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

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Jeanette MacDonald and Maurice Chevalier In "Love Me Tonight." Jackie Cooper and Lewi's Stone in "Divorce in the Family." REVIEWS-A TOUR LOVE ME TONIGHT (Paramount) Salute ! To one of the most entertaining pictures to come out of a Hollywood studio for months ; in fact, many months. Lavishly produced, with Director Rouben Mamoulian deserving highest praise. Chevalier is better than his former best. Jeanette MacDonald was never lovelier. Charlie Ruggles, Myrna Loy and Charles Butterworth keep the laughs circulating. It all happens when a Parisian tailor finds himself in a nobleman's chateau. He woos and wins his Princess. A little naughty and very nice. When more pictures of this caliber are made, producers need have no worry of box-office receipts. Don't forget to see it. (M-G-M) DIVORCE IN THE Jackie Cooper's screen life is no FAMILY De^ of daffodils. In his last he was the neglected, crippled boy. Now he's the unhappy son of divorce, torn between love for his real father and his stepfather. Lewis Stone is the busy scientist who makes the mistake of sacrificing his two sons for a scientific career. Conrad Nagel is the stepfather, married to Jackie's mother Lois Wilson. Of course, it's Jackie's picture. Bernhardt herself couldn't have stolen a scene from this juvenile veteran. But Lewis Stone deserves no little acclaim for his portrayal. CABIN IN THE Yas. suh ! Just a bit of the old COTTON South, with Richard Barthelmess as (Warner Bros.) a P°' ¥lite trash When his v ' father dies, he is taken into the home of the wealthy planter, whose beautiful daughter (Bette Davis) assists in Dick's education. Dorothy Jordan is the poor little girl in the triangle thus formed. Another conflict arises when Dick is torn between duty to his kinfolk and loyalty to his benefactor. Young Bette Davis snatches the acting honors. Her supremacy was in part due to the fact that the time is past when Barthelmess can successfully portray an adolescent. Tom Brown and Richard Dix in "Hell's Highway." Realism . . . with a capital R. RKO studio brings the first of the chaingang stories to the screen, omitting none of the brutality of such a theme. As the star, Richard Dix probably has never offered a finer piece of acting. Young Tom Brown, as Dix' younger brother, and every member of the supporting cast deserve highest praise. Essentially this isn't entertainment. It's a piece of life. HELL'S HIGHWAY (Radio) THIRTEEN WOMEN (Radio) Tiffany Thayer's widely-read novel: of the power of mental suggestion is i transferred to the screen with a| notable cast. As the half-caste girl i who works evil on a group of her former classmates,Myrna Loy deserves a big hand for making an unbeliev-i able story a little more believable. This could have and should have been better entertainment. Ricardo Cortez is wasted on a small part. You should know all there is to know about the new films 48