“Pin Up Girl,” “The Hour Before the Dawn,” “Show Business” (Movie Reviews-5/11/44)

Microfilm-New York Times archives, Monterey Public Library | 5/11/44 | Bosley Crowther, T.M.P., P.P.K., Sam Zolotow, Noel Straus

[Homer_J_Simpson]

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[Homer_J_Simpson]

Free Republic University, Department of History presents World War II Plus 70 Years: Seminar and Discussion Forum
First session: September 1, 2009. Last date to add: September 2, 2015.
Reading assignment: New York Times articles and the occasional radio broadcast delivered daily to students on the 70th anniversary of original publication date. (Previously posted articles can be found by searching on keyword “realtime” Or view Homer’s posting history .)
To add this class to or drop it from your schedule notify Admissions and Records (Attn: Homer_J_Simpson) by freepmail. Those on the Realtime +/- 70 Years ping list are automatically enrolled. Course description, prerequisites and tuition information is available at the bottom of Homer’s profile. Also visit our general discussion thread.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Netflix has “Pin Up Girl” on DVD.

Crowther: “But the miserable report this morning is that the Roxy’s new Technicolored film [‘Pin Up Girl’] is a spiritless blob of a musical, and a desecration of a most inviting theme.”

Homer and Mrs. Homer agree. This one’s a stinker. We can’t speak for the other two features on the bill

“Show Business” original trailer

[Tax-chick]

Interesting item top right, about the production of “Dream With Music,” starring Vera Zorina. I’d seen her in several credits recently, so I looked her up. She was a young ballet prodigy from Sweden (changed her name when she was with Ballet Russe), and was married to George Ballanchine for a while.

According to IBDB, “Dream With Music” ran for less than a month.

[LowOiL]

Has a few memorable songs in it. Would love to have speaking gif of “I don’t want a man, I want you” to display.

[urtax$@work]

Homer; I’ve been reading your postings for quite awhile here on FR and appreciate them. I enjoy these old films when im able to view them on TV. Reading original source material that
you post and link to provides us with context of the times instead of modern day bias. The same goes for the WW2 news items.

Thanks again

[colorado tanker]

You would really have to stink as a director to mess up a movie about a pin-up girl starring Betty Grable, of million dollar legs fame.