Hollywood (Jan - Oct 1934)

A New StarA New Book pt Margaret Sullavan the girl you loved in "Only Yesterday" returns to the screen as the beloved "Bunny" of Hans Fallada's great novel, ably supported by Douglass Montgomery and a host of stars. Read the fictionization of this stirring picture in JUNE Romantic MOVIE STORIES • Also in this issue: The first cinema version of George White's Scandals with a galaxy of stars including Jimmy Durante, Rudy Vallee and Alice Faye. Hilarious Lee Tracy as an ace reporter in I'll Tell the World. ■ He Was Her Man co-starring Joan Blondell and Jimmy Cagney. Warner Baxter and Rosemary Ames in Too Many Women: Come On Marines featuring Dick Arlen and Ida Lupino. Pat O'Brien and Glenda Farrell in The Personality Kid and Dixie Lee and Robert Armstrong in Manhattan hove Song. AT ALL NEWS STANDS Mahon and Kelly, two fine performers ■who do a fine job. Gl amour Now on Sale 64 Paul Lukas and Constance Cummings star in this Edna Ferber story of an ambitious chorus girl who gets a composer to write song hits for her, marry her, make her a star, give her a baby and then give her up for another man. Phillip Reed, a new face on the screen, has a difficult role, but does well with his chances. Riptide ® Cheers and orchids for Norma Shearer for her work in Riptide, which brings her out of retirement. Herbert Marshall is a splendid foil for Norma, and Robert Montgomery, as the other man with whom Norma holds highly unconventional meetings, is all that can be desired. The ladies will gloat when Marshall forgives and takes back his erring wife. The part is one which only an artist of Miss Shearer's great ability could handle so cleverly. Lilyan Tashman gives a delightful performance in this, her second to last picture. Helen Jerome Eddy, Ralph Forbes and Mrs. Patrick Campbell form an excellent supporting cast. Twentieth Century © Those who remember the stage success of this famous play will not be disappointed in the screen version, thanks to the excellent work done by John Barrymore and Carole Lombard. All of the action takes place on a New York bound train and Barrymore, as the frantic stage producer seeking the signature of a famous star, gives a delightful portrayal. Change of Heart ® The inimitable team of Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell returns to the screen in the powerful story of four graduates who seek careers in New York. Ginger Rogers and James Dunn do their part to make this an outstanding production. Sadie McKee @ After all, there is no substitute for Joan Crawford when she is properly cast and Sadie McKee is a natural for her. It is a story of life and love and Sadie succumbs to the lures of three men — Gene Raymond as the actor, Franchot Tone as the lawyer and Edward Arnold as the alcoholic youth. Wh ere Dinners Meet • There is comedy and drama — plenty of both in the story of Where Sinners Meet, which is a legend of marital intrigue. Diana Wynyard and Clive Brook perform perfectly and Billie Burke, Alan Mowbray and Reginald Owen are deserving of laurels. Hail the new First Actress of the screen! Katharine Hepburn received the 1934 award of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts for the best work of an actress. Morning Glory brought her the honor Hollywood Party • With an array of stars whose names are usually scattered over a whole list of productions, Metro brings to the screen this latest of musicals. One sequence alone is worth the price of admission. It is an egg breaking scene between Lupe Velez and Messrs. Laurel and Hardy. The Mickey Mouse number, which expands into the Red Hot Chocolate Soldier song, all done in Technicolor, is also a knockout. In addition to Lupe and Laurel and Hardy, the cast includes Jimmy Durante, Polly Moran, Charles Butterworth, Jack Pearl, June Clyde and Eddie Quillan. One Was Guilty • This is a mystery play, with a somewhat sophisticated love background, with Ralph Bellamy as the detective inspector. Shirley Gray, cast as a homeless little stenographer, becomes involved in a murder mystery. Rita La Roy cleverly portrays the part of a cheating wife. Viva Villa! ® Metro presents one of the real big smash hits of the year in this colorful, gripping drama based upon the life of Mexico's military figure — bandit to some, hero to others. Wallace Beery turns out the finest work of his long career as Villa. Second only to him is Henry B. Walthall, who enacts the role of President Francisco Madero. Stuart Erwin does great work as the newspaper reporter and Leo Carrillo, as Villa's assistant, gives an outstanding performance. Viva Villa! is a picture you will not soon forget. HOLLYWOOD