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MOTION PICTURE REVIEWS
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MOTION • PICTURE • REVIEWS
Published bi-monthly for
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Vol. XVII NOVEMBER No. 9
Copyright 1942 by Motion Picture Reviews
FEATURE FILMS
ACROSS THE PACIFIC O O
Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Sidney Greenstreet, Charles Halton, Sen Yung, Lee Tong Foo, ' Monte Blue, Frank Wilcox. Screen play by Richard Macauley from the Saturday Evening Post story by Robert Carson. Direction by John Huston. Produced by Jerry Wald and Jack Saper. Warner Bros.
Most of the action of this spy melodrama takes place on a Japanese freighter in November 19-1-1. Rick Leland, a member of the U. S. Army Secret Service, shadows Japanese agents, led by Dr. Lorenz, a traitor to his race, and thwarts sinister plans to destroy the Panama Canal. The drama is fast-moving with plenty of suspense, thrilling crises, and a good cast. Humphrey Bogart is excellent in the role of Leland, Mary Astor pleasing as the lady passenger, and Sidney Greenstreet unusually fine in a disagreeable part. It is interesting to watch the work of the Chinese and Koreans who represent the Japanese in the film.
Adolescents, 12 to 16 Children, 8 to 12
Yes Too exciting and
might terrify
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ARMY SURGEON O O
James Ellison, Jane Wyatt, Kent Taylor, Wlater Reed, James Burke, George Cleveland, Cliff Clark, Dick Hogan, Eddie Dew, Ann Codee. Direction by A. Edward Sutherland. Produced by Bert Gilroy. RKO-Radio.
Because it deals with army nurses and doctors, even though it is concerned with the
first Woild War, this film may be considered as having timely interest. It begins and ends aboard a ship on which Mrs. Mason is crossing to serve in the present war. As she recalls her former experiences, we see the story of her past enacted on the screen. The action is melodramatic, but between bombings it is inclined to drag. The leading characters are the nurse, an injured aviator with whom she has been in love, and the doctor, whom she later marries. The film, however, fails to arouse much interest in their personal problems.
Adolescents, 12 to 16 Children, 8 to 12
Fair No
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THE BLACK SWAN O O
Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara, Laird Cregar, Thomas Mitchell, George Sanders, Anthony Quinn, George Zucco, Edward Ashley, Fortunio Bonanova, Stuart Robertson, Charles McNaughton, Willie Fung, Charles Francis, Arthur Shields, Keith Hitchcock, John Burton, Clarence Muse, Olaf Hytten. Screen play by Ben Hecht and Seton I. Miller; adapted by Seton I. Miller from the novel by Rafael Sabatini. Photographed in Technicolor. Direction by Henry King. Produced by Robert Bassler. Twentieth Century-Fox.
In these days, a swashbuckling yarn of pirates photographed in magnificent Technicolor is something to cheer about. The Black Swan is grand fun for all age audiences. It is far removed from modern problems and full of thrilling action and pleasant romance.