The Film Daily (1931)

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"The Nightingale" with Vwienne Osborne, Lysle Talbot and Vat O'Brien Vitaphone 1072-73 T.me, 14 mins. Neat Playlet With Music Through the medium of song and action this number depicts a little romance involving a beautiful cabaret singer, Vivienne Osborne; a racketeer, Lysle Talbot, who has tumbled heavy for her, and her real sweetheart, Pal O'Brien. The rackl teer promotes an elaborate night club for the Kir! and finally decides to give up the underworld life and heat it away with her, but when he tails for the girl he finds her about leave with the other man. He takes it like a good sport and returns to hi> gang. Miss Osborne sings a lew sentimental numbers in a vcr\ pleasing manner and the whole production is very nicely conceived and executed. Lulu McCoitm ll in "The Introduction of Mrs. Gibbs" Paramount Time, 8 m'ns. Fast Comedy Lulu McConnell is right in her element playing a chattering, rough and ready female on a visit to her daughter's future mother-in-law. The latter, played as an extremely cultured and refined society woman. serves as a feeder for most of Miss McConnell's wise-cracks, with daughter nearly frantic trying to tone her •not her down. The climax comes when wine is served and the mother proceeds to empty the bottle, thereby acquiring a crying jag, exiting on the arm of the butler. Directed by Mort Rhimenstock. "Kane Meets Abel" Universal Time, 21 mins. Ordinary Another of the Leather Pushers -cries, with Kane Richmond as the society pug and Sam Hardy as his manager. It follows the usual routine of the others, moving along on a very mechanical script. They stage B wild party with the girls, and then go by airplane to Frisco and force a decision for the championship fight by staging an elimination contest for the winner to meet the champ. The bout is not so hot, and of course the hero wins, putting him in line for the championship bout. Nick and Tony in "Hey Diddle Diddle" ivith Henry Armetta and Nick Basil RKO Time, 19 mins. Fair Slapstick In this number of the series produced by Lou Brock the Italian character comedians, Henry Armetta and Nick Basil, do their stuff aboard a -hip. One of them is a steward and the other a cook. Tony has a pet at and he has a lot of trouble keeping it hidden from the captain, who has a violent prejudice against felines. Also on board is a pet seal belonging to one of the women passengers. Between them all they manage to keep the comedy fairly well sustained. "Let's Talk Turkey Columbia Time, 12 mins. Interesting Scenic One of the Rambling Reporter* series, with the speaker describing a journey in and around Constantinople, in which he contrasts the )ld city under the rule of the sultans with the modern Turkey of today with theinfluences of western civilization apparent. It is a very interesting reel, showing the mosques, palaces and humbler abodes of the itizens in various walks of life. The liews of the life in the streets is entertaining, showing the vivid contrast between western and oriental customs. "The Birthday Party" Columbia Time, 7 mins. Okay A Mickey Mouse cartoon in which the animals stage a birthday party, featuring an enormous cake. They go through some clever antic and all in all it is a peppy animated well up to the standard of the Walt Disney series. The harmony and musii al effects override the theme and clutter up the cartoon work unnei i s-arily in -pots, but that seems to be the prevailing idea in cartoons until he exhibs or the public register a definite objection. "Little Trail" Columbia Time, 7 mins. Fair Cartoon A Krazy Kat cartoon, being a burlesque on the covered wagon theme and the Indians. Krazy Kat is capHired by the Indians and starts his harmony and soon has all the wild red men forgetting to scalp him a'hey join in the jazz melody. Like 5t of the current cartoons, this one has gone harmony to the extent hat the story becomes secondarv to he musical effect-. But as the current animateds go, on this new system, it is good. "Zuyder Zee" Pathe Time, 10 mins. Fine A Vagabond Adventure, with Tom Terriss conducting us through the canals of the Zuyder Zee terrain, and doing it splendidly and entertainingly in his usual showmanship manner. Interesting scenes in Amsterdam, and intimate studies of the lives and customs of the Holland natives make the reel very entertaining throughoat. It finishes with views of the fishing sloops in the