The Film Daily (1939)

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i \\ -I ii aawwCt A "SLEEPER" COMES TO BROAD with a cargo oF BOX-OFFICE PY ^<ftt»/,3ffl<^^^ 2XM>-RV.VX; ■ilium 0 THE ^t THE NEW YORK TIMES, m THE SCREEN | Jack London*! 'The Mutiny of the Elsinore' Makes a Routing Adventure Film at the Criterion from every vantage point, irom in decks up through her rigging, fror By FRANK i. NUGENT d,ck, up through he The Criterion opened a eurprlee the 1 package yesterday, "The Mutiny or through a ■ the Elsinore," and found Haalf— ai she hove-to for paokajre yesterday, "The Mutiny of the Elsinore," and found Itself— somewhat to Ha own aatontebment, no doubt— with aa trim an adventure film ai aver croaaed the aaaa n astonishment, board; there ar trim an advan ashore or afloa e plunges I a lifeboat any things, richly deny so thrlll from England. Written in Jack ing to see. London's beat pulpwood style, with The yarn they're spinning is like Lyn Harding playing the bucko most tales of mutiny: the captain mata, Paul Lukaa as the aupar murdered, the first mate shot down, cargo and a beautifully chosen (ne eecond office '» i»»»n» «>»>> crew of cutthroats aboard, tha aaga the trouble-r of tha Elainore makes bully 'screen supercargo b„u .^ reading, especially If you've a taata ter left to fight it out. But there for a bluaterlna»yarn. It haa paoa, j, nothing formular about the rest suspense, excitement— that galore— 0f it, with its shrewd interplay pf but, beyond all these, it haa grand photography. Mutiny la always exciting. The very word 1a exciting. But tha moat exciting part of tha mutiny on the Elainore ia the way tha camera has seen a fine old threemaster under a full head of sail. There isn't much praoaaa work here. Tha Elsinore Is a real ahlp, well-told Incident, its richness of characterization. Messrs. Harding and Lukas do wall enough aa the heroes of the occasion, but the rei ' eroea of tha piece are its vlllainsLel Martin-Harvey as the aea oond mate, Willlai i„ ad O'Sullivah. here. Tha Elainore Is a real ahlp, :,*""*. ,r"„ L~ l.,.j i. * hava atudled har could innc Lag 11 staaa! bbbbbv A DAILY NEWS— -^r -fc ■£ "Exciting and interesting picture of the sea . . . tense with melodrama." PAU LYN HARDING KATHll Directed by ROY LOCKWC First Newj LOEWS CRITJ Bo] ENTIRE LOEWS Mil WORLD-TELEGRAM— "Gripping ... a film that grows on you as it goes along." BOX OFFICE — "Tingling adventure, colorful narrative, superlative casting, characterizations and photography, everything in the way of realism and thrills . . . taut . . . exciting . . ." EXHIBITOR— "Rough, tough as the sea, this should be box ' office . . . high-rating sea-thriller." NEW YORK POST— "Full of red, raw meat of elemental conflict . . . outstanding examples of sea and ship photography." i n If DIRECT BOOKINGS THROUGH REGAL DISTRIBUT