The Film Daily (1934)

Tuesday, April 17, 1934 DAILY » » » » REVIEWS of NEW FEATURES and SHORTS « « « « "THE LINE-UP" with William Gargan and Marian Nixon Columbia 75 mins. FAIR CROOK DRAMA WITH GOOD :ast WILL GO BEST IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES. Weak on plot but capably acted by a H good cast, this picture is best-suited for neighborhood houses. Marian Nixon loses her job and comes under police scrutiny when a gang of fur thieves using a female decoy switch the checks at the cloakroom where Marian works and steal a $10,000 fur coat. William Gargan and his partner, brusque blowhard, are the detectives turned loose on the case. The partner is all for jailing Marian, but Gargan releases her, begins visiting her and they become engaged. To acquire a trousseau, Marian, all unknowingly, gets a job in the fur store run by the fur thief ring. When Gargan's partner suddenly drops in on the store Marian is sent on a phony errand with the $10,000 stolen coat which had just been returned. She takes the coat home and there Gargan's partner is waiting for her and jails her. The balance of the film is devoted to Gargan's successful effort to clear Marian and the roundup of the crooks. Cast: William Gargan, Marian Nixon, Paul Hurst, John Miljan, Harold Huber, Greta Meyer, Jos. Crehan, Ncel Francis, Francis McDonald and Charles Brcwne. Director, Howard Higgin; Author, George Waggner; Cameraman, Benny Kline; Film Editor, Jack Rawlins. Direction, Fair. Photography, Good. nston m'all, in hair ;! 01 FOREIGN FILMS "HEIDESCHULMEISTER UWE KARSTEN" ("The Country Schoolmaster"), in German; produced by Ufa; directed by Carl Heinz Wolff; with Olga Tschechowa, Hans Schlenck, Marianne Hoppe, Heinrich Heilinger, Brigitte Horney, Guenther Ballier. At the 79th St. Theater. Enjoyable rural drama designed to aid in the Nazi back-to-the-farm movement. Story has a pleasing romantic angle, while the lanscape scenes are very good. "INGE UND DIE MILLIONEN," in German; produced by Ufa; directed by Erich Engel; with Brigitte Helm, Willy Eichberger, Otto Wallburg, Paul Wegener, Lissy Arna, et al. At the Yorkville Theater. Fairly entertaining drama about a crooked banker and his secretary whose love affair with another employe is obstructed by the entanglements in which her boss involves her. Ambassadors of Beauty New Orleans — American films lead the world in fine display of beauty and hairdressing. Vernon of Vernon Laboratories told the American Cosmeticians' Ass'n in convention here recently. "American movies are the lesding models of the world in beauty culture — in hair culture," he declared. "I LIKE IT THAT WAY" with Roger Pryor and Gloria Stuart Universal 68 mins. FAIR DRAMA-ROMANCE IN SHOW BIZ BACKGROUND BEST SUITED TO NEIGHBORHOOD AND POPULAR SCALE HOUSES. Lacking any big punch ingredients to give it a good box-office draft, this production will find its chances limited to the less discriminating clientele. The yarn revolves around Roger Pryor, a fast-talking insurance salesman, who likes to play around with showgirls, principally Gloria Stuart and Shirley Grey, but objects to his own sister, Marian Marsh, going into the theatrical business. Marian does it on the sly, however, getting into the place where Gloria works, and being rescued by the latter from a tight fix. Roger has fallen in love with Gloria but believes she is just a playgirl. The usual mixup, misunderstanding, etc., develop, and in the end he does a happy fadeout with Gloria. The cast does a good job. Musical numbers are fairly pleasing. Cast: Roger Pryor, Gloria Stuart, Shirley Grey, Onslow Stevens, Marian Marsh, Eddie Wilson, Merna Kennedy, Lucille Gleason, Mickey Rconey, Noel Madison, Gloria Shea, Clarence Wilson, John Darrow. Director, Harry Lachman; Author, Harry Sauber; Adaptors, Chandler Sprague, Joseph Santley; Cameraman, Charles Stumar; Recording Engineer, Gilbert Kurland; Music, Scheck, Ccnrad, Mitchell and Gottler; Editor, Milton Carruth. Direction, Okay Photography, Good. SHORTS "Sweetest Story Ever Told" Principal 10 mins. Nice