Jan 11th
The Naked Truth*  
(GB 1957)                         
Rank. 92m. bw

Victims of a serial blackmailer contrive to team up against him.
Enjoyable British comedy not quite as effective or as convincing as Laughter in Paradise or Kind Hearts and Coronets which both featured some of these same talents, but the cast does what it can.

Written by: Michael Pertwee.
Producer/Director: Mario Zampi.
Starring: Dennis Price, Peter Sellers, Terry-Thomas, Peggy Mount, Shirley Eaton, Georgina Cookson, Joan Sims, Miles Malleson, Kenneth Griffith, Bill Edwards, David Lodge.
Photography: Stan Pavey.
Music: Stanley Black.

Preceded by:
Tom and Jerry in
Solid Serenade**
(US 1946. 7m.; w, d: William Hanna, Joseph Barbera; p: Fred Quimby.)

SOLID SERENADE. An enjoyably batty entry in the Tom and Jerry canon (the Hanna-Barbera shorts were rarely that logical in terms of plot anyway) where Jerry fights back against a serenading Tom out of irritation - even under the nose of Spike the dog. Great animation and musical and vocal interludes, including what sounds suspiciously like the voice of Charles Boyer (when Tom is romantically sweet-talking Spike by mistake!)