The New Movie Magazine (Jan-Sep 1935)

On-the-Set Reviews {Continued from page 31) him, begging him to go back to his music and regenerate himself. Several weeks later, she finds him directing the orchestra in a beer garden. Seeing her enter the place, Boyer plays the rhapsody she has composed on their honeymoon. And you just know that'll break the gal into ittsy bittsy pieces! Well, so it goes. And, with the capable direction of Phillip Moeller, this ought to yank a few sobs out of you-all. VILLAGE TALE HKO Kay Johnson is back in the fold! And all of you perturbed fans, who have been plaguing me with queries about the lady, can get back to your knitting until this picture (from the novel by Phil Stong) hits your local theaters. It's the story of a small town. A lovely young woman, married to a stupid yokel. The wicked machinations of her jealous brother-in-law, who tries to turn the whole town against its leading citizen by sly insinuations of an affair between the man he hates and Kay. And there is a fight between Randy Scott, the leading citizen, and Robert Barrat, the mean brother-in-law, that is second to none you've ever witnessed on the screen, even to that historymaking brawl in the very first production of "The Spoilers," if you remember! The shooting of Barrat's half of the battle was one of the most terrific things we've ever witnessed. Bruised, bleeding, and with his face apparently beaten to a pulp, Barrat stood before the camera. At the signal for "Action!" he threw himself backward against the barn door with a force that could only come from being on the receiving end of a Baer haymaker! Sliding to the ground, he lies there, panting heavily for a moment. Then, as he pulls himself to his feet, his hand touches a wiffle-tree (part of a wagon, to you) that rests against the side of the barn. Raising it above his head, he hurls it with all the force of a madman toward the spot where Randy is supposed to be standing! But . . . Randy isn't there at all. He's over in the commissary, eating steak and potatoes and getting ready for the eighteenth round. You know, you can't do that kind of work on cream puffs. THE INFORMER Shure an' what would a lad by the name of Liam 0 'Flaherty write about, but RKO tjje irish Revolution? And who should be playing the leading role but that big-tough, Scotch-Irisher, Victor McLaglen? We're not sure about Director John Ford, but it does seem that there ought to be just a "tetch" of the blarney in him somewhere. McLaglen, an expelled member of the Irish Revolutionary Army, needs money to keep in the good graces of his current girl friend, Margot Grahame; and, in order to get the reward, informs the police of the whereabouts of his pal, Wallace Ford, who is wanted for murder. After Wally is cornered in his mother's home and killed, Vic magnanimously attends the "wake." Accidentally dropping some of the reward money, he figures that everyone will suspect him of being the informer, and, scared out of his wits, he bursts into a storm of unnecessary denials and dashes from the house. Up until now, Vic has been as safe as a baby in its go-cart, but his excited outburst puts a bug in the authorities' good ear and right away they begin to figure on the best way to trap the rascal. Very smoothly indeed they go to Vic and promise to reinstate him in the army if he will tell them who squealed on Wally. And Vic, big-heartedly, pins it on Donald Meek, an innocent bystander. Meek, of course, has an air-tight alibi and, with the net of circumstance closing about him, Vic scrams away from there, hiding behind his girl friend's petticoats. Slowly but surely the law sneaks up on him and, in another mad dash for freedom, Vic is shot and fatally wounded. Dragging himself to the church where Wally's mother and sister are attending early mass, Vic begs the woman to forgive him. As the mother grants his last request, the misguided lad folds up and dies on the steps of the altar. And let that be a lesson to you! PEOPLE WILL T,h i s { s l h e TALK result of a com bination of two * good stories, "Such PARAMOUNT a Lovely Couple," by Hugh Herbert, the actor, and "KayoOke," by Sophie Kerr. Charlie Ruggles and Mary Boland, together again, appear as a model married couple (for a change), whose daughter, Leila Hyams, isn't doing a whole lot to keep her own matrimonial canoe off the rocks. Figuring that her husband, Dean Jagger, is being a little too nice to another girl, Leila ups and moves in on Papa and Mama, vowing that she'll never return to her faithless husband (who really isn't faithless at all). Thinking to show the kids how silly it all is, Charlie -and Mary stage a battle royal of their own, with malice aforethought, certain that when they make up the kids will follow suit. Leaving the house in a synthetic huff, Charlie bumps into the gal Dean is supposed to be palling around with and gives her a lift in his car. Well, a nosy neighbor catches the act and, by the time he's finished spreading the news, Charlie is in the dog house right! Even Leila thinks Dean has been innocent all the time, carrying on as he did just to protect her philandering dad. To square things up, Dean hires some thugs to kidnap Charlie and Mary, blindfold them, and leave them tied together