The Film Daily (1934)

hey nit1 Saturday, June 9, 1934 f<?^« DAILY « « « REVIEWS of the NEW FEATURES « « « B "MANY HAPPY RETURNS" with Guy Lombardo and Royal Canadians, Burns & Allen, Joan Marsh, George Barbier Paramount 66 mins. GRACIE ALLEN A RIOT IN FAST MOVING FARCE WITH SNAPPY MUSIC AND EXCELLENT DANCES. Given a real chance at screen comedy, Gracie Allen comes through with flying colors. Her actions are hilarious and the manner with which she delivers her line is a scream. As her "straight" George Burns is aces and the music supplied by Lombardo and his orchestra completes a very satisfying piece of entertainment. Then also there are Taylor and Rutledge, colored tap dancers who perform one of the snappiest clog routines yet seen in the films. The story concerns Grade's lost sister and brother-in-law, who are kidnapped under instructions from the girls' father. The couple are supposed to act in a motion picture to be made in Hollywood, but when they fail to appear, Gracie takes the place of her sister as the "Masked Beauty" and George as the "Masked Singer". Cast: Guy Lombardo, Gracie Allen, George Burns, Joan Marsh, Gecrge Barbier, Franklin Pangborn, Ray Milland, Egon Brecher, Stanley Fields, John Kelly, William Demarest, John Arthur, Morgan Wallace, Kenneth Thompson,, Larry Adler, Veloz and Yolanda, John Taylor, Clark Rutledge. Director, Norman McLeod; Author, Lady Mary Cameron; Scenarists, J. P. McEvoy, Claude Binyon; Adaptors, Keene Thompson, Ray Harris; Editor, Richard Currier; Cameraman, Henry Sharp; Recording Engineer, Eugene Merritt. Direction, Fine. Photography, Fine. Blumenthal and Samuelson To Confer on Product Plan Lou Blumenthal, I. T. 0. A. leader, will confer with Sidney E. Samuelson, Allied president, within a few days on the exhibitor association's production plan, now in process of formulation. Next meeting of the Independent Film Buyers* Protection Group, sponsored by the I. T. O. A., will take place next week in New York. Loew's Theaters, Ltd., Dividend A dividend of $1.75 against accumulations has been declared by Marcus Loew's Theaters, Ltd., payable in Canadian funds June 30 to holders of record June 1-5. After this payment arrears will total $43.75. N. D. Convention Tomorrow Valley City, N. D. — A record turnout is expected for the North Dakota Allied convention to be held here tomorrow and Monday, with President John Piller presiding. Both members and non-members have been invited to attend. Billy La Hiff Services Today Funeral services for Billy La Hiff, owner of The Tavern, will be held at 10 o'clock this morning in St. Patrick's Cathedral. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery. Warner Baxter in "SUCH WOMEN ARE DANGEROUS" Fox 81 mins. WARNER BAXTER HAS DEBONAIR ROLE IN STORY THAT LACKS CONVICTION IN TREATMENT. In this opus Warner Baxter is far ahead of the rather aimless material that is furnished him. He plays the part of a dashing young writer of romantic novels over whom the women rave. In fact it seems that most of the time he has to fight his femme admirers off. He has an affair with a married dame played by Mona Barrie, and on a visit to her home discovers to his surprise that she has a husband. Meanwhile his secretary, Rosemary Ames, tries to watch over him and protect him from all the feminine wiles. But Rosemary has a selfish object in her protecting care, as she is secretly in love with her employer. Then along comes a giddy yound thing, played by Rochelle Hudson, and falls desperately and romantically in love with the dashing and handsome author. He tries to shush her away, but she persists, and practically forces him into keeping appointments with her. When he tries to dodge her, she kills herself, and circumstantial evidence points to him. Cast: Warner Baxter, Rosemary Ames, Rochelle Hudson, M&na Barrie, Herbert Mundin, Henrietta Crosman, Lily D. Stuart, Irving Pichel, Jane Barnes, Matt Moore, Richard Carle, Murray Kinnell, Frank Conroy, Fred Santley, John Sheehan, Bodil Rosing. Director, James Flood; Author, Vera Caspary; Adaptors, Jane Storm, Oscar M. Sheridan; Dialoguer, Lenore Coffee. Direction, Good. Photography, Good. "MERRY WIVES OF RENO" with Margaret Lindsay, Glenda Farrell, Donald Woods, Guy Kibbee, Hugh Herbert, Rosco Ates, Frank McHugh Warner Bros. 64 mins. FAIRLY AMUSING BROAD COMEDY WITH MORE SLAPSTICK THAN PLOT BUT AIDED BY EFFICIENT CAST. Marital tribulations of three couples are given a few rounds of slapstick wallops in this considerably gagged yarn, and the net result is a moderate amount of light and sometimes lively amusement of the type that should give fair satisfaction to the summer trade. It seems that, as a result of