Motion Picture Review Digest (Jan-Dec 1936)
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MOTION PICTURE REVIEW DIGEST
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'A, Y and C: Good action drama." Par M p56 Mr '36
American soldier. (W Coast)
Gen Fed of Women's Clubs
Trade Paper Reviews
"It abounds in typical situations aroused by keen rivalry and this element will undoubtedly please the younger patrons." + Box Office p25 N 30 '35
Film Curb pl2 D 1 '35
Film Daily p8 N 19 '35
"It contains the usual amount of suspense, love interest and under-cover tricks which constitute horse racing."
+ Motion Pict Daily p6 N 19 '35
Motion Pict Herald p68 D 7 '35
"Family action drama."
N Y Exhibitor p30 N 10 '35
RAINMAKERS. O 25 '35 78min RKO
Players: Dorothy Lee. Robert Woolsey.
Bert Wheeler. Berton Churchill Director: Fred Guiol "In a drought stricken region, two young men demonstrate the efficiency of their rain producer, despite strenuous efforts of a wily rival to disqualify them." Jt Estimates
Audience Suitability Ratings
"Some suspense and amusing in spots. Family."
1 Gen Fed of Women's Clubs (W Coast)
O 12 '35
"Absurd farce, quite innocuous and carelessly put together. Family and jr. matinee." — Jt Estimates O 15 '35
"Family and junior matinees."
Nat Council of Jewish Women O 1 '35
"A: Matter of taste; Y and C: Good fun." Par M p56 Mr '36
Audience Suitability Ratings "A: Mediocre; Y: Hardly good; C: Little in
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Christian Century pl326 O 16 '35
"Unconvincing and so farcically treated that it loses its force and purpose and is also unwisely titled."
— Gen Fed of Women's Clubs (W Coast) S 3 '35
"Treats a serious theme — the red agitator on the campus — too flippantly."
— Jt Estimates S 1 '35
Mo Film Bui pl67 N '35
"Good. Adults."
Motion Pict Guide Mr '36
"This picture fails to prove convincing because of a seeming lack of sincerity. Adults."
— Nat Council of Jewish Women S 1 '35
"A and Y: Trivial; C: Little interest." Par M p56 Mr '36
Newspaper and Magazine Reviews
"The picture is muddled to the point of hopelessness and is obviously designed for the stupid." Robert Giroux
— Nation p447 O 16 '35
"A dim carbon copy of the mood of the celebrated Tt Happened One Night.' " Richard Watts, Jr.
— NY Herald Tribune plO S 30 '35
"One of the best comedies of the screen since Tt Happened One Night.' " Graham Greene + Spec p863 N 22 '35
Trade Paper Reviews Box Office p59 N 16 '35
'Family comedy drama."
N Y Exhibitor p36 O 10 '35
Newspaper and Magazine Reviews
"A poor example of slapstick melodrama."
— Christian Science Monitor p63 N 9 '35
"An obvious bid for the juvenile trade, the new Wheeler and Woolsey comedy merits no more than a note for the record. This would be that their current film is considerably less than hilarious and must be listed as another victim of the fallacy that runaway locomotives, laden with dynamite, are screamingly funny."
— NY Times pl3 N 2 '35
Trade Paper Reviews
Box Office p51 N 16 '35
Film Curb p9 O 15 '35
"Juvenile entertainment tastes will probably enjoy the picture most."
+ Motion Pict Daily p4 N 2 '35
"Family farce."
N Y Exhibitor p34 O 25
35
RED SALUTE. S 13 '35 78min Reliance
Players: Barbara Stanwyck. Robert Young.
Hardie Albright Director: Sidney Lanfield Known also as Arms and the Girl. "The effort of a foreign student Communist to destroy the ideals and principles of American youth is thwarted by the clever psychology of a young
+ + Exceptionally Good; + Good; -\ Fair;
(s)REG'LAR KIDS. O 19 '36 20min Vitaphone Director: Ralph Staub In color, featuring the Meglin Kiddies. "Two wealthy little boys produce a play, of which the proceeds are to be given to the children of the orphanage." (Endorsed Motion Pict)
Audience Suitability Ratings
"Good." + Endorsed Motion Pict D '35
"Its entertainment value is a matter of taste as the exploitation of very young children is distasteful to many. Family."
Gen Fed of Women's Clubs (W Coast) O 1 '35
"Entertaining skit, especially for children. Family. Junior matinee." + Wkly Guide O 26 '35
Trade Paper Reviews
"This technicolor subject has much to commend it. . . Family audiences will like this best, but it should have universal appeal. Good."
+ NY Exhibitor p27 N 10 '35
REKA (Czechoslovakian title). See Young love ■ + Mediocre; — Poor; Exceptionally Poor