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FEATURE FILMS
There are several films of pronounced interest among this month’s reviews. We wish to call special attention to George Arliss’ portrayal of “Old English”, and Ann Harding in “Holiday”. “The Singer of Seville” is an excellent family film, and children, as well as adults, will find “With Byrd at The South Pole” and “In The South Seas with Mr. and Mrs. Gifford Pinchot” absorbing and entertaining.
Mrs. John Vruwink, General Chairman Mrs. Palmer Cook, Subscription Chairman
Mrs. Walter Van Dyke, Vice Chairman Mrs. George Ryall, Preview Chairman
Editors of Bulletin: Mrs. John Vruwink, Mrs. H. Sutherland Campbell, Mrs. Margaret Argo.
BACK PAY. Corinne Griffith. Direction by William Seiter. First National.
A woman of easy virtue marries a former lover who returns blinded from the War. “Back Pay” is the inheritance which death brings her and which she promises will insure for her an “honest life” thereafter. It has no interest for a critical audience.
Adolescents, 12 to 16. Children, 6 to 12.
Unwholesome and also No.
uninteresting.
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DANGEROUS NAN McGREW. Helen Kane, Stewart Erwin. Direction by Malcolm St. Clair. Paramount.
This is a farcical, melodramatic, improbable story of a “medicine show” girl who aids in the capture of a murderer, thereby winning a reward and also an incredibly dull witted suitor. The distinctive personality and boop-a-doop singing of Helen Kane are insufficient to compensate for the slapstick methods and general dullness of the whole production. Adolescents, 12 to 16. Children, 6 to 12. Passable. Passable but
not recommended.
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A DUDE WRANGLER. Lena Basquette, George Duryea. A Mrs. Wallace Reid Production. Sono Art. (Seen in Preview).
An unpretentious comedy-drama about the trials and vicissitudes encountered by a “Dude” Easterner who tries to run a guest ranch under great handicaps. It is an amusing western which will entertain family audiences.
Adolescents, 12 to 16. Children, 6 to 12. Good. Recommended.
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FOR THE DEFENSE. William Powell, Kay Francis. Direction by John Cromwell. Paramount.
The highly successful career of a brilliant and unscrupulous criminal lawyer is brought to a tragic end when he is convicted of the bribery of a juror in effort to save the woman he loves. This picture forcefully expresses the prevalent code of criminal lawyers and shows how, to a certain extent, the administration of justice may be thwarted by a brilliant and clever mind.
Adolescents, 12 to 16. Children, 6 to 12. Not recommended. No.
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GOOD NEWS. Mary Lawler, Bessie Love. Based on musical comedy of same name by Lawrence Schwab and B. G. DeSilva. Direction by MacGregor and Grinde. M.G.M.
The picture is inferior to the stage production in which the excellent sing