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supporting cast, entirely Spanish, is good. This picture is recommended to the student as being entertaining and also offering a chance to hear Spanish spoken clearly and well.
LAS GALAS de PARAMOUNT (Paramount on Parade).
Las Galas de Paramount is the usual review type of picture. In addition to the dances and English songs, several Spanish numbers are interspersed. All introductions are made by Barry Norton, Ramon Pereda, Rosita Moreno all of whom speak clearly and may be easily understood by a language student.
OLIMPIA. Jose Crespo.
The title role in the English version was played by John Gilbert. In the Spanish version, Mr. Crespo and the sup
porting cast do excellent work. The plot is ordinary. A princess falls in love, but snubs the man when she thinks him below her. On finding out his true status she suffers a change of heart, but he leaves and the usual happy ending is lacking. The picture is not intended for a youthful audience. From the language standpoint, however, it is good. Some of the dialogue is too fast for the untrained ear to grasp the meaning, but gives the student the “sound” and “intonation” which can only be gotten from hearing it well-spoken by natives.
RADIO MANIA. Laurel-Hardy.
This is an amusing comedy of the usual Laurel and Hardy type. Both actors speak in Spanish and their “Americanized” Spanish is as amusing as their actions. Young students of Spanish will enjoy the picture very much.
FEATURE FILMS
AFRICA SPEAKS. Colorado African Expedition, Inc. Columbia.
A fictional presentation of a trip across the Equatorial region of Africa from East to West. It gives very interesting descriptions of the native inhabitants, animal life, and natural phenomena found there, and the editing of the film has been effectively handled to hold interest. It pictures some very realistic views of lions with their prey which must be mentioned in connection with younger children’s attendance.
Adolescents, 12 to 16. Children, 6 to 12. Very instructive and A matter of inentertaining. dividual selection.
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BIG BOY. A1 Jolson. Direction by Alan Crossland. Warner Bros.
The trite story of a jockey who is discharged thru the machinations of crooks
before the Kentucky Derby, but who returns to save the race, is sufficient to provide a pleasant background for A1 Jolson’s “blackface” personality and the entertaining songs which carry the picture.
Adolescents, 12 to 16. Children, 6 to 12. Entertaining. Entertaining.
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THE BIG TRAIL. Direction by Raoul Walsh. M.G.M.
“The Big Trail” is an impressive spectacle and one which could have been portrayed in no other medium and preferably in the grandeur film. It gives a wonderfully vivid impression of the historic pilgrimages across the country by wagon trains; the terrific physical handicaps, hardships and dangers encountered, and the indominable courage and perseverance of the adventurers. The slight story is entirely suitable, never intruding into
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