in front of their own house. Charlie shuffles out of his blindfold first, and, when he sees where they are, puts up a fake battle with his imaginary assailants. Half a dozen innocent bystanders, thinking the guy absolutely nuts, take to their heels just as Mary gets her blindfold off. Seeing the scramming crowd, she believes it to be on the up-and-up, and that Charlie has really routed them to protect her honor. It's a happy ending, with all four of them in a clinch that looks as if it's for keeps. We didn't catch much that was interesting on this set. The day we were there, Director Al Santell was putting a group of typical Ladies Aiders through their paces as they decorated a prize-fight ring (set up in the Ruggles drawing room) chattering all the while they worked. {Please turn to page 64) ADDITIONAL STORES CARRYING SMART TOWER STAR FASHIONS (Continued from page 34) Page 34 was set aside this month to list the department stores where you can buy Tower Star Fashions. But the list grew larger and larger as more and more stores wanted to carry these smart fashions for you. Result: the store listing had to be carried over to this page. Stores like Tower Star Fashions! You'll like them, too! PENNSYLVANIA Allentown — Zollinger-Harned Co. Altoona — William F. Gable Co. Braddock — Harry H. Levine Bradford — Becky's Brownsville — Goldstein's Butler — Weiss's Chambersburg — Worth's Charleroi — Wayne's Corry — The Nast Co. Erie — Keefe & Johnson Greensburg — S. W. Rose Co. Harrisburg — Pomeroy's, Inc. Homestead — Robbins Shop Johnstown — Schwartz Lancaster — Hagger & Bros. Lansford — Bright's Lewistown — Danks 8b Co. | Lock Haven — Grossman's McKeesport — Cox's New Castle — Strouss-Hirshberg Co. Philadelphia — Gimbel Bros. Pittsburgh — Kaufman's Pottsville — Skelly's Scranton — The Band Box Shenandoah — Goldberg's Reading — Pomeroy's Upper Darby — Mayer's Wilkes-Barre — Fowler Dick & Walker York — P. Wiest's Sons RHODE ISLAND Woonsocket — McCarthy D. G. Co. SOUTH CAROLINA Anderson— G. H. Bailer Camden — Fashion Shop Clinton — Ladies Shoppe Columbia — Haltiwanger's Conway — Jerry Cox Co. Greer — McHugh's Kingstree — The Ladies Shop Lancaster — Robinson Cloud Co. Mullins — Razor Clardy Co. Orangeburg — Mosley's Dept. Store SOUTH DAKOTA Aberdeen — Olwin-Angell Huron — Erickson's Watertown — Schaller's Mitchell — Butterfields Sioux Falls — Aaronson's TENNESSEE Bristol— The H. P. King Co. Chattanooga — Miller Bros. Dyersburg — Style Shop Kingsport — J. Fred Johnson 80 Co., Inc. Jackson — The Francis Shop Knoxville — Miller's, Inc. Morristown — J. W. Arnold Memphis — J. Goldsmith & Sons Co. Nashville — Cain-Sloan Co. Paris — Hunt Bros. (Hollywood Dept.) Union City — Hunt Bros. (Hollywood Dept.) TEXAS Abilene — Campbell's Amarillo — Hollywood Dress Shop Austin — Goodfriends Bay City — The Hurley Shoppe Beaumont — Worth's, Inc. Beeville — The Parisian Brady — Benham Style Shop Breckenridge — The Belota Shop Brownwood — Garner-Alvis Co. Bryan — The Smart Shop Cameron — Lyon D. G. Co. Cisco — J. H. Garner's Denison — Richie-Freels Denton — H. M. Russell 8s Sons El Paso — The White House Gainesville — Teaque Co. Galveston — Maison Myro Greenville — R. E. King TEXAS — (continued) Houston — Hutton, Inc. Kilgore — La Mode Kingsville — J. B. Ragland Merc. Co. Laredo — A. C. Richter, Inc. Longview — Wolens Dept. Store Lubbock — Freed's Women's Apparels Lulling — O'Neill's McAllen — The Fashion Overton — The Model Pampa — Mite hell's Port Arthur — Worth, Inc. Shamrock — B. 8c L. Store Temple — W. P. Roddy Texarkana — I. Schwartz Co. Tyler — Miller Vernon — Gold Feder's Victoria — A. 8c S. Levy, Inc. Yorktown — Goodfriend's UTAH Salt Lake City — Zion Co-operative Merc. Inst. VERMONT Burlington — Abernethy Clarkson-Wright, Inc. Brattleboro — J. E. Mann Rutland — The Vogue Shop St. Johnsbury — The Gray Shop VIRGINIA Charlottesville — H. G. Eastham Shop, Inc. Covington — The Quality Shop Danville — L. Herman's Dept. Store Galay — Claire's Fashion Shop Harrisonburg — J. Ney 81 Son Lynchburg — Baldwin's Norton — The Ladies Shop Richmond — Jonas Shop Roanoke — Natalie Shop Staunton — Helen G. Eastham Suffolk— Ballard & Smith Warrenton — The Fashion Shops Waynesboro — Rosenthal's Style Shop Winchester — The Smart Shop Wytheville — Victory Mdse. Co. WASHINGTON Long View — Columbia River Merc. Co. Pomeroy — H. H. Cardwell Seattle — Jerome Spokane — The Palace Store Yakima — Barnes -Woodin Co. WEST VIRGINIA Alderson — J. M. Alderson Beckley — The Women's Shop, Inc. Bluefield — The Vogue Charleston — The People's Store Clarksburg — Par son-Souders Fairmont — J. M. Hartley Hinton — Campbell's Quality Shop Lewisburg — Yarid's Logan — Manning Clo. Co. Morgantown — S. M. Whiteside St. Mary's — Everly Sisters Weston — Polly Primm Dress Shop Wheeling — Geo. E. Stifel Co. Williamson — National Dept. Store WISCONSIN Appleton — Greenen D. G. Co. Ashland — Smith Style Shop Beloit — McNeany D. G. Co. Eau-Claire — Jos. E. Balderstein Fond Du Lac — Hill Bros. Madison — Cinderella Shop Milwaukee — Reel's Monroe — Link Store Sheboygan — Hill Bros. WYOMING Cheyenne — Bon Marche Douglas — Keller's Lander — The Smart Shop Laramie — Kepp-Boertsch Stores from Alabama to Oregon listed on page 34 The New Movie Magazine, June, 1935 63