Independent Exhibitors Film Bulletin (Sep 1934 - Aug 1935)

10 INDEPENDENT EXHIBITORS FILM BULLETIN WHAT THE CRITICS SAY about the current films ♦ . . Excerpts of newspaper and magazine reviews McFADDEN'S FLATS Paramount With Walter C. Kelly, Andy Clyde Philadelphia Record ". . . Walter C. Kelly, the Virginia Judge . . . Makes his screen bow as Dan McFadden. Seldom has the Irishman been portrayed more affectionately and with so much understanding. Andy Clyde, present in pictures for so many years without winning special recognition, creates a Jock McTavish who redeems all stage Scotsmen from years of ridicule." Philadelphia Ledger ". . . Story of humorous interracial conflict. ... A plot that has worn even better than the celebrated rock of Gibraltar. . . . Homespun humor and intelligent acting." LES MISERABLE United Atists With Fredric March, Charles Laughton New York World-Telegram ". . . . Deserving of rank among the cinema's finest achievements. Acted with fine feeling by a superior cast and beautifully directed by Richard Boleslawski, it flashes across the screen wihtout losing a whit of its power and forcefulness. . . . Never relaxes its emotional power and strength. . . . As the hounded Valjean, Fredric March is splendid. . . . As Javert, Charles aLughton is feline and subtly hateful in a superb manner." New York Herald-Tribune ". . . The great and tragic story of Jean Valjean is told once more by the cinema in a handsome, well acted and earnestly loyal screen version. . . . Fredric March providing the best performance of his Hollywood career. . . . Charles Laughton offering a brilliant interpretation of the human bloodhound, Javert. . . . One of the distinguished films of the season." New York Times . . . This odyssey of the greatest man hunt in literature possesses a topical significance in 1935 as real and moving as it did in 1862, and it is as undated as man's inhumanity to man. . . . Unbelievably thrilling. . . . Among the most notable contributions to the talking screen." LADDIE RKO With John Beal, Gloria Stuart New York World-Telegram ". . . . I found its sweetness and sentiment rather painful for the most part. . . . Frequently disarming in its simplicity and charm and it is pleasantly acted. . . . Forthright playing by John Beal." New York Herald-Tribune ". . . Dialogue seems juvenile to the point of inanity. . . . The piece, then, deals with rustic drama, the psychology of which, if any, is all painted on the surface of its characters, and whose situations are candid and clear as spring water. But, since the producers have offered it exactly as such, letting its pathos flow freely, though without exaggeration, and choosing a cast which gives a straight and sincere performance, the picture is more entertaining than one might think." New York Times "... A dull afternoon in the country. It is a great bore but helpful as a sort of brief spiritual convalescence. . . . Wallows amiably in shy rustic humor and alfalfa sentiment. . . . A precocious tot named Virginia Weidler is so good as Little Sister that she ought to become a national menace in the next six months. The child goes to work on your heartstrings with all the grim skill of a hangman who knows his business and what he has been paid to do." Phila. Record ". . . . Little suspense and less action. . . . RKO has given the novel a worthy production . . . Sweetness and light pervade 'Laddie' from beginning to end. There also is about it a clean, fragrant breath of the soil and a soft note of romance which may please." THE WEREWOLF OF LONDON Universal With Henry Hull, Warner Oiand, Valerie Hobson New York Times ". . . 'The Werewolf of London,' featuring Henry Hull . . . credited to a story by Robert Harris, goes, in fact, back to Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.' . . . Permits Mr. Hull to be transformed, before the startled eyes of the audience, from a frockcoated botanist into a fanged apeman with homicidal tendencies and a wolf's howl swelling in his throat. ... In the vein of 'The Invisible Man,' the picture races along in its presentation of the tragic spectacle of a man who realizes in his moments of sanity that he may be driven to the murder of his wife and others 'whom he loves best.' . . . Designed solely to amaze and horrify, the film goes about its task with commendable thoroughness, sparing no grisly detail and springing from scene to scene with even greater ease than that often attributed to the daring young aerialist. . . . Granting that the central idea has been used before, the picture still rates the attention of action and horror enthusiasts." New York World-Telegram ". . . Under the expert direction of the veteran Stuart Walker, 'The Werewolf of London' emerges as one of the most exciting and harrowing and pleasure-giving thrillers of the season. ... A skillful blending of romance and horror, the film is full of the successful high-jinks of Everything in equipment NATIONAL THEATRE SUPPLY CO. 1315 Vine St., Phiia. SPR. 6156 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS Ten cents per word, including initials, address, or box number. Minimum insertion 15 words. Cash or money order with each copy. Yearly contract rates are lower. Send for contract scale. Address communications to FILM BULLETIN, 1313 Vine Street, Phila., Pa. THEATRES WANTED PENNA., N. J., DEL., MD. Buy or lease. Goodis, 1201 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. INSURANCE All forms of special insurance applying to theatre operation handled on minimum rates. Representative will be sent on request. Box FB 107. shocker entertainment. . . . The whole thing moves at a fast clip and is full of suspense. New York Herald-Tribune ". . . Strong nerves are needed to cope with 'Werewolf of London,' during the unfolding of which Mr. Hull changes from his affable self into a monster that defies description. . . . To regain his human likeness it is decreed that he must kill somebody, preferably the one he loves best. The calamity befalls him because years before he had been bitten by a werewolf ... a combination of man and wolf, combining the worst features of both. ... If you care for melodramatic fare, this film offers it. But the production has too many loose ends and does not bring out its basic idea too clearly. . . . While the producers probably were limited by the script, a more modern treatment of the horror angle, emphasizing the psychology behind the old superstition might have helped, and surely the direction did not have to be stereotyped. It seemed that here was material for another picture on the lines of 'The Thin man,' but the producers missed out. Mr. Hull is capable of better work and deserving of better parts. "Not a dark houst in more than 20 years of film delivery service I" NEW JERSEY MESSENGER SERVICE 250 N. JUNIPER ST. PHILA. "The show must go on!" — and it takes reliable delivery service to get it there on time . . . HorlacheR DELIVERY SERVICE 1228 VINE ST. PHILA M. Lawrence Daily, Notary Public