrl St. go through a lot in his return to a i i nri i ii uni-irt imnnr i-tin inn i irVii M.n.t.nn ICE SKATING i EVE.

8 33 I civilian life, and Mr. Harold Russell, without any previous acting jThi Csrtier.l hours, which pass altogether too swiftly, "The Best Years of Our Lives" states a sober and recurring theme without ever losing sight of the humanities, without once mounting a soap-box or shouting to be heard. In looking at what faces three citizens of Boone City who are picking up the thread of their lives again one a sergeant with grown children, one an ex-soda jerk who has come out a bombardier captain and one a sailor who has lost both his hands the movie at the Fulton has honored the screen as it has seldom been honored before. In the sensitive direction of Mr. William Wyler, who is drawing from the well of experience he gathered up during several years in the service: in the eloquent writing of Mr.

Robert E. Sherwood and Mr. Mackinlay Kantor and in the Sense of Tightness Mr. Samuel Goldwyn has demonstrated in every phase of his production, "The Best Years of Our Lives" weaves a fragile spell and gives off a searching incandesence. These are plain folks the picture is con-j experience, is almost too good to be true as the handless sailor.

Mr Russell actually did lose his hand3 in the service and his tight-lipped Homer is an incredible screen tri umph for the young man. As Mr. March wife, Miss Myrna Loy is practically perfect; Miss STARTS TODAY Virginia Mayo plays the brassy blonde who marries Mr. Andrews with startling conviction, and Miss Teresa Wright brings an exquisite dignity to the role of the. sergeant's daughter who falls in love with the bombardier.

A newcomer fjl named Miss Cathy O'Donnell is quite unforgettable as Homer's cerned about; they are no special cases and there are no unusual MjM's WPPY HIT MrWM IllflffOf! Ltsrf ffmmm (S Jar. adoring fiancee; Mr. Hoagy Car-michael turns in a superlative bit, and just try to forget that moment of Mr. Roman Bohnen's when, sitting in his hovel on the wrong side of the tracks, he reads aloud the citations which his son (Mr. Andrews) has won in battle.

But then "The Best Years of Our Lives" is full of memorable moments. For this is a memorable picture, one of the truest and finest human documents in the long history of the screen. ttit MICKEY LEWIS ROOHEHIOHE briefs for them. They might be the boy in your home or the home next door or around the corner, and that is the way Mr. Wyler and his associates have considered them.

Therein, too, lies the power of "The Best Years of Our Lives," and it is a powerful photoplay, and its glory as well. Nobody can possibly come away from the Fulton unmoved by the aching imagery of men who have been hurt in mind and spirit and body; by the earnestness of wives and parents and sweethearts and children trying to bridge in a quick moment the gap that has separated them from their loved ones for years, or by the problems of men who cannot turn back the calendar either because of temperament, experience or handicap. This is a thoughtful picture and it speaks some implacable truths. In all of the three cases "The Best Years of Our Lives" takes up, it is completely affecting, reveal SHER'niHn HF.DY LAMARR SiER.DaN SQ. STRANGE laj Lii WOMAN" SESESiT CARY OR ANT 1 INURIO BERGMAN "NOTORIOUS" ''r'l -M Ann Bjmw SfthiUnT.

on My Shottldef" fart I-llTty Cl RAN PETE" I.i-t Mtvi-ty i ing with delicate care and thought- Jt.ivo KID BROOKLYN' In Technicolor KKNNY" 't-tnionna nf tl" 7 MTn' AST SIDK KIDS 'Mr. iteis 'lies Amin' Si' St. SCHENLEY. "It's a Joke, Son1 SENATOR Even a boll weevil wouldn't relish that stuff Senator Claghorn is cultivating in his cinema-debut. They grow that in Iowa and not Alabama, son.

Corn, that is. The good senator should never have left his constituents in Allen's Alley. Those Southern spout-ings of Kenny Delmar go good in short bursts on the radio but the long barrage laid down in a full-length movie dulls the senses. The script writers of "It's a Joke, Son" have dug deep into the joke books, probably among the first editions, for some of the gags. They even resurrected that one about the "Dixie undertaker." "He was a Southern planter," drawls Claghorn.

