A hundred million movie-goers must be right... (1938)

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to kill anyone who took Cinderella out and the only thing that saved the Prince was the timely intrusion into their honeymoon apartment of a detective looking for that gangster. The detective got the bullet intended for the Prince and to protect the gangster, a power in politics, the Prince and Cinderella were railroaded to prison. Mr. Deeds was a one-in-a-million guy. He inherited that much but he neither wanted a million dollars nor did he need it, and to prove his indifference to a million, he proceeded to get rid of it as fast as the law would let him. The hero in Holiday turned down a bona fide opportunity to eventually make many times a million dollars and there was nothing hasty in his decision, nor was there any indifference to money or any contempt for millions, or millionaires. In fact, the temptation to make a million was so great he was pursuaded finally to try for one, but the effort was no go. You see, he had thirty thousand dollars he had earned himself but what is thirty thousand when there's thirty million in the offing? Ask any one of more than a hundred million people who never had thirty thousand dimes just what thirty thousand dollars is. But turning down a chance to make a million? How foolish. Perhaps, but then that sort of thing happens only in the better movies. Wonderful Lamps were rare in the movies we have reviewed, and only one, My Man Godfrey, put any strain on credulity in the Robin Hood manner. But Godfrey's producer, like Mr. Deeds', put no emphasis on the plausibility of the hero's pursuit or its purpose. Both movies scored a good moral with no undue protestations. Why Godfrey had to go to a City dump to find himself wasn't protested. His reason for being there was withheld, the audience given little opportunity to criticize or question. Incidentally, Godfrey made a neat job of teaching the Vengeful One there was no percentage in trying to get even with people, and a good time was had by all, and another Godfrey as sensitive to the probabilities will be most welcome. Getting back to Cinderella, there may be a question as to just how many frustrated ladies lose themselves 100 n g