Modern Screen (Dec 1935 - Nov 1936)

modern screen movie scoreboard Picture and Producer %lTn° ♦Absolute iQuiet (M-G-M) 2* Accent on Youth (Paramount) 3ir Ah, Wilderness (M-G-M) 4* Alias Bulldos Drummond (GB) 2* Alias Mary Dow (Univer;al) 2-k Alice Adams (RKO) 4* Anna Karenina (M-G-M) Air The Amateur Gentleman (United Artists) 2V2-* Annapolis Farewell (Paramount) iVi-k Annie Oakley (RKO) 4* Anything Goes (Paramount) 3^^ The Ariionian (RKO) 3* Bad Boy (20th Century-Fox) 2* Borbary Coast (United Artists) 3-k Becky Sharp (RKO) 3* Big'lBrown Eyesi (Walter Wanger) !★ *The Big Noise (Warners) 1* The Bishop Misbehaves (M-G-M) 3-* The Bohemian Girl (M-G-M) 2V2* Boulder Dam (Warners) ^ -k Break ol Hearts (RKO) 3* The Bride Comes Home (Paramount) 3i( Brides Are Like Thai (First Notional) iVzir Bright Lights (First National) 3* Broadway HostessKFirst National) 1 * Broadway Melody of 1936 (M-G-M) 4* Call of the Wild (20th Century) 3* The Calling of Dan Matthews (Columbia) 1 * Captain Blood (Warners) Ait Captain January (20th Century-Fox) 3i( Case of the Curious Bride (First National) 3i( The Case of the Lucky Legs (First National) 2-^ Ceiling Zero (Warners) 4^ Charlie Chan at the Circus (20th Century-Fox). . .2V2* Charlie Chan in Shanghai (20th Century-Fox)... 2-^^ Charlie Chan's Secret (20th Century-Fox) 2* Chatterbox (RKO) 2* China Seas (M-G-M) Air Clive of India (20th Century) 4* Colleen (Warners) 3it Collegiate (Paramount) iViic Coronado (Paramount) Mf The Country Beyond (20th" Century-Fox) 2* The Country Doctor (20lh Century-Fox) Ait Crime'and Punishment (Columbia) 3it The Crime of Dr. Crespi (John H. Auer) 2* The Crusades (Paramount) 4^ Curly Top (Fox) 3 * Dancing Feet (Republic) 2* Dangerous (Warners) 3V2* Dangerous Waters (Universal) 2* Dante's Inferno (Fox) 2 it The Dark Angel (Samuel Goldwyn) Ait The Daring Young Man (Fox) 2* David Copperfield (M-G-M) 5^ Desire (Paramount) 4-*^ Diamond Jim (Universal) 3it Don't Bet on Blondes (Warners) 2* Don'l Gamble with Love (Columbia) IV2* Don't Get Personal (Universal) 1 ■* Drift Fence (Paramount) 2* Dr. Socrates (Warners) 2* East of Java (Universal) 2-* Escapade (M-G-M) 3* Escape Me Never (United Artists) 3* Everybody's Old Man (20th Century-Fox) 2V2* Every Night at Eight (Paramount) 2* Every Saturday Night (20th Century-Fox) 2* Exclusive Story (M-G-M) 2V2* *The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (RKO-Radio) 3* Fang and Claw (RKO) 2-* The Farmer In the Dell (RKO) IVi* The Farmer Takes a Wife (Fox) 3 it A Feather in Her Hal (Columbia) iit First a Girl (GB) 2V2* *The First Baby! (20lh Century-Fox) 1 ★ The Flame Within (M-G-M) 2* Picture and Producer %ZZ°' Follow the Fleet (RKO) Ait *Forgollen Faces (Paramount) 3 it Freshman Love (Warners) iit Frisco Kid (Warners) 3* Front Page Woman (Warners) 3* The Garden Murder Case (M-G-M) 2V2* The Gay Deception (20lh Century-Fox) 3-*: Gentle Julia (20lh Century-Fox) 2V2* The Ghost Goes West (United Artists) 4* Ginger (Fox) 3it The Girl Friend (Columbia) Mt Give Us This Night (Paramount) iViit The Golden Arrow (Warners) 2V'2'* Goose and the Gander (First National) iic Grand Exit (Columbia) 't it The Great Impersonation (Universal) lie The Great Ziegfeld (M-G-M) 4* Hands Across the Table (Paramount) 3-A Harmbny Lane (Mascot) 2it Hell Ship Morgan (Columbia) 2it Here Comes Cookie (Paramount) 3^ Here Comes the Band (M-G-M) 1 ★ Here's to Romance (20th Century-Fox) iit Hold 'Em Yale (Paramount) 3* Hooray for Love (RKO) 2* The House of a Thousand Candles (Republic). ... 2it *Human Cargo {20th Century-Fox) 2* I Dream Too Much (RKO) 3* I Found Stella Parish (Warners) 2* If You Could Only Cook (Columbia) 4^ I Live for Love (Warners) 2^^ I Live My Life (M-G-M) 2-* I Married a'Doctor (Warners) 3^^ The Informer (RKO) Ait In Person (RKO) 2* The Invisible Ray (Universal) Wiit The Irish in Us (First National) 3* II Had to Happen (20th Century-Fox) 2* It Happened in New York (Universal) 3ir It's in the Air (M-G-M) 2* Jalna (RKO) 3* Java Head (Firsl^Division) 2Hr King of Burlesque (20th Century-Fox) 3V2-*r King of the Damned (GB) V/zit King Solomon of Broadway (Universal) Mt Klondike Annie (Paramount) Mt The Lady Consents (RKO) 2-* Lady