harbor. Terriss with his dramatic voice and poetic descriptions makes this offering something well worth while. The Three Sailors in "The Recruits" Amusing Xoiischsc Vitaphone 1079 Time, 9 mins. The trio of entertainers from Earl Carroll's "Vanities" is always good for a satisfying round of nonsensical antics. The fun revolves around their efforts to join the Navy, or perhaps to ke.ep from joining. Dudley Clements and Harry Shannon are among the chief aids in the comedy. Should prove generally pleasing. "The Champion" Fair Universal Time, 20 mins. Looks like the last of the Leather l usher series, with Kane Richmond as the society pug at last meeting the champ and -coring a knockout I he arena stuff is pretty well handled and Richmond put up a good boxnig exhibition. Preliminaries leading up to the fight consist of the love interest, with the hero arranging for a secret wedding to the girl directlv after the fight There is some hocus pocus about a gent trying to make the fight look crooked which is far from convincing. It is on a par with the rest of this series, which showed loo much repetition in the plot material throughout. Edgar Bergen in "The Office Scandal" with Christina Gruber Vitaphone 1147 Time, 7 mins. Fair Ventriloquial Skit Through the medium of a dummy, who is made to play the part of a kid applying for an office boy job, and with the added support of Christina Gruber, as the steno, and an unbilled actor who is the steno's husband, Edgar Bergen puts over a fairly amusing sketch. The dummy sees the steno kiss:jig her boss and he threatens to tell unless he gets the job. He gets it, and the final punch has him accidentally spilling the scandal anyway. The ventriloquial stuff loses much of its effectiveness on the screen, but otherwise :he skit is well done. "Girls Will Be Boys" Educational Time, 21 mins. Weak A Tuxedo comedy featuring Charlotte Greenwood and Vernon Dent Rather a far-fetched idea that fails to register the laughs the way it uas intended. Miss Greenwood swaps place with her hubby (Vernon Dent), he staying home to run the house for a day, while she takes his job, only to find out that he is a piano mover. She tackles a piano hoisting job, with mixed results as far as the comedy is concerned. It might have been Charlotte's fault but the story is more to be blamed,' as it failed to supply a sufficient number of comedy gags. "Over the Radio" Pathe Time, 20 mins. .Flat A Capital comedy with Franklin Pangborn as the comedian seen addressing a committee of women outlining his campaign for getting wives a square deal and eliminating the "other woman" if he is elected to office in the forthcoming political campaign. The comedian has just been married, and an old flame starts to work on him over the phone when he goes on the radio to deliver his campaign speech. He gives the talk in his home for broadcasting, which is pretty far fetched. The comedy consists in the other woman constantly interrupting his radio speech with her phone calls, till his wife gets wise. Too much repetition and oo little comedy. "Hot and Bothered" Universal Time, 21 mins. Fair A comedy featuring George Sidney and Charlie Murray as two American buyers representing a ladies' garment concern visiting Paris on business. They arrive at the hotel ahead of( their wives, and get mixed up in an apartment in the hotel filled with mannequins. Murray does a hypnotist stunt on one of the girls, making her fall in love with Sidnev. Their wives arrive before Murray can get the girl out of the hypnotic trance. This starts the complications with wild scrambling to get the girls out of sight of the wives. Pretty mechanical stuff, but the type that will no doubt get the laughs from the audience with the bedroom farce situations. "Baby Follies" M-G-M Time, 19 mins. Swell Kiddie Revue Gus Edwards staged this miniature kiddie revue and it shows the hand of the master of this type of entertainment. There is a cute kid master of ceremonies, all decked up in full dress and ad-libbing in the usual style as he introduces the various juvenile performers. A neatly devised closing specialty has the older kids doing their dance stuff, with the ensemble gradually changing to vounger children until the group gets down to a row of babes who can barely manipulate their feet. The whole production, in color, is high *rade and will serve as a flash act with plenty of appeal for grownups in addition to its big pulling power among the kids.