Modern Screen (Dec 1931 - Nov 1932 (assorted issues))

Modern Screen Directory of Pictures ( Continued from page 10 ) the children at home to mind the baby or something. THE LAST FLIGHT (First National)— Richard Barthelmess, David Manners, Helen Chandler, Johnny Mack Brown and Elliot Nugent in the story of Nikki and the war-torn aviators. Somehow or other the film doesn't quite accomplish what it sets out to do but. even so, you'll get plenty of amusement out of it. Very good — but children will be bored. LOCAL BOY MAKES GOOD (First National)— Reviewed on page 58. Good — quite all right for the young things. THE LOVE STORM (British International)— An English melodrama with just about everything in it. It's all highly exciting and swift moving. The all-English cast does very well. Good — children may like it. THE MAD GENIUS ( Warner)— John Barrymore forsakes the screen lover once again for the Chaneyesque sort of thing he did in "Svengali." This time he is an insane ballet master. If you like him in this type of role you won't be disappointed. Marian Marsh is very good in the leading feminine part. Very good — children may like parts of it. THE MAD PARADE (Liberty)— This film is all about what the women did in the war. A sort of feminine "Journey's End." But, unfortunately, not nearly as good as that famous epic. Poor. THE MAN IN POSSESSION (M-G-M) — Robert Montgomery in a highly sophisticated story in which a bailiff's man, posted in a house, helps out the lady of the house and becomes the butler temporarily. What happens after that is amusing indeed. Excellent if you like sophisticated stuff — but you'd better send the children to see a Western. THE MILLIONAIRE (Warner)— George Arliss in a highly sentimental story of a captain of industry who retires from ill-health and then finds out that his only cure is more work. David Manners does well in the romantic male lead and Arliss is excellent as the captain of industry. Very good — suitable for children. THE MIRACLE WOMAN (Columbia)— Barbara Stanwyck as a girl who becomes an evangelist for the money it brings in. David Manners as a blind boy does as well as can be expected with this sort of difficult role. Stanwyck is not as good as she has been before. Fair. MONKEY BUSINESS (Paramount)— The four Marx Brothers in another of their amazing extravaganzas of humor. Groucho and I-Iarpo grab most of the honors in this one. Don't fail to see the final scene in the barn. It's a riot. Excellent — couldn't be better for children. MONTANA KID (First Division) — A more or less average Western with not quite as much riding in evidence as usual. Fair for Western fans. MURDER BY THE CLOCK (Paramount)— Lilyan 1 ashman in an unusual sort of mystery story. It is gripping enough to hold your interest from the start to the finish. Very good — children will be thrilled by it. MY SIN (Paramount)— Tallulah Bankhead as a woman whose past keeps rising up and threatening her future. You know, one of those things. Fair (if you're a Bankhead fan). THE MYSTERY OF LIFE (Universal)— Clarence Darrow explains this illustrated lecture on evolution. It's not as dull as it sounds. Very good of its kind. THE NIGHT ANGEL (Paramount)— This one is all about Vienna. Nancy Carroll has the leading role. — but even that doesn't help much. Poor — children won't like it. NIGHT NURSE (Warner)— A story which is so full of wild goings-on that it gets sort of tiresome. Barbara Stanwyck does her best but it's tough going. Clark Gable is in it. Fail— not for children. THE NEW ADVENTURES OF WALLINGFORD (M-G-M) — William Haines and Jimmie Durante, of night club fame, make this film very amusing and well worth seeing — if you like comedy stuff. Very good — possible for kids. ONCE A LADY (Paramount) — Reviewed on page 58. Fail— children would be bored. PAGAN LADY (Columbia)— This story is about the son of an evangelist who is lured from the straight and narrow by a wicked vamp. Fair not tor children. PALMY DAYS (United Artists)— Eddie Cantor's second talkie. All about a musical comedy bakery and what happens when Eddie becomes effi. ciency expert of it. The chorus girls are the prettiest seen in years. Very good— children will eat it up. PARDON US (M-G-M) — Laurel and Hardy's first feature length comedy. Most of it concerns their efforts to get out of jail. Good — okay for the kids. PENROD AND SAM (Warner)— This is not quite as good as some of the other kid pictures but it s pretty nearly so. Excellent — for kids of all ages. PERSONAL MAID (Paramount)— The maid who falls in love with her employer's son. Nancy Carroll is cute but the picture is inclined to be slowFair. POSSESSED (M-G-M)— Reviewed on page 57. Very good — but take the children to something else that day. REBOUND (RKO-Pathe)— Ina Claire in a sophisticated story of a woman who gets her man on the rebound and what happens because of it. Excellent sophisticated