The Film Daily (1936)

Entertainment d ™ GREAT GUY From the Word Go I _ M Great Cuv gW and Mae Clarke n ?Van>« C.£ "ories in Saturdav t ,Johnny Cave' '»»« EdwarS Grlnt Evening P„srVbey Henry MeCarty .«Jn Screen »|ay bv Additional duio^Ce *£■'?.**«•»%,& Photerraphy by j..t „ B"ry Ruskln direction by r/„ V? k MacKenile. ArJ «on. MirUn Sk?i~ "re Musical dlreV Haro,d^™b.S„,.ineSF1ISISU°d.'«hn'cfaen; Schoeniarth. Gown. hS 'ditor' Russell Recorded with Bel Fid^n. D°J"othy »*al 'istant dlrectorf Job! si''y SoSnd AsJamea Burke Vi-T^ Sherwood. Cast5«'ker, Cnadene H^v Br0*Pny Hen,V Namara. Robert Gle^J^' Fdward Meyer, Edward Carnn w.» Jo^eph SawGordon. Wallls «5Rv Mat,y Fain. Mary Previewed I n£ *?*. "d »»«'as Wood* theatre. HSSatauLSuUJf'^Sg. V'»a« -VARIETY of A GRAND NATIONAL PICTURE Grand National staked its poke on James Cagney and on "Great Guy" and the spinning wheel of fortune 5 ass on the numb -v "en* necessary to spell" fi^fc The part of Johnny Cavo w Svg fer ty^ ICC a conv^fnVLoTy^rthl0,,^ °ff ,ust what the doctor ordereSneSare es MeacL^n?th,'ng Jack,'ng ■'"'Doughas not teen ST'T'0" Mon"y they have bneenP done0" ~* and realistic fashion Se caTt £ mOSt Blyston°e nas^tttrth:' ^ C Possible results8 Vhe littler7 l*' and the general t end thlr " there faW^*te'«ftp" are a„ *-agney is cast a* „~ " sealer of weights anW ass,stant a metropolitan c!y "l^"^ *■ by Politrdans anH,dent engineered collect in the racke^f^gSteR! who ;ng the buying pub ic°fSS^e->hN 'ove with Mae Clarke" Jnrf"^ 'S '" boss and when ho 1 g fiend's fellow in K exuposes the big ^irenga;eemePnarS'h,Sgir'br^f derSetoa^5^n8 theevitaken from Cagnev (m,"'0na'>e are 'Joseph Sawyerf XhoV Wr""er ney badly battered I r**** Cagfinds himself traooeH' I ?g°ey fnen "ail predicament 'nt0 a b,acl< With the heb of „ ■■ tain (Edward McNamarafld """ t'red beer baron fFw. j r?d a re Cagney manages to locate thl * nng' There is a terrifir fc *!, e papersPapers are recover.H J t but fhe Z^ged and CagneV !"" "if fh/eves 'ove of Miss effi WmS back the *-7*sffyaaB: ry rd Parted from thl ■ e have de ot machine , ?'>e"s. Instead h Sr,r''eks human being buiU C8V0rts ,ike a .^e climax where it a'rys t0 '" a most effective mL SCS his fisfs cr°oked politick wa"ne,i uP°r the rum. dn who plotted his roleM,rke?S%rn"h0ed'7 ''tS her has the intelligence ^rf10^ She befitting a glrf "^ and initiative Position, the bL? !r executive Pects from , the si *?* one eand a personality Tha? * Picture overshadowed even bv ^nn0t be natism of Caen^L u y the mag«>'e. She does a m^ symPathetTc throughout th"^0^^ -ting a sweTpo^rtaiTfr,5 ^r°Ugh ^* wh° is Cagnev's 6 >''* 'rish^n thick and gneys ass.stant. His P'entyofnfaughrandghbr°gUe ^ patches himgwitahndtisRst°ry telling chaosen. Ed^ ^e Bar0n Munas the ex-pW2e7iphB;0pny is cast baron who helps Son6' 3nd beer mess and hi aCt7nl Y °,Ut °f his convincing. Henrv VS.. thoroughly b;g bus,negss man?^oug°aserwaS,tne the mayor, Edward fc^ as the polce carjtam d i. CNamara as as the ward noit.'r bert C,eckler Sawyer as the w ' J'/"' ^ JosePh ^« Picked and Turn"^^; ^ Performances ThJ tirstrate said of Edward rf„Same must be Pain as gang! erS fifr" ^nd MaftV as Cagnev"s ftl«« ' Be"tadene Hayes Party 'Sf? % *%£%"* *bringing together a stT.nl Br°phy' -ent of mJggsTn'fu X?s aSH3errt: the direction by Blvsrnnl u ere duced a series" of^S ^ pr°P'enty entertaining anS full J ^ human comedy ' of good welcome the J. exhibitors will 'eague picture ^^ °* 'H Urst biS WITH MAE CLARKE A DOUGLAS MacLEAN PRODUCTION Directed by JOHN G. BLYSTONE Presented by EDWARD L. ALPERSON • Adapted from the "Johnny Cave Stories" Originally Published in the Saturday Evening Post • Screenplay by Henry McCarthy. Henry Johnson and James Edward Grant Additional Dialogue by Harry Ruskln NOW BOOKING Prerelease Dates December 25th National Release January 1st