Sentiment In charming backgrounds of Spanish missions and pastoral countryside, photographed in Magnacolor, this subject includes illustrated versions of two songs, "Juanita," with descriptive action by a pair of Span.sh lovers, and "Sweetest Story Ever Told," a woman's reverie illustrated in flashback. Musical and vocal accompaniments are excellent, and the subject as a whole is quite enjoyable. It's labeled an O'Connor-Pettibone production. "Peacock Throne" (Port O'Call Series) Wm. Pizor 10 mins. Interesting Interesting travel subject showing some of the splendors of India with its castles and mosques, and especially the site of the famous Peacock Throne. Many unusual views are presented of native customs, and the squalor and primitive customs of the natives contrasting with the architectural wonders. A nice descriptive narrative makes this a very interesting subject. "MANHATTAN LOVE SONG" with Robert Armstrong, Dixie Lee Monogram 72 mins. NAIVE YARN OF PARK AVENUE GIRL ROMANCING WITH HER CHAUFFEUR DOES NOT IMPRESS. This is a very Hollywoodish tale that sounds as if it was written by some writers who are totally unfamiliar with conditions as they exist in the Manhattan written about. Plot, treatment, direction and acting are all of a par and the result is a film that sounds improbable and sometimes impossible. Robert Armstrong is the chauffeur who returns home to find his society boss, Dixie Lee, and her sister, are peniless, due to some fast work of their family banker. He takes charge of 3f fairs, trying to keep the girls with a roof ever their heads and food to eat, for all they have left is their Park Avenue penthouse on which the rent has been paid for some months. So the chauffeur and the maid contrive to keep things going. The two society sisters learn what it is rd work for a living, while Robert scouts around keeping the larder supplied. It all winds up with the maid marrying the son of a rich dame from Nevada, the sister getting her rich boy friend, and the chauffeur and the heroine deciding to hook up. Cast: Robert Armstrong, Dixie Lee, Franklyn Pangbom, Nydia Westman, Helen Flint, Harold Waldridge, Cecile Cunningham, Herman Bing, Harrison Green, Edward Dean. Director, Leonard Fields; Author, Cornell Woolrich; Adaptors, Leonard Fields, David Silverstein. Direction, Weak. Photography, Okay. "THE END OF THE WORLD" (In French, with English introduction) Capt. Auten 54 mins. INTERESTING SPECTACULAR FANTASY BASED ON SCIENTIFIC SUPPOSITION HAS THRILLS FOR AUDIENCES GENERALLY. With a short introductory talk in English by Dr. Clyde Fisher of the American Museum of Natural History, this French production is easily understandable to general audiences and contains enough fascination to hold the interest of more than class audiences. On the theory that, since the earth had a begining it must also have an end, the noted French astronomer, Ca.iiille Flammarion, conceived the possibility of this end coming about as a result of a collision with a big comet. The probable results of such a collision are melodramatically illustrated in the cosmic disorder as well as in the havoc it plays with the humans on the earth. And it all winds up with the intimation that a new and happier earth will be born. The technical work and photography assume a major importance in depicting the story, and from these standpoints alone there is much of interest in the picture. Cast: Victor Francen, Collette Darfeul, Sylvia Grenade, J. Brindeau, Georges Collin, Abel Gance. Director, Dr. V. Ivanoff; Author, Camille Flammarion; Dialoguer, Jean Boyer; American Adaptation, H S Kraft; Cameramen, J Kruger, P. Roudakoff; Art Director, D. Perrier; Recording Engineer, R Bandouin; Editor, F. Salabert. Direction, Good Photography, Fine. # ^ f5nn *%kSj I OR 1 PERSONS Above the 8th Floor $6.00 and up Enjoy the comforts of * parlor and bedroom suite. . . . All rooms equipped with combination tub and shower bath, and running ice water. Ideal location — adjacent to shopping, business and theatre districts. SWIMMING POOL AND GYMNASIUM FREE TO GUESTS ^