The Film Daily (1933)

DAILY ''UNDER THE TONTO RIM" with Stuart Erwin, Fred Kohler, Raymond Hatton imount 63 mins. WELL COMEDY WESTERN FROM NE GREY STORY HAS PLENTY OF JGHS AND ACTION. his is the type that westerns should >w in order to regain their hold on the It has an intelligent story, finely >d by a very competent cast, and car a fine brand of humor all the way .ugh. Stuart Erwin plays one of his ib roles as a cowhand who fails at •y job they give him. Finally he lands as part owner of a detested pig farm g with his partner Raymond Hatton. inwhile he is pining of unrequited love the daughter of his former boss. The er is being fleeced by his crooked fore i and another chap who are rustling cattle. The fun really commences in Stuart's partner and a pal give him uild-up as a notorious bad man, and i makes good when the girl appears on scene and he has to vindicate him He cleans up the crooks, and in : ntally stumbles upon the stolen cattle. Hast: Stuart Erwin, Fred Kohler, Ray i id Hatton, Verna Hill ie, John Lodge, :.zy Knight, George Barbier, Patricia : ey, Marion Bardell, Edwin J. Brady, ! n Garcia. irector, Henry Hathaway; Author, Zane '■.■/; Adaptors, Jack Cunningham, Gerald iaghty; Cameraman, Archie Stout. irection, Very Good. Photography, Ex: ant. "GIGOLETTES OF PARIS" with Madge Bellamy, Gilbert Roland Equitable 64 mins. FALLS FLAT WITH RAMBLING STORY THAT FAILS TO BUILD ANY DEFINITE INTEREST. This is a very disjointed tale of golddiggers in Paris. Madge Bellamy and her pal start out to take the men for all they can get after Madge has been thrown over by a gent whom she expected to marry (Theodor Von Eltz). She meets a gigolo in the cabaret where they work, played by Gilbert Roland. Then follows a very mixed and rambling series of episodes wherein the gigolo is interested in the girl who has married Madge's former fiance, and the husband begins to pay attentions to his former sweetheart again. There is much to-do about a bracelet and a ring and a watch, all part of the loot the girl has gathered from various gentlemen admirers. Finally the watch which was stolen from its original owner gets the gigolo in jail, but it all works out happily with the little golddigger finding happiness with her gigolo sweetheart. Pretty much of a washout in acting, story and direction. Cast: Madge Bellamy, Gilbert Roland, Natalie Moorhead, Theodor Von Eltz, Molly O'Day, Henry KoJker, Paul Porcasi, Albert Conti, F. Schumann-Heink. Director, Alphonse Martell; Author, same; Dialoguer, same; Editors, Tom Persons, Otis Garrett; Cameramen, Henry Cronjager, Herman Schopp. Direction, Weak. Photography, Good. "I HAVE LIVED" with Alan Dinehart and Anita Page Chesterfield 65 mins. GOOD DRAMA OF STAGE LIFE WITH REALISTIC PUNCH AND INTERESTING HUMAN INTEREST ANGLE. This drama is nicely paced and balanced and is forcefully put over by Alan Dinehart and Anita Page who are well teamed. The story concerns Dinehart, a hardboiied theatrical producer in search of a girl "who has lived" and therefore capable of properly interpreting his play of a girl who knows life and men. He believes he has found her in Anita Page, a young woman of questionable reputation whom he "discovers" acting as a hostess in a "percentage" house. He bails her out when the place is raided and immediately begins to groom her to portray the leading part in his forthcoming play. A contrasting love interest is introduced with Dinehart's friend falling in love with the girl whom he drops when her past becomes known. Then Dinehart steps in and confesses his love for her. Interest is sustained throughout. Women will be particularly interested as Anita Page gains sympathy from the start and also displays some gorgeous gowns as the film progresses. Cast: Alan Dinehart, Anita Page, Allen Vincent, Gertrude Astor, Maude Truax, Matthew Betz, Eddie Boland, Florence Dudley, Gladys Blake, Dell Henderson. Director, Richard Thorpe; Author, Lou Heifetz; Adaptor, Winifred Dunn; Dialoguer, same; Cameraman, M. A. Anderson. Direction, Excellent. Photography, Very Good. "HELL'S HOLIDAY" Superb Pictures 88 mins. COMPILATION OF WORLD WAR SCENES MAKES AN INTERESTING SUBJECT OF ITS KIND. Like the several official World War films already presented, this compilation shows in a very vivid way the destruction and suffering caused by modern warfare. The picture makes some attempt to present its material in more or less chronological order, from the start of hostilities to the jubilation that followed the signing of the