Every joke that was ever pulled on Senator Claghorn's broadcasts plus a few that couldn't make it is repeated again. Those ones about not eating "Northern Spy" apples, or "Boston" baked bean3, or playing- "North" at bridge. There's a story line, of course, But what it is, is hard to remember. Claghorn is a meek husband, Kine t'rfshy-Frpd A-t'jiro "BLUE SKIES" I.i Technicolor fulness the gnawings at men who have been through much and wonder whether home will ever be quite the same again. The strain, the tension, the awful uncertainty, the yawning gaps in their destinies and the readjustments, with their yearning pathos and chuckling humors, have been set down with honesty and sensitivity, and you will come out of the Fulton bathed in a warm and wonderful glow.

There is the middle-aged three-striper whose children have grown up while he's been gone and who has to go on a terrific binge with his wife to break the ice. Since his old job's waiting for him at STHAfiD r.i'i' SEW 0 'iKLAH3 rtf I'aui Mint-A'ii 'Anijtl on My Shoulder' l.a.i ivtiT "V11.1 BKAITY" Aim "i--r: iTpPen RINGS ROW" rfin llpnuea-Bruot' r.iVi'st Wild Bill HicKok Rides' Bellf Ihtl- l'al llmreid "DIX'EPTION" rnr.v I.ske 'BLONDIE KXOWS BEST' HE YLA A "THE STRANGE WOMAN" "THE VERDICT" HivTVip nnu-i'. M'itmn "COCKEYED MI'ACLE" A P. "THE STRANGE WOMAN" BINO" CROfBY "IF I HAD MY WAY" SKAOOW OF A DOUBT'' JIAN'NKCRAIN Hill 53. H'LL the bank, things are not so diffi- dominated by a wife (Una Merkel) fr.

A1 ClanVflcnn altriniicrh 'f'l Hill" he docs have his conscience toi whose name, tritely, is Magnolia, His wife is nominated for a sen answer to now when the sharp iUTH HILLS. atorial post as is Claghorn. There's a third nominee, too. Then there's some brow-beatings, kidnapings and other business. And guess who banking practices he used to take for granted crop up.

For the bombardier, homecoming is a wracking, personal tragedy. Not only has the girl he married in haste at camp before going overseas turned out to be a flouzy but finally is elected senator? But why 10LLYWOCD. "L'LEYASD. bother Mr. Delmar handles the straight lines all right and perhaps he has In Technicolor Fred Derrv thinks that, with a a future in movies as something Park ord was bora A.

wv t'Wtiilt Tie arti Tails'' else, but not as Senator Claghorn. "Daisy," a mangy dog, wins sec The Original Home of Pork Tilford captain's bars and a distinguished war record, he's entitled now to something more than a white coat and a place behind some drugstore counter. Besides, he can ond acting laurels. in New York City, 1840 "STELLA DALLAS" an.prs-rrcle anclis 'SCANDAL IN PARIS" Sl-irrn ny "CHILD OF DIVORCE" The Saturday afternoon knees-up crowd may digest the movie with gusto along with their pop STiTE corn, a Western serial and a few cartoons. But as a first-run single: "That's a joke, son." E.F.B.

1 T.a.M-B-'sn Nrl'T "2'WO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST" also "tl BAN PETE" illy ln 'THE MIGHTY MeSURK" Ar.iltf. l.orre 'Bust Willi Fit FlnstiV Hiv Uimarr "IKK S'IKANtiE NOM A'tt "LITTLE IODINE" I 4 I Mecrea Merle Oberon Wayne-Ella Three." Aiso John These Chevalier Arrives New York, March 5 CP Maurice Chevalier, the French entertainer, arrived today aboard the Tall in the Saddle." Raines (jJ X5-iAI-lL3 Robert Montgomery- S. S. Queen Elizabeth for his first Ingrid Bergman-Oeorge Sanders ivage in Heaven." Also Short Subjects. tent visit to the United States since 1934.

He will open a Broadway iimu. I 1 li. I A I ITJIrj 1. IJ Ken Curtis-Jeff Donneil "Cowboy Blues." Also This is engagament next week. IN 1840, the United States consisted of only 26 States.

