Hollywood (Jan - Oct 1934)

WHAT'S NEW*M SCREEN A PREVIEW OF THE LATEST PICTURE OFFERINGS These Are Pleasant days and nights for your reviewer as he makes the endless round of previews to bring you advance information on the new pictures you will see soon on the screens of your home town theatres. When a reviewer sees the type of entertainment the studios are now turning out, his job no longer seems work — even if he gets paid for it. Consider the splendid pictures you must plan to see. Bombshell • Jean Harlow's new picture which kids Hollywood and the stars deserves the highest rating. As a Hollywood star in this brilliant, and at times cuttingly satiric story, Jean reveals herself as one of the screen's most outstanding comediennes. Lee Tracy has a perfect part as her highpowered publicity man and others in the cast, which includes Franchot Tone, Frank Morgan, Una Merkel, Ted Healy, Ivan Lebedeff, Isobel Jewell and Pat O'Brien, acquit themselves capably. H avana Wid ows • A gold-digging theme motivates Havana Widows with Joan Blondell and Glenda Farrell as the two chorus girls who shoulder the pick and shovel and trek to Cuba when the breaks turn against them in New York. Their first success is to dig the price of the southern trip from Allen Jenkins. There's plenty of comedy as the picture swings into uproarious action. The supporting cast includes Guy Kibbee, Lyle Talbot, Frank McHugh, Ruth Donnelly, Ralph Ince and Maude Eburne. Eski mo • For the person who craves a distinct change in his movie diet, we recommend Eskimo. An epic of the Northland and its native people, the film will appeal to all persons of every age and walk in life. The story tells of the life of Mala, a mighty hunter, and is unforgettable in its faithful realism. The beauty and horror of the Arctic has been captured and brought to the screen in a way that holds and compels the interest from beginning to end. The leading role is brilliantly portrayed by Ray Wise, the young The picture scout's tipoff on what is worth seeing in current and future Films Jeanette Loff, after a lengthy absence from the screen during which time she sang with Buddy Rogers' orchestra in New York, has returned and will be seen in Ladies Must Love and Mating Time Eskimo of Igloo fame, and other members of the all-Eskimo cast are excellent. Subtitles translate the words spoken in the Eskimo tongue. The House on 56th Street • Chalk up another hit for Kay Francis in the role of a woman who counts no sacrifice too great to make for her daughter. As a Floradora girl, she is sent to prison for murder, of which she is innocent. After twenty years she returns to find her husband, Gene Raymond, dead, and becomes associated with Ricardo Cortez, a gambler. When her daughter, who does not recognize her mother, kills Cortez, Kay assumes the blame. Then follows a sensational climax. Margaret Lindsay, William Boyd, John Halliday, Sheila Terry and Hardie Albright are other members of the cast. College Coach • An expose of the football racket, the theme of this picture which deals with the hiring of football players and other commercializing of the sport by college authorities, may or may not meet with your approval but you'll find you've spent a mighty enjoyable evening watching it. Pat O'Brien is the coach, Lyle Talbot is a star football player, and Ann Dvorak, Dick Powell, Arthur Byron, Nat Pendelton, Guinn Williams and Hugh Herbert are among other players in the cast. Saturday's Millions • Another football picture, this one the screen version of a story that ran serially in a national magazine during the fall, is Saturday's Millions. This yarn concerns a star football player who considers football a racket until his private life receives a mighty jolt and the college spirit is awakened in him. Robert Young, Leila Hyams, Johnny Mack Brown, Andy Devine, Mary Carlisle and others appear. Everybody should enjoy this picture whether they are interested in the pigskin game or not. From Headquarters © For the mystery fans here is a bang-up murder mystery with the headquarters homicide squad Please turn to page eight HOLLYWOOD