Hollywood (Jan - Oct 1934)

Make This Radio What's New on the Screen "SUCCESS TEST" Continued from |»nwe «*»n YOU MAY BE ASTOUNDED AT YOUR CHANCE TO BECOME A RADIO STAR The ranks of radio talent are only beginning to fill — in the very next year, for instance, it is prophesied that scores of new stars will he discovered. You may have the talent radio is clamoring for! Test yourself, with the Radio Talent Score Card in the May issue of RADIO LAND— the news maga7ine of the air RADIOLAND ' The News Magazine of the Air" A FAWCETT PUBLICATION 10c A ♦♦♦ At All COPY * Newsstands NOW/ THE GIANT TUBE. W %< and Ben Lyon. Allan Dwan of Hollywood directed the picture which is a burlesque on the mythical kingdom type of screen stories. Long Lost Father • Screen fans have become accustomed to seeing John Barrymore in pictures that rate above the average. In that respect, Long Lost Father is a bit disappointing, despite the splendid support supplied by Helen Chandler, Donald Cook, Allen Mowbry and Natalie Moorehead. It is the story of a head waiter, Barrymore, who deserted his family and meets his daughter when she has grown up. She becomes a dancer in his cafe, despite her bitter feeling toward him, and becomes involved in a robbery. She is about to lose her boy friend, Donald Cook, when Barrymore saves the situation. She Made Her Bed # If you like melodrama, here it is with Robert Armstrong, Sally Eilers and Dick Arlen dishing it out in grand style. You will find plenty of shudders and those who weep will have their moments. Robert Armstrong and his wife, Sally Eilers, run an auto camp near a fair grounds. Armstrong is a villainous husband, at once brutal and unfaithful. Sally is induced by Dick Arlen, a traveling fakir, to run away with him but at the crucial moment she learns that motherhood is to be her lot and woefully decides to remain with her wedded mate. The end is extremely effective. An escaped tiger runs amuck and endangers the baby — but all ends well. Heat Lightning ZIP EPILATOR-ITS OFF because ITS OUT PERMANENTLY DESTROYS HAIR # A well balanced movie diet of comedy and tragedy. Heat Lightning features Aline MacMahon and Ann Dvorak as two sisters operating a desert auto camp. Preston Foster and Lyle Talbot, bank bandits headed for Mexico, arrive. Glenda Farrell and Ruth Donnelly, wealthy divorcees from Reno, drop in for a night's rest. Foster decides to rob them and is seen leaving the room by Ann as she returns from a rendezvous with her boy friend. There is tragedy when Talbot shoots Foster. Fine photography and excellent location shots give the picture a very vivid touch of realism. Success Story # Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., is the young man with too much ambition and self-assurance. He goes up in the world and then crashes. Colleen Moore is the secretary who loves Doug through poverty and riches. The picture is not spectacular, but it does provide entertainment. Genevieve Tobin and Frank Morgan help brace the leading characters. David Harum # David Harum is the answer to the Will Rogers fan's plea. He is exceedingly well cast in the role of bankerhorsp trader, who. between buying up mortgages for poor widows and swapping balky horses, finds time to play Cupid for two young lovers, Evelyn Venable and Kent Taylor. Louise Dresser, Noah Beery, Charles Middleton and Stepin Fetchit all do their part to make this the sparkling comedy drama what it should be. Will Rogers makes Dautd Harum on the screen the same lovable character he was on the stage and in the book. I Believed in You • This is a story for sophisticated audiences. Rosemary Ames is the orphaned girl who accepts as genius the peculiarities of her Greenwich Village friends. She goes to jail for slapping John Boles when he ridicules her companions, particularly Victor Jory. Boles, a rich man, schemes to give her a true understanding of her friends and offers to finance them for six. months. All, including Jory, fail and Rosemary finally realizes Boles' worth. Harold Teen 0 Hal Le Roy, the lad with the dancing feet, is well cast in the title role of this comic strip which has been brought to the screen. Rochelle Hudson is delightful as Ltilums and the cast includes such luminaries as Guy Kibbee, Patricia Ellis and Hugh Herbert. Chic Chandler introduces two intriguing songs, Two Flies On A Lump Of Sugar and College Wedding. Jimmy The Gent • Just what you would expect with Jimmy Cagney heading the cast of characters. Jimmy The Gent gives the Cagney fans their money's worth, with Jimmy playing the role of a fast thinking, wise-cracking promoter who has his finger in many an unsavory financial pie. He gets genuine support from Bette Davis, Alice White, Alan Dinehart and Mayo Methot. No Greater Glory • Columbia turns out another winner in No Greater Glory. It is a powerful story of rivalry between two juvenile gangs. Amid tragedy and pathos it brings forth a deep feeling and understanding of the juvenile mind. Ralph Morgan and Lois Wilson play the two adult roles and the juvenile acting is extremely well done by George Breakston, Jimmie Butler, Frankie Darro and Jackie Searl. Lazy River • With the picturesque background of Louisiana's Cajun country as a setting, Lazy River brings an assortment of melodrama, comedy and love interest. Ted Healy and Nat Pendleton leave prison but are not reformed. They plot to blackmail pretty little Jean Parker's mother, thinking her wealthy, which is contrary to the real condition. The plot fails and they stay to help her lift the mortgage from the old homestead. Robert Young helps Jean Parker carry the love interest, which is flavored with Louisiana's shrimp fishing industry. This Metro offering is different. HOLLYWOOD