movie — but children will be bored by it. RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE (Fox)— This famous story has become somewhat old-fashioned by now. But George O'Brien manages to make it interesting. Good— children will like it. THE ROAD TO RENO ( Paramount)— Lilyan Tashman and Buddy Rogers in a story of what happens to a family when divorce enters into it. Good — but keep the young ones at home that day. THE ROAD TO SINGAPORE (Warner) — A wifestealer fashioned in sympathetic style by William Powell. Doris Kenyon makes a good comeback. Very good — but children won't think much of it. THE RUNAROUND (Columbia)— Nothing very startling in this except casting Mary Brian as a chorus girl. Fair — not for children. SIDE SHOW (Warner) — Winnie Lightner as a circus performer who is both funny and emotional Very good — children will like it. THE SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK (M-G-M) — Buster Keaton in a delightfully cuckoo comedy. Very good — very suitable for children. SILENCE (Paramount)— This is an old-fashioned sort of story but the competent work of Clive Brook. Peggy Shannon and Marjorie Rambeau make it seem real. Good— children won't like it much. THE SINS OF MADELON CLAUDET (M-G-M) Reviewed on page 56. Excellent— children will like parts of it. SKIPPY (Paramount)— Break your neck to see it Excellent — couldn't be better for children. SMART MONEY (First National)— Edward G Robinson as a small town gambler who makes out very well until he hits the big town. James Cagriey is m it, too. Very good— but not for children. THE SMILING LIEUTENANT (Paramount)— The latest movie effort of Chevalier. It's directed by Lubitsch and Miriam Hopkins and Claudette Colbert are also in it. Very good— but children won t like it much. SOB SISTER (Fox)— Newspaper yarn with James • ,"",and Linda Watkins. Excellent— children will like parts of it. SON OF INDIA (M-G-M)— Ramon Novarro as an Indian prince who falls in love with a Western gin. Oood — children will like parts of it. THE SPIDER (Fox) — Mystery story which concerns a murder which takes place in a theater. Edmund Lowe does well as the leading character. Very good — children will like its thrills. THE SPIRIT OF NOTRE DAME (Universal)— Lew Ayres in a football story which manages to be different from the usual run of this sort of thing Very good — quite suitable for children. THE SQUAW MAN (M-G-M)-Eleanor Boardman, Charles Bickford, Lupe Velez, Warner Baxter and others in the DeMille talkie version of the famous old-time melodrama. Very good children will like parts of it. THE STAR WITNESS (First National)— The story of a family who are witnesses to a gang murder and how they are terrorized by the gangsters. Excellent — okay for children. STREET SCENE (United Artists)-Gripping story of life in a New York tenement. Very realistically portrayed. Excellent— but not good talkie fare for children. SURRENDER (Fox) — Reviewed on page 58. Good parts of it will interest the youngsters. SUSAN LENOX HER FALL AND RISE (M-G-M) —Clark Cable and Greta Garbo in a story of a boy who misjudged the girl he loved. The story is weak but Gable and Garbo are grand. Excellent— but the children will be bored by it. TRANSATLANTIC (Fox)— Edmund Lowe as a crook with a heart of gold whose machinations on a liner make the story. Very good— suitable for children. TWENTY-FOUR HOURS (Paramount)— A thrilling story of high life in New York with all its trappings. Clive Brook. Kay Francis, Miriam HS'.,k.'.ns and Re8,s Toomey. Very good— kids will like some of it. THE UNHOLY GARDEN (United Artists)— Ronald Lolman as a master crook who outwits a bunch of other crooks — because he loves the daughter of the man the crooks are planning to rob Very good — children will be thrilled. WATERLOO BRIDGE (Universal)— The gripping drama of a girl gone wrong who falls in love with a decent boy who doesn't suspect her real past. It's very sympathetically told. Kent Douglass and Mae Clarke do very well. Excellent but not for the little ones. WAY BACK HOME (RKO-Radio)— Reviewed on page 56. Good — and take the kids. WICKED (Fox) — Elissa Landi in a somewhat oversentimentalized love story. Poor. THE YELLOW TICKET (Fox)— Reviewed on page 56 Very good — children may like parts of it. Qlcuw ipti tiled toart pAoof MjixjhjAlhm? A delightful experience awaits you. The new Maybelline is so easy to apply — it goes on so evenly — it adds so much beauty, brilliance and expression to the eyes. Instantly; it will make your lashes appear naturally dark, long and luxuriant. Non-smarting, and perfectly tear-proof. • Also — the new Maybelline contains beneficial oils that keep the lashes soft and that tend to stimulate their growth and luxuriance. Enthusiastically approvedby millions. Try it. Entirely harmless. Black or Brown, 75c at all Toilet Goods Counters. 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