Motion Picture Reviews (1934)

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Ten Motion Picture Reviews THE LOST JUNGLE » » First Episode Mascot Serial. Clyde Beatty is shown training animals for the circus. It is very interesting and entertaining. However we cannot recommend the serial as a whole until more chapters are reviewed. •w MRS. MORTIMER JONES PREPARES DINNER FOR EICHT Principal Pictures. Demonstration of electrical equipment for kitchen, done in color photography. Interesting. Family. RHYTHM ON THE ROOF » » Novelty musical. Paramount. Featuring Anson Weeks’ orchestra and Bob Crosby, who is a close competitor of his famous brother, Bing Crosby. Very good of type. Family. yr SCREEN SOUVENIR » » No. 11. Paramount. Interesting revival of old movie scenes depicting events and people of about twenty years ago, including a melodrama made in 1906 which is very amusing. Family film. MILLS BLUE RHYTHM BAND » » Melody Master. Vitaphone. Colored entertainers in a night club. Artificial and tiresome. Adults only. -w MIRO-UNCA » » Independent. Interesting scenes of rare monster seals found occasionally in Mexican waters. Family and Junior matinees. STORY CONFERENCE * » Lillian Roth. Warner Bros. An amusing burlesque of a story conference in a motion picture studio. Pretty girls and music add entertainment. Family. •w THIS LITTLE PICCIE » » Featuring “Singin' Sam." Paramount. Singin’ Sam invites the audience to follow the bouncing ball and join in a community song. Very good. Family. MRS. W’S LITTLE CAME » » Alexander Wolcott. Paramount. An amusing little comedy in which a novel game is invented. Family. "V MOSCOW TODAY » » Amkino Travelogue. An unusual atmospheric portrayal of this modern Soviet city depicting its spirit of commercial life. Excellent sound effects. Interesting for family. ~w NEWS HOUNDS » » Eugene Palette, Walter Catlett. Direction by Del Lord. Paramount. An exceedingly vulgar picture concerning two newspaper reporters who want a gangster’s picture for their paper and who become involved with his “moll.” Not recommended to any audience. •w REDUCING CREAM » » Willie Hopper cartoon. M-C-M. Willie tries reducing cream on himself and on the cat. An inane and pointless cartoon for adults. Too noisy for a children’s audience. THOSE WERE THE DAYS » » George Meyer. Direction by Roy Mack. Warner Bros. Illustrated songs, pleasant reminiscences of old familiar tunes sung by good voices. Family. THE WISE LITTLE HEN * » Walt Disney Silly Symphony. United Artists. An original fable in which Little Hen, forced to plant and harvest her corn crop without the help of Pig and Duck, punishes their laziness most effectively. These imaginative and exquisite cartoons should become a part of every child’s experience. Perfect for Junior matinees. ■w WORLD’S FAIR » » Cooperative. Interesting portrayal of Chicago Fair. Family. ■sr THE WORLD’S EIGHTH WONDER » » Major Production. An interesting and instructive subject on the activities at Boulder Dam. Family.