Hollywood (1938)

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Ltd., F 570 Caledonia Road, Tor IISiratlftlUfldHuLiJtl^l By LLEWELLYN MILLER MY LUCKY STAR (Twentieth Century-Fox) 9 This picture is probably one of the most impressive fashion shows of winter and sports clothes ever to reach the screen, and by the time you leave the theatre you'll have trouble resisting the impulse to dash out for a new wardrobe . . . complete with skates. The film starts with the troubles of the heir to a department store (Cesar Romero). In an absent-minded moment he has married a determined young lady (Louise Hovick) and is bitterly disillusioned when he discovers that she expects a large piece of the year's profits for divorcing him. Undiscouraged by this experience, he tricks a package girl (Sonja Henie) into his apartment. His temporary wife sees them, and ups her price. Later on in the film, that leads to much distress, for the little package wrapper, who, after much excitement is sent to college. Unknown to the student body, she is in college, not for learning, but to change her clothes as often as possible, and so promote sales for the department store. You'll like Richard Greene as the leading light of the college, Buddy Ebsen and Joan Davis as the comic sweethearts, Honey Chile Wilder as the suspicious under -graduate, George Barbier as the choleric department store owner, and of course Sonja Henie as the star of the Campus Ice Follies. SPAWN OF THE NORTH (Paramount) H Strange it is, indeed, to see Dorothy Lamour all done up in skirt, shirt and high-water boots. We knew that it was a wild idea, but we kept expecting to see her run into the dance hall in the frozen north in a sarong with her hair down. It just goes to show how quickly players can be typed. She plays the hard-boiled owner of a dance hall where Tyler (George Raft) and Jim (Henry Fonda) hang out when they are not off catching seals and salmon. Tyler is the bad one, and he steals seals and salmon. Jim is the good one, and he believes in working and winning. But they have been friends since childhood, and each just hates to have to shoot the other. The arrival of Diane (Louise Piatt) from school in the States confuses matters a little because she, too, is a childhood friend, and you know what that means. There is some magnificent photography of great ice -bergs wallowing in the freezing water, of night shots on the fish traps and of great seines spilling magnificent catches into the fish-boats. John Barrymore shines as bright as the aurora borealis over the whole scene as a windy, bibulous newspaper editor. Akim Tamiroff leers and grins in a fine menace part, and there is a fine big cast, including an extremely talented trained seal. RICH MAN, POOR GIRL (M-G-M) H He was a rich young man, and he fell in love with his secretary. That happens every day, but the thing that makes this story slightly different is that the poor honest secretary (Ruth Hussey) hesitated to marry the rich young man (Robert Young) because she was afraid that his money would estrange her family. It's a new thought. The comedy rests on the efforts of the millionaire to adjust himself to the quite uncomfortable background provided by the slim income of his beloved's family. Finally, wearying of the whole squabble, he forces a showdown by making a gesture at giving away his fortune and so removing the cause of dissention. The ending is what you might expect. Lew Ayres, Guy Kibbee, Lana Turner, Sarah -Padden, Don Castle, Gordon Jones, Virginia Grey and Rita Johnson are in the cast. VALLEY OF THE GIANTS (Warners) H This picture, in all previously made versions, has gained well deserved fame for the number of male actors it sent to the hospital with various breaks, bruises, contusions and abrasions after the big fight scene. The current version need not shrink from comparison. There is a knock-down and drag-out fight that has the audience Notice for Contest Winners ! The judges are busily sorting and counting the thousands of answers in Sonja Henie's Lucky Star Contest, so watch next month's Hollywood Magazine for the names of the clever winners who will receive the stunning Sonja Henie knitted garments and the figure skating blades which the little star endorses. Above you see her in the spectacular ice ballet number from My Lucky Star, her newest film, reviewed above 12 MOTION PICTURES ARE YOUR BEST ENTERTAINMENT