of Secrets (Columbia) 1^ Lady Tubbs (Universal) 2* The Lost Days of Pompeii (RKO) 4* Last of the Pagans (M-G-M) 2* The Last Outpost (Paramount) iit Laughing Irish Eyes (Republic) 'iVzit *The Law in Her Hands (First-National) 2it The Leathernecks Have Landed (Republic) 3* The Leavenworth Case (Republic) iit Let 'Em Hove It (United Artists) 3* Let's Live Tonight (Columbia) iit *Let'5 Sing Again (Sol Lesser) 2 IkLittle Big Shot (Warners) 2-* The Littlest Rebel (20th Century-Fox) 3 IkLittle Lord Fauntleroy (United Artists) Ait *Little Miss Nobody (20th Century-Fox) 3* The Lone Wolf Returns (Columbia) 2 IkLove Before Breakfast (Universal) iVzit Love on a Bet (RKO) -V/zit Loves of a Dictator (GB) 3* Mad Love (M-G-M) 2-*^ Magnificent Obsession (Universal) 21/2* Manhattan Moon (Universal) 1 Man Hunt (Warners) 2 IkMan of Iron (Warners) 1 * The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo (20th Century-Fox) 2V2-* Mary Burns, Fugitive (Paramount) 3* The Melody Lingers On (United Artists) 2-* Men of Tomorrow (London Films) Mt Picture and Producer Ta"!n° A Message to Garcia (20th Century-Fox) 2y2^k Metropolitan (20th Century-Fox) Ait A Midsummer Night's Dream (Warners) 5 Ik The Milky Way (Paramount) 4-* Millions in the Air (Paramount) Mt Mississippi (Paramount) 3^k Miss Pacific Fleet (Warners) VAit Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk (Warners) 2V2-* Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (Columbia) Ait Mister Hobo (GB) 2* Modern Times (United Artists) 4-* Moonfight Murder (M-G-M) 2V2lk *The Moon's Our Home (Waller Wanger) 3* The Morals of Marcus (GB) 1 ★ '•'Murder by an Aristocrat (Warners) 1 Murder Man (M-G-M) 2* The Murder of Dr. Harrigan (First National) 2^ Murder on Ihe Bridle Path (RKO)-Radio 2* The Music Goes 'Round (Columbia) 2-* Music is Magic (20th Century-Fox) IVi* Muss 'Em Up (RKO) 2-* Mutiny on the Bounty (M-G-M) 4* Naughty Marietta (M-G-M) Ait Navy Wife (20lh Century-Fox) 2-* New Adventures of Tarzan (Republic) Mt Next Time We Love (Universal) 3it A Night at the Opera (M-G-M) Ait No More Ladies (M-G-M) 3 it Old Curiosity Shop (BIP) 2V2-A O'Malley of the Mounted (20th Century-Fox) 2V2* $1000 a Minute (Republic) 2* '•'One Rainy Afternoon iit One Way Ticket (Columbia) 2V2-* Orchids to You (Fox) 2* Paddy O'Day (20th Century-Fox) 1V2* Page Miss Glory (Warners) 3^ Panic on the Air (Columbia) 2 ilk Paris in Spring (Paramount) 3-^ The Passing of the Third Floor Baek(GB) 3 IkPeg of Old Drury (Paramount) 3 Ik The Perfect Gentleman (M-G-M) 2* Personal Maid's Secret (Warners) 2^k Peter Ibbelson (Paramount) 3-^^ The Petrified Forest (Warners) 4lk Pellicoal Fever (M-G-M) 3* Powdersmoke Range (RKO) 2* The Preview Murder Mystery (Paramount) 3it Prisoner of Shark Island (20th Cenlury-Fox) 3Viit Professional Soldier (20th Cenlury-Fox) 3it The Public Menace (Columbia) Mt The Rainmakers (RKO) 1* The Raven (Universal) 2 IkRed Salute (Reliance-United Artists) 21k Remember Last Night? (Universal) 21k Rendezvous (M-G-M) 3* The Return of Peter Grimm (RKO) 3* Rhodes, the Diamond Master (GB) 3 Ik Riffraff (M-G-M) IVzIk Road Gang (Warners) 2V2 Ik Robin Hood of El Dorado (M-G-M) 2V2* Rose Marie (M-G-M) 4* Rose of the Rancho (Paramount) 2 Ik Seven Keys to Baldpale (RKO) 2 Ik Shanghai (Paramount) 21k She (RKO) 2* She Couldn't Take II (Columbia) 2V2lk She Married Her Boss (Columbia) Ait Shipmates Forever (First National) 3 Ik A Shot in the Dark (Chesterfield) 21k *Show Boat (Universal) 3* Show Them No Mercy (20lh Cenlury-Fox) 3lk Silly Billies (RKO) 2-*^ The Singing Kid (Warners) 3* Sky Parade (Paramount) 2* Small Town Girl (M-G-M) 3* Smart Girl (Paramount) 21k Snowed Under (First National) 2-* You'll find this chart simple to follow and a valuable guide in choosing film entertainment. Instead of giving you the individual ratings of Modern Screen and authoritative newspaper movie critics all over the country, we have struck an average of their ratings. You'll find this average under General Rating, beside each picture, b^. extraordinoi-y; 4-^, very good; 3-^, good; 2-^, fair; 1-^, poor. Asterisk denotes that Modern Screen ratings only are given on films not reviewed by newspapers as we go to press. 22