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Motion Picture Reviews Three
MOTION • PICTURE * REVIEWS
Published monthly by
THE WOMEN’S UNIVERSITY CLUB
LOS ANGELES BRANCH
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN
Mrs. Palmer Cook, General Co-Chairman Mrs. John Vruwink, General Co-Chairman Mrs. Charles Ommaney, Preview Chairman Mrs. A. M. Marsh, Business Manager Mrs. Charles Booth Assistant Preview Chairmen Mrs. Thomas B. Williamson
EDITORS
Mrs. Palmer Cook Mrs. J. Allan Davis Mrs. George Ryall
Mrs. Walter Van Dyke Mrs. John Vruwink
Address all communications to The Women’s University Club, 943 South Hoover St., Los Angeles, Calif.
10c Per Copy $1.00 Per Year
Vol. IV OCTOBER, 1933 No. 10
FOREWORD
For the convenience of our readers we publish an index of pictures semi-annually in the December and June issues. Keep your magazines on file and use them for reference with the help of the indices. Often the review of a picture may have been printed several months in advance of its release at local theatres.
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FEATURE FILMS
ANNE VICKERS * »
Irene Dunne, Walter Huston, Edna May Oliver. Adapted from the novel by Sinclair Lewis. Direction by John Cromwell. RKO.
An excellently acted, well cast, frank portrayal of a woman’s strength and weakness, the idealism of her public life and the human frailty of her private life. Theoretically the story is salacious and immoral, but the treatment, the restrained acting and the normality of the characters save it from these sins. It is not a tract for sexual freedom but merely a story of an individual’s problems, and although the plot is episodic, through skilful handling it gives a complete outline of the heroine’s life. With its background of social work and prison reform, the film, while unpleasant in theme, is kinder and more palatable than the book.
Adolescents, 12 to 16 Children, 8 to 12
Not recommended No
BERKELEY SQUARE » »
Leslie Howard, Heather Angel, Irene Browne. From the play by John L. Balderston. Direction by Frank Lloyd. Fox.
A practically flawless production of an exquisite play. It is a wistful fantasy of a young man who lifts the curtain from the past and gives his romantic and unchanging devotion to one who lived in another century. It has humor, charm, a quaint originality, delightful settings and a superb cast. It is a gracious play produced with the discriminating taste of Mr. Lloyd.
Adolescents, 12 to 16 Children, 8 to 12
Excellent Mature
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BRIEF MOMENT » »
Carole Lombard, Cene Raymond, Monroe Owsley. From the play by Sam Behrman. Direction by David Burton. Columbia.
A cabaret singer marries the scion of a wealthy family and tries to make a worth