The Film Daily (1933)

Wednesday, Jan. 11,1933 DAILY 11 "20,000 YEARS IN SING SING" with Spencer Tracy. Bette Davis First National 81 mins. GOOD BOX-OFFICE PICTURE. SUSPENSE, COMEDY AND LOVE INTEREST WELL BALANCED. PLUS GRAND PERFORMANCE BY TRACY. Based on the book by Warden Lewis E. Lawes. this production not only has strong exploitation possibilities, but it packs the necessary entertainment to satisfy. Though a prison story, the side plays such a big part in it that the depressing atmosphere of jail life is pretty well erased. There are some tense moments, however, in a jail break sequence and in a few melodramatics over a girl's honor, and romance that combines comedy with heart interest is neatly injected. Spencer Tracy just about dominates the action in the central role of a bragging racketeer who thinks he is the toughest guy on earth. The story depicts the "honor system" employed by Lawes in his handling of prisoners, and shows how it finally converts the bad boy and makes him go to the chair for a murder committed by his sweetheart who shot in order to save him from a double-crossing rival. Bette Davis is good as the girl, Warren Hymer adds much to the comedy and Arthur Byron plays the warden effectively. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Bette Davis. Lyle Talbot. Sheila Terry. Edw McNamara. Warren Hymer. Louis Calhern, Spencer Charters Arthur Byron, Sam Godfrey. Grant Mitchell. Nella Walker. Harold Huber, William LeMaire, Arthur Hoyt, George Pat Collins Director, Michael Curtiz; Authors, Lewis E. Lawes. Wilson Mizner, Brown Holmes; Adaptors, Courtney Terrett. Robert Lord; Dialoguers. same; Cameraman, Barney McGill; Editor, George Amy. Direction, Fine Photography. Fine John Wayne in "HAUNTED GOLD" Warner Bros. 58 mins. GOOD WESTERN SPOOK DRAMA IN HAUNTED MINE SETTING WITH PLENTY OF ACTION AND INTERMIT TENT COMEDY. This western, one of the series being made by Leon Schlesinger for Warner release, is good action entertainment for the kids and all other members of the family who like the spooky stuff with lots of laughs in it. Story is about a haunted mine in which gold treasure is hidden. John Wayne is the hero who braves the dark dangers of the underground cache to search for the riches, and the principal comedy is created by Blue Washington, a Negro with the traditional colored man's fear of ghosts. Sheila Terry supplies the love interest opposite Wayne, and there is the usual amount of villainy working against the hero and keeping the suspense well sustained until the climax when Wayne outsmarts his opposition, gets the hidden treasure and makes a happy exit with the girl. The story is somewhat off the beaten track for a western, and Mack Wright did a good job in the direction, keeping things moving nicely all the time. Cast: John Wayne. Sheila Terry. Erville Alderson. Harry Woods. Otto Hoffman. Martha Mattox, Blue Washington Director, Mack V. Wright; Author, Adele Buffington; Adaptor, same; Dialoguer. same; Cameraman, Nick Musuraca; Editor, William Clemens. Direction, Fine Photography, Fine TRAILERS | DISCLOSE PLOTS, THRILLS, HIGH SPOTS % *3 IMPORT A KIT QrPKlPQ AKJH CFOI IFWrPC % Another Warner Picture Booked Into the Roxy Another Warner release, "Parachute Jumper," with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Bette Davis and Frank McHugh, has been booked into the original Roxy, it is announced by A. W. Smith, sales executive. It opens Feb. 10. Ruth Chatterton's "Frisco Jenny" is currently playing the house. EDWARD G. ROBINSON, First National star, will leave for Hollywood tomorrow to begin work in "The Little Giant." NORMAN MORAY, Vitaphonc sales manager, returns to New York on Friday from Boston and New Haven. RUBE JACKTER and LOU WEINBERG leave New York Friday for a two weeks' vacation at Miami. ARTHUR HORNBLOW arrives in New York tomorrow from the Coast. JOAN BLONDELL. who arrived in New York last Sunday on a honeymoon trip with her husband, GEORGE BARNES, w.ll leave for Chicago tomorrow on the Twentieth Century Limited. In the Windy City Mb* Blondcll will appear for a week in vaudeville and then will return to Hollywood to begin her next starring picture for Warners. FRANK FREEMAN of the S. A Lynch interests. Atlanta, is in New York. E. V. RICHARDS is in New York from New Orleans. Saul Rogers Retained By World Wide in Suit Saul E. Rogers has been retained by Earle Hammons, World Wide, Educational and all other defendants in the suit filed by Alexander S. Aronson. Rogers told THE FILM Daily yesterday that the charges are without foundation and will be vigorously defended. Another statement, issued by Norman C. 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