The entire population was but 17,000,000. The great cities of today were little more than villages in that year. Only 4,470 persons resided in Chicago, 9,102 in Detroit, 6,071 in Cleveland. Even New York City, with 391ll4, was no larger than today's Indianapolis. The ensuing century was to witness progress such as no nation had experienced before in all of human history.

The country its geography, its population, its industry, its culture expanded far beyond the imagination of any person alive in 1840. Changes in customs and living habits were many and constant. Only a few landmarks have survived this greatest of centuries. One of them, we are proud to say, is the house of Park Tilford. The reason? You will find it in every whiskey bearing the Park Tilford name.

The superior quality which attracted America's first families back in 1840 is still the most notable characteristic of Park Tilford whiskies today. And you can count on Park Tilford quality always because behind it are over 100 years cf knowing bow! America. A Nation is com mm toon-News. 'n tj 'j i fj Ji R'aHaVe' y- "STELLA DALLAS' V1 -ei M.r an STRIKE "EriNK Krces L-anforc! BIH BU1. US' A-r' jtHi'n-il "OEML'S MASK" SCANDAL IN PARIS" I're' -F.

S'l-asrt "HIGH SCHOOL RO" 1. '10 SWART PEOPLE" A At'tTS JFU6HT TO NOWHERE I Ann Bavtur "Anjfl on My Stioalder" llrn THAT BRENNAN GIRL Mighty McGurk." Also Pete Smiths BO Am 'Neighbor Pests" and Cartoon. DIXIE FAMILY George Lan- On "CERTAIN DAYS' Of Month? This great medicine is famous to relieve painiul distress and tired, nervous, irritable feelings, of such days when due to female functional monthlv disturbances! A s-caMai iris RenaKo as Cisco Arnuda "South of tne Rio Grande." Be" man-Ko" ert ttontgomery-George Sanders "Kse in Heaven." nnVIAU (McREES KOCKS) Helen ftUAIMll Vinson-Lyle Talbot "Are These Our Parents?" Also Jackie Cooper-Gale Storm Where Are Our Children?" Hi-'iy Lantarr 'THE STRAfifiE WOMAN' I -i Hi ak TWO SMART PEOPLE" i Mtdisoa i "Till thi Eri of Tiot" 5 PiAt K-CP" (AIJQlirPA) Joan Craw-ford-Ji hn Garneid "Hu- moresque. Also snori buojccis. fTTTTnTTTTra is Kooert Cutiirainps-Chis.

Coburn Ijng Row." Also short subjects. .111113 iSOVTHSinEv Intrld 1 I 1 l-- Bererr.an Robert Mom- gomerj -Georfte Sander itage in neaveo. Also Short Subjects. GINGER ROGERS "HAC.MFICENT DOLL" K- I 0- Ssntt T'tH" r. -rt-J-.

1'syne 'REMEMBER THE CAY F'rrr F' Hsu IMHORTAL SERGEANT' MtP.LE "0PER0N GEORGE BRENT "TEMPTATION" "THE RAZOR'S EDGE" HY GARDNER'S NEWS RE EL IN LAWRENCE COUNTY Pa.) the Enon Valley jail offered far sale to veterans at an emergency housing unit. "Our clink hasn't had a "guest" in ten years," eplained an official. "Besides, it's in a good neighborhood!" IN ALASKA, according to Phil Silvers, the reason nights are so long is because the native expression for the phrase "I Love You" takes so long to pronounce "Univigssan-tuinalfinajapartsquerjak" IN PITTSBURGH, the best weekend entertainment bonus in town is parade magazine, included with Saturday's Post-Gaiette. UI1RRFI. HILI.

innxnzi Ry Also March rr.er "Notorious trenuernan. of Ttme. (EDGEWOODt Rosalind seil- Aiexanuer Knox-J-ean jagger Ma Aiso news. ny. nvRv riiiM'VR RM A 'MEET lOJlS DOE" 'BA I trt the LADY" (McRtESrORTI James Cagney-Richard "13 Rue Madeleine Also Cunte-Annabeiif K.

MtVj. Short Subjects. (DOWXTOWIf. Eddie Alberts "Stranae Voyasre." "BLUE SKIES" Tn Technicolor Also Gilbert KOiaoa-Hirjory iuoia ouuus roi I.lo.