Motion Picture Daily (Apr-Jun 1936)

DAILY NEWS, The Leatherneck* An Excitinfl Picture Bv KATE CAMERON. _rftducti01. story hy THE Wuody Davis Brou^lyit-- — Ha, Ma.-Donald Cf>rriir»» Sri>nOV — fa(»l HatsteadTul>t>y Waters— T««_ Bic» ; — Bnt.nl> AtjeutH';witt Clvns Sergt. RL«an. . Lew Ayre» Isabel Jewell Jimmy Ellison James Burke . Carroll Naish Clay Clement ""Menard Holmes " Ward Bond "IZPavil Poreasl Claude King Robert Strange Victor Won? ^seph Sawyer 7TT The Bussian h^s disappear^ after several months a ^ blonde from BwoKg^i v off to Drenov's hide gut T Marine goes i to .the r med to Company st warehouse fight it out with his jrien ^ derer, but when the Tatter p gun on h " Davis ^anagea the muzzle before Yne.tantiy killed, and the Russian is instantly * Leathernecks Have *d" at t\%StuaTsehtimental Wrk'^uiU aSund an arm of the story built aioun e lt Government s defense s ture VWO"fithe1llegaT gunrunning of that has the iuega» b c. China for ^kground The tura opens ^ a mmor it quickly «e^l«P« "{^J exciting tion and ends on a very he battle ^^ena%rb0UP of Chinese Marines and a group ^TSTfiSfSw Ellison and jJSrf Holmes «*J three musketeers of th • J» to series concerned in this Pah™CU1raepresent of. adventure . The^rjj r^a, gett ^Vartr\lSinto fights yrhila on liberty Becomes Gun Runner. , nf +be warehouse The boss of,,;„ded but when catches D^l"»g story? instead of he hears the boy s stor* g tUJmn^i, Drenov's job of running offers him D^w j J through the guns and ammumiw country. Shanghai cordon into the When the Marines are^ ^ country to locate tnM5U* Supply and come upon the hg cache at the same tune tha uect Chinese bandits arrrve «> their guns DjmjMJ tting t0 keep the Chmesem 0ft (J possession of the a ^ blows the slore"" of the guns rather than have any J^Kddie* or bullets used on his 01 The action is last t i all the members ot tne tf>^ and all tne i» TeweU, who furincluding Isabelnf.;e^ve creditable nishes the romance, give performances^ Fight Fatal to Palthat MacDonald » chances that ends in WateiV death navis elects to stay in snans" r -JSA friend's death is avenged.. NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE By Richard Watts Jr. "The Leathernecks Have Landed"— Globe At the Clobe Theater the United States Marines and ^ ^J^. once more »-»£j fanning ing theory that one good, u?* particularly If they tne inter Cbinese revolution**. In the ^ o^rwfthSohine gun and hand Orientals wim handsome grenade and perform a very n of liquidating he rebel hot nearly as one «^f"gg concerned plot, the rebels «re unl. with g^PS^lnised and fighting tion they *%d J^^he Nationalist the enemy WJ"^ made the great BSS^JSMSWf on the land S an American mining firm, fought to defend the £ t one 0f corps. One night in 8 n Rus. his pals was killea oy » ln. sianand. although Mr the nocent. he Thereupon he marines in dlsgrace. j^. took vengeance upon to reDels_ came a gun runner ^lor bandlts they are calle d : rebe: » „ tnen m^changably. by the way when he saw Ws former ta arms getting reaay nced a against the Chinese n * nerQ change of heart and^cam me Mr. Ayreb plays the you^ Jsabel pleasantly ,en0nuog^ra,f with realistic Jewell again P°r"f,Tfar role of a gin earnestness her fam iUarj w ^ down on h?r luck vlUalns J. Carrol Nalsh are v B Mavnard and Jimmy Ellison HoTmes Ukable marine^ Tuesday, March 24, 1936 "LEATHERNECKS HAVE Mari ne Role P I aye d by ■ new york I ova/ A\/roc Atthe Gl<> LCW r\y\ I THE LEATHERNECKS H<, / from original story by W»l 'By BLAND iOHANESON. 41?™^"% w "L EATHERNEC ICS HAVE produced by Republic Plct LANDED," at the Globe Woodruff Davli tl.,,„. I Brooklyn ,..._< Exciting melodrama, particu I Corrigan larly for the men. tvi*. . . , Produced by Republic Picture,: Jhe pannes landed directed by Howard Brether week-end at the Glo ton. I somewhat off the fable, the cast I leads from the Halls of Woody Davis Lew Awes I f f. c, , Brooklyn Isabel jrweii I 10 the Shores of Tripo Mac MacDonald Jimim Ellison I story With a backETOUn Corrigan James Burke I . * ^ uuu Drenov J. Carroll Naish I tlC-lOOking shots of m« Capt. Halscead Clay Clement ■ tjons m.„|.. tn , Tuhhy Waters Mavnard Holmes uons moving to and fr Te^ . .-. ward Bond I had been interpolated Rico .... Paul Porcasi ■ .. . c British Agent Claude King [ tlonal material to Show K ::::::::::::::::^y^J SI that a pwchw. fell Sergt. Regan Joseph Sawyer ■ Ayres Can get himself 1 Tim • i i-i. • I 's a marine In a place lil HE marines and the in I for example piateiu evitable Brooklyn blond In tfae course of br never fail to excite the im SSttfS agination Of the movie pro I with the inevitable Rui ducers I cateur in the Cafe Russ ,r li. I su,ts in the death of Ms Here they are again, m a blood Waters and Davis's dil and thunder, rip-roaring melodrama I picture demonstrates 1 which is packed with action. how really devastator IT IS MR. LEW Ayres, the Ma I handful of marines ca rine who itches for fights, who I American lives and pro) provokes most of the uproar. He be protected from Chi raises enough to be courtmar I ^^I1*3tialed out of the service. But in I . ^here seems to hav reliable old Shanghai, among the | ■ the mi, Reliable old gun-runners, he is able i ■ whJthw the forces P to emerge hero from an elaborate Chang should be called battle for a honor of the U. S. I rebels, but, under eithei Marines. I Leathernecks disposed ( The plot is not too fresh, but them in the process of it is violently active. Fights, bat I an oil company and a re ties and tumult animate the tale, | Pany in the interior of which concentrates on man's devotion to man rather than mushy romancing-. THE MEN, THEREFORE, will enjoy it particularly. It is wellmade, well-acted and exciting. Ayres is supported by a company of familiar and colorful players'. Isabel Jewell provides the indispensible feminine interest. James Burke, J. Caroll Naish, Jimmy Ellison are prominent in the cast. mu) \ LEW AYRES ^ 1SABI with LEW 1AME5BURKE-J.eA