Hollywood (1938)

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MARIE ANTOINETTE (M-G-M) ■ The opening scene in this mammoth production establishes the scale for the entire picture. The camera is trained on a long, long, long, long, long, high, wide, handsome corridor. Far, far away at the end a door opens, and a little figure scurries with a girlish bounce and skips down its vast length. It is little Marie Antoinette of Austria, hurrying to her mother's apartment in the palace to hear that her marriage to the Dauphin of France has been arranged. And for close to three hours, the picture continues on the same scale. Faithfully reproduced, we are told, was the great ball-room at Versailles, with the single exception that it was made almost twice as big. Gowns of truly breath-taking grandeur crowd the screen and vie for attention with an equally magnificent cast. The first part of the film deals with the pathetic attempt of Antoinette (Norma Shearer) to make a success of her life with the clod-like Dauphin (Robert Morley) , and to win the loyalty of the . court from Du Barry (Gladys George), strong-willed mistress of the aging Louis XV (John Barrymore). At no time in the first part of the film is the poverty and the misery of France mentioned, which is right, because such things were not a part of Antoinette's life, and so little known to her that, when someone told her that the people were without bread, she shrugged her soft shoulders and flipped the retort, "Then, let them eat cake!" That quotation is not heard in the film, incidentally, cut in the interests of showing the warmer side of the ill-fated queen. With the second part of the film, the threat of the growing resentment of the populace begins to show, and the theatrical contrast between the wretched, desperate mob and the extravagant, indifferent court makes for high drama. Robert Morley gives one of the outstanding performances as the slow-witted, doomed Louis XVI in a cast packed with famous names: Henry Stephenson as the courteous old ambassador, Anita Louise as a lovely lady in waiting, Cora Witherspoon, Barnett Parker, Reginald Gardiner, Henry Daniell, Alma Kruger, Joseph Calleia, George Meeker, Scotty Beckett, Marilyn Knowlden. Tyrone Power gives a serious, telling performance as the loyal Count De Fersen, and acknowledgment should be made to Adrian who designed the gowns as well as to the thousands of musicians, technicians, craftsmen and needlewomen whose work contributes so much to the magnificence of this film. Perhaps the real star is Director W. S. Van Dyke whose skill is so great that the film, which is nearly three hours long does not seem to last for more than . . . well, a little over two. LOVE FINDS ANDY HARDY (M-G-M) ■ This is one of the funniest, one of the most expert, one of the most admirable comedies you'll see in many a day, and if you have a teen-age great lover among your friends, pick him up and join him in laughter at Mickey Rooney's troubled career as a social lion. As the story starts, Andy Hardy is hounded by the gnawing necessity for a car of his own in which to take his girl (Ann Rutherford) to the big dance of the year. Stung to action by irresistible desire, he pays $12 down on a dazzling roadster, trusting to luck and various devices of his own to complete the rest of the twenty dollar down-payment before the big night. And that started the troubles which lacerated his tender sensibilities until the once light-hearted Andy was hardly recognizable as the gloom-laden, worryweighted boy who had hardly enough fight left to continue his running guerilla warfare with his sister. First he had a girl and a car. Then he had two girls and no car. Then he had a car and no girl. Judy Garland turns in a charming performance as the little girl who comes to visit next door. She is about a year younger than Andy's set, and so is distinctly a social blight. Andy is indeed hard-driven when he indulges the mad impulse to take her to the dance. Judy sings three delightful songs, the dialogue is a delight, and you will be very sorry if you let this one go without seeing it. SKY GIANT (RKO-Radio) H Richard Dix is the dashing air pilot. Chester Morris is the dashing student pilot. So they play a lot of tricks on each other and fall in love with the same girl, Joan Fontaine. The girl is an impulsive little lady, and, because Morris will not promise to stop flying, she breaks her engagement with him and marries Dix. So right away after the wedding Morris and Dix have to take off together on an experimental flight over the frozen Alaskan wastes. Toward the end of the film you can see a smile covering a breaking heart almost anywhere you look. The whole thing is quite routine except for some of the shots of a big school for pilots. PROFESSOR BEWARE (Paramount) ■ Faster and funnier than ever, the standard Harold Lloyd comedy in its new disguise as Professor Beware maintains a giddy speed from start to finish. Lloyd comedies always follow the same formula, and I, for one, would resent it mightily if the star should venture any basic change. Once more, he plays the innocent be-spectacled young man who 14 Accept No Substitutes! Always Insist on the Advertised Brand!