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MOTION PICTURE REVIEWS
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MOTION • PICTURE • REVIEWS
Published monthly by
THE WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY CLUB
LOS ANGELES BRANCH
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN
Mrs. Palmer Cook, Gen’l Co-Chairman Mrs. Laura 0. Vruwink, Gen’l Co-Chairman Mrs. Chester A. Ommanney, Preview Chairman Mrs. E. P. Fleming, Subscription Chairman Cooperating Branches
Long Beach San Gabriel Valley Rio Hondo Glendale Santa Monica Whittier
EDITORS
Mrs. Palmer Cook Mrs. J. Allen Davis Mrs. George Ryall Mrs. Laura 0. Vruwink Address all communications to
The Women's University Club, 943 South Hoover Street, Los Angeles, California
10c Per Copy $1.00 Per Year
Vol. XVII JANUARY, 1942 No. 1
Copyright 1942, by Women's University Club of Los Angeles
FEATURE FILMS
AMONG THE LIVING O O
Albert Dekker, Susan Hayward, Harry Carey, Frances Farmer, Gordon Jones, Jean Phillips, Ernest Whitman, Maude Eburne, Frank M. Thomas, Harlan Briggs, Archie Twitchell, Dorothy Sebastian, William Stack. Screen play by Lester Cole and Garrett Fort. Story by Brian Marlow and Lester Cole. Direction by Stuart Heisler. Paramount.
This is a gruesome psychological drama filled with violence and murder, which will have a limited audience appeal, although there is fascination in its sustained horror and suspense. It portrays the way in which a man, neither completely crazed nor completely sane, reacts to a world from which he has been excluded for some twenty years. The director has retained the mood consistently and Albert Dekker gives an excellent performance in a dual role.
Adolescents, 12 to 16 Children, 8 to 12
No Unwholesome
BABES ON BROADWAY O O
Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Fay Bainter, Virginia Weidler, Ray McDonald, Richard Quine, Donald Meek, Alexander Wolcott, Luis Alberni, James Gleason, Emma Dunn.
Screen play by Fred Finklehoffe and Elaine Ryan from original story by Fred Finklehoffe. Direction by Busby Berkeley, Produced by Arthur Freed. M.G.M.
The spirit of youthful enthusiasm pervades this musical extravaganza. It tells the story of a trio of boy professionals who want their chance on Broadway and achieve it by charitably helping other children. Individual specialty acts and ensembles fit smoothly into the plot. The performers are young, capable and clever. Mickey Rooney appears to advantage in a role tailored to his capabilities. He plays the piano, sings, dances and produces a show within a show. He and Judy Garland give several impersonations of old-timers, Harry Lauder, Richard Mansfield and Sarah Bernhardt and others, and do it fairly well; by contrast Rooney's impersonation of Carmen Miranda is a huge success in make-up and mannerisms. Several musical numbers are good, particularly one with English refugee children and a moving panorama of pre-war London in the background. Ray McDonald is a talented youth whose personality, expressive face and nimble feet should assure him a successful career.
Adolescents, 12 to 16 Children, 8 to 1 2
Delightful Good