suspicions growing out of a mixup in coats, there are three couples who wind up in Reno with their troubles. There is a young couple, Margaret Lindsay and Donald Woods, and a couple of older couples, Guy Kibbee and Ruth Donnelly and Hugh Herbert and Glenda Farrell; and they have various reasons for wanting the knot untied. Most of the fun takes place in the Reno hotel, with a pet sheep and a bellhop played by Frank McHugh contributing to the merriment. The affair finishes with a happy reconciliation all around. Cast: Margaret Lindsay, Glenda Farrell, Donald Woods, Guy Kibbee, Hugh Herbert, Rosco Ates, Frank McHugh, Ruth Donnelly, Hobart Cavanaugh. Director, H. Bruce Humberstone; Author, Robert Lord; Screen Play, same; Dialogue, Don Holmes; Cameraman, Ernest Haller; Editor, Thomas Pratt. Direction, Good. Photography, Good A LITTLE from "LOTS" By RALPH WILK HOLLYWOOD T)0L0RES DEL RIO will be starred in "Caliente," by Jerry Wald and Carl Erickson, as her second Warner vehicle. Maureen O'SuIlivan will have the feminine lead in M-G-M's "Hide Out," with Robert Montgomery. W. S. Van Dyke is directing the Mauri Grashin story. Geneva Mitchell and Elinor Fair will be in Columbia's "Whom the Gods Destroy." Frank Morgan has been signed by Warners for "A Lost Lady," with Barbara Stanwyck and Ricardo Cortez. Brenda Fowler will play opposite Will Rogers in Fox's "Judge Priest." Other cast additions are David Landau, Paul McAllister, Grace Goodall, Hy Myer, Louis Mason and Hattie McDaniels. Guy Robertson arrives June 19 to start work in Monogram's "King Kelly of the U.S.A." T T V "Elmer and Elsie," is the new title of the original story by George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly in which George Bancroft will appear for Paramount. v ▼ v Frank Craven and Dickie Moore will appear in Universal's "The Human Side." ▼ ▼ T Myrna Loy will appear with Warner Baxter in Columbia's "Broadway Bill." T ▼ T This year's 13 Warn pas Baby Stars will be guests of honor at the Shriners' Convention in Minneapolis starting June 12. T T T John Miljan has been signed by Monogram for "Tomorrow's Youth." T T V Grady Sutton has been signed by RKO for six two-reelers with Carol Tevis and Dorothy Granger. "THE WORLD IN REVOLT" Mentone 69 mins. WELL HANDLED COMPILATION OF NEWSREEL SHOTS OF WORLD-WIDE REVOLUTIONS WITH COMPREHENSIVE NARRATIVE. Properly spotted and exploited, this release will not disappoint those who are interested in the subject matter. Emil Lengyel, author of the descriptive talk that is spoken by Graham McNamee, has done a satisfying job that is thorough and understandable. First shots show the beauties of Munich and Potsdam, a few scenes of the war, Czar Nicholas reviewing his troops and then the Petrograd revolutions. Shots of Kerensky, Lenin, Trotsky, Gorky and Stalin follow with each taking active part in his own cause and administration. Austria comes next with Vienna in revolt when the government started its offensive against the Socialists. Scenes taken in Cuba during the August 1933 riots, are next in sequence. Revolutionists vent their wrath against General Machado's policies and general strikes are declared. Italy's revolt against democracy in parliament with Mussolini taking command. Ireland's election when De Valera and Cosgrove opposed each other at the polls. India and Gandhi. Germany and the Socialist Ebert, Hindenburg and finally Hitler. China and its civil war. France and the Stavisky scandal and suicide, and finally America with its "new deal". The film moves along at a good pace and delivers its message with precision. Musical Score has been well selected and played by Milton Schwarzwald and his 25 piece orchestra. 4 Michigan Houses Reopen Detroit — Four houses in the state have just been reopened. They include the Pavilion, Saugatuck, owned by E. E. Weed; Washington, Brighton, by William Schulte; Rivoli, Tawas City, by H. A. Bird, and Star, Nashville, by R. Huaid and R. Harrison. The community in Lincoln and Temple in Muskegon have closed. The Dawn in Colon has been leased by Frank Jacobs, Jr., from George Brookins. Making Forth Worth Local Film Forth Worth — Hollywood theater and the "Star-Telegram" are sponsoring a local talent talker. Zoosie Fox is directing and it is planned to run the film for a week at the Hollywood .starting June 22. Plan Catholic Film in San Antonio San Antonio — After completion of its present Biblical epic in color, National Pictures' Kier-Phillips Productions plans to make a Catholic film. New Fan Magazine "Real Screen Fun," new fan magazine, is making its debut, sponsored by the Tilsan Publications. Frank Lippincott is editor and Isobel Heath is associate editor.