armistice. In between there are the views of land, sea and air combat, much firing of big and small guns, sinking of merchant ships by German submarine raiders, bringing down of airplanes, troops on the march and advancing in battle formation, etc. Most impressive in this particular production are the scenes of infantry making advances during actual combat, with numerous soldiers seen shot down and stretcherbearers being kept as busy as the combatants themselves. Running commentary is supplied by Eugene Dennis, whose fervor sometimes is a little irksome, and there is an excellent musical score supplied by Joseph Finston. Due to the difficulties under which the army cameramen took these pictures, the photography is not always as good as it might be. But in a picture of this kind the matter of fine production details is not the prime consideration. As a record of what war actually is like, this film depicts the horrors and mock glory as impressively as almost any other picture of its kind. Outside of the names already mentioned, no production credits are given. N-E-W-S O-F T-H-E D-A-Y hicago — A. H. McLaughlin, of Hollywood-Universal contest, an nces the appointment of two ad onal division managers. A. W. oils was made district manager the territory comprising Minnea lis, western Wisconsin, North llkota and northern South Dakota. ilk L. Hildreth was made division rihager for Sioux Falls, southern frith Dakota, Des Moines and (aha. District Manager Ekidie lion has appointed Eddie Lurie and jjirge Benji representatives in the I waukee territory. Rochester, N. Y. — George Verlain has closed the Lincoln. ; Iristol, N. H. — The Gem has been t pened with Leonard Follansbee in e rge. Issex Junction, Vt. — The Colonial not open as previously planned, Drding to latest reports. Itoston — George Hager and Lou chsler have joined the United ,ists sales force. i alt Lake City — A default judgnlit for $62,500, plus $5,000 attorm's fees, was granted the Marshall Hare Building Co., San Francisco, Minst RKO Western Corp. and the EjO San Francisco Co., recently in ti;| Third District Court here. Addison, N. Y. — The Star, operated by B. S. Newman, is open Sunday and Monday only. Fairport, N. Y. — Don R. Stevenson has closed the Rivoli. Buffalo — The Roosevelt, taken over by George Rosing from the Shea circuit, has closed for the sum Binghamton, N. Y.— Mrs. Bessie B. Blair has taken over the Laurel from D. Conklin. Hammondsport, N. Y. — N. H. Wood is the new manager of the Park. Buffalo — F. G. Hohm is out at the Avon, and his former partner, J. Propis, is now managing the house alone. Cleveland — Bert Hensen is back as head of the local RKO publicity and exploitation department. Hensen was transferred last winter from this post to manager of an RKO in Troy, N. Y. Buffalo — Alec Weisman, well known in Buffalo's film row, is now covering the Syracuse territory for Metro. Detroit — The Lyric, downtown house operated by Ernest Blasdell, has closed for the summer. Detroit — J. J. Norris, manager of the Michigan Film Library, has moved to the Insurance Exchange Bldg., opening a downtown office for the first time in several years. The "Freiburg Passion Play" is now being booked through Michigan, after playing a large part of the Butterfield circuit of houses. Detroit — "Doc" G. E. Holmes, formerly manager of the Dawn, has been made manager of the Hoover, Wes,t Side house, by Simon Leja, owner. Clovis, N. M.— The R. E. Griffith Theaters, Inc., and Russell Hardwick have pooled their Lyceum and Mesa theaters here. Hardwick will be manager. Del Norte, Colo. — Everett Cole, mayor of Alamosa and owner of the Rialto theater there, has installed Western Electric sound and reopened the house, closed for a ye&v. Wallingford, Conn. — Abraham Kofman of Norwich, Conn., and Alec Horwitz, of Brockton, Mass., have leased the Strand from Mrs. Fannie Ginsburg and plan to reopen the house, which has been closed for three years, in the late fall. New sound equipment will be installed. The house is now under lease to George H. Wilkinson, Sr., owner of Wilkinson's, until Dec. 1. Detroit — Robert Bartlett has been promoted as assistant to Alfred Lane, manager of the Alhambra, succeeding Carl Winckler, who is now with the original Roxy, New York, as lighting technician. Detroit — The Monroe, downtown house, has closed for the summer. Boston — A projection room for the Hub Film Exchange and American Pictures is being outfitted on Piedmont St. with RCA sound equipment and two Simplex machines.