The Film Daily (1935)
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REVIEWS of the NEW FILMS »
"CHINATOWN SQUAD"
with Lyle Talbot Valerie Hobson, Hugh
O'Connell, Andy Devine, Leslie Fenton Universal 67 mins.
FAIR MURDER MYSTERY RELEGATED TO POP HOUSES BY LACK OF MARQUEE STRENGTH.
Nothing very pretentious, but a generally entertaining Chinatown melodrama that ought to satisfy the not too meticulous murder mystery fans. The plot revolves around the killing of an agent for a revolutionary group in China after he has been caught stealing money collected from Chinese people in America. Then comes the usual work of trying to find the murderer, with the authorities following a variety of clues and keeping matters in suspense until the climax when the villain is caught through the efforts of a bus driver, at the same time culminating the latter's romance. Lyle Talbot and Valerie Hobson do very nicely as the principal team, with Hugh O'Connell and Andy Devine helping out in comedy work.
Cast: Lyle Talbot, Valerie Hobson, Hugh O'Connell, Andy Devine, E. Alyn Warren, Leslie Fenton, Clay Clement, Bradley Page, Arthur Hoyt, Wallis Clarke, Toshia Mori, Tom Dugan, Jack Mulhall, James Flavin, King Baggott, Otis Harlan, Ed LeSaint, Edward Earle.
Producer, Stanley Bergerman; Director, Murray Roth; Author, L. G. Blochman; Screenplay, Dore Schary, Ben Ryan; Cameraman, George Robinson; Editor, Maurice C. Wright.
Direction, Good. Photography, Good.
FOREIGN
"BOLICHE," in Spanish; produced and directed by Francisco Elias, Orphea Studios, Barcelona; with Rafael Arcos, Amparo Aliaga, et al. At the Teatro Campoamor.
Fairly entertaining production from Spain with cabaret life background and a good deal of singing and instrumental music.
"TOVARISHI" ("Comrades"), in Russian, produced by Lenfilm; directed by S. Timoshenko; with Nikolai Batalov, Anatoli Goriunov, et al; distributed by Amkino. At the Acme Theater.
Story of brotherly love between two comrades in the Russian revolution has a moderate amount of entertainment value in addition to its documentary interest.
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"FRAEULEIN LISELOTT," in German; produced by Badal; directed by Johanne
Gutter; with Magda Schneider, Albert Lieven, et al. At the 86th St. Casino.
Pleasing romantic comedy about a businesslike young lady who makes practical persons out of a bunch of shiftless bohemians.
"LIEBE, TOD UND TEUFEL," in German; produced by Ufa; directed by Heinz Hilpert; with Kaethe von Nagy, Albin Skoda, et al. At the 79th St. Theater.
Based on "The Bottle Imp," Robert Louis Stevenson story, this is a fairly good action adventure story helped by the good performances of Kaethe von Nagy and supporting players, also nicely paced direction during most of the footage.
SHORTS
"Chain Letter Dimes"
with Pete Smith
M-G-M 7 mins.
Timely Humor
M-G-M is first in the field with a subject on the chain-letter craze in which there is such white-ho1 public interest at the moment that the mention of the subject's showing should draw some patronage, or at least add goodwill for exhibiting a reel so timely. Aside from its timeliness the subject is witty in the breezy Pete Smith style and pokes fun pleasantly at the chain letter fad.
"Screen Snapshots"
(Number 9)
Columbia 10 mins.
Fan Material
Movie fans will be interested in seeing this short showing their favorites off the set. Opens with a series of shots of popular players with their horses and with famous race horses, then to Palm Springs where another group of stars are taking the rest cure at the famous Miramar pool. Good stuff for the rabid screen followers.
Harry Langdon in
"Leather Necker"
Columbia 16 mins.
Fair Slaptick
A lot of typical Langdon humor and slapstick gags worked into a U. S. Marines background. Harry, a K. P. private is invited to dinner by Sergeant Wade Boteler where Boeteler's girl makes a play for the comic. They are captured by bandits and most of the humor comes in while Boteler is trying to kill Harry to get rid of him. A bit slow except for some automobile chase scenes which open and close the film.
"Mary's Little Lamb"
(Comi-Color Cartoon)
Celebrity 8 mins.
Good Cartoon
Mary's Lamb follows her to school, as in the famous rhyme, and succeeds in generally mixing up the closing day exercises to the embarrassment of teacher and the amusement of the pupils. Lots of laughs result from the confusion.
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