Paramount International News (1935)

Q^cmimountJntmtalbttalQiem Page 3 Schaefer Tops Both Contest Sectors But Peereboom’s Halland Is Magnificent Contender for First Place; Nathan, Too! I Insofar as time, space and geographical locations are con'^cerned, the superlative contest of the latter half of 1934 is wonderful history. All of the striving has heen made, all of the sales completed — hut all of the evidence has not yet reach' ed the headquarters of the Contest. This will he in hy he middle of January and the tabulations will he ready by February Ist telling of the winners and how all of the other magniheent contenders for honors finished the race. But in the meantime let us review the startling changes which have taken place since last month. In the Divisions we find that Schaefer still leads, Mith his German division. Peereboom, 3rd. of last month, is now 2nd., having displaced Nathan. But Graham, who was last month .5th. is now 4th., a truly gallant accomplishment foi the Bulldog Boys and Girls. Pratchett’s 8th. of last month is now 5th., for which many sincere “Vivas.” Likewise scads of “Vivas” for Sussman and his THE STALWART SIX OF EARLY ’S.'S (Continued from page 2) The Love Parade” and Caii Bi'isson shines perfectly in it both as an actor and a singer. And speaking of singing, there is some of the finest romantic singing that you have ever heaid, with Mary Ellis as the singer. Everything that your heart desires in the way of a romantic filmusical is to be found in this picture. WAIKIKI WEDDING is Paramount’s first real filmusicalization of a South Sea stoi’y since the famous “Let’s Go Native.” Cast announcements on this one are going to give you great joy, as will the scenes of the hundreds of beautiful South Sea maidens in, over and under the coial tinted waters of Honolulu’s Waikiki. CABNI\'AL IN SI’AIN is Marlene Dietrich’s most glamorous I’ole since the unforgettable “Morocco.” She is alive, sparkling and damnably dangerous in this new picture, and she slyly sings a couple of song>i that you will be humming — and thinking about — for long, long weeks after you see the picture. This is the Dietrich that you have always wanted; and she gives the screen everything that she has in the way of provocative artistry and intriguing witchery. The songs she sings do not constitute the only music in the filiu, for we have been informed that throughout at least 75% of the action thei’e is music in evidence, either in the form of Spanish bands, beguiling guitars or seductive serenades. There you have THE STAI.WART SIX OF EARI.Y ’35! Six truly grand films — grand in every sense of the word. We expected great things of them in advance — and the studio delivered the goods. We know that you will find them just as great — and in turn you will deliver the goods. forces wliich have i-eplaced last month’s 10th w ith a glittering 8th. Aboaf’s Fighting Eagles deserve tons of praise for moving to 10th. from last month’s 13th., and although the remainder of the Divisions have done a little shuffling around, all have done superbly in the aggregate. Geiniany of course still heads the Countries — and who is there to .say that she will be dislodged? Holland, though, has swung up from last month’s Fourth to Third (.Second still being doggedly retained by Uruguay) and Cuba, due to magnificent Paramount Week efforts, advanced from Seventh to Fourth. Ijikewise Finland, which has in past months advanced Nurmi-wise from Thirty first to Twenty first to Eleventh, this month goes on from that Eleventh to Fifth. If there be any truth to the law^ of averages, another month would have seen the Finns ’way out in front. Philippines have advanced grandly from Ninth to Sixth, Panama from Tenth to Ninth, and Roumania from Thirteenth to Twelfth. But here we pause to doff hats to Jiigo-Slavia, with a tremendous onward push from Twenty-second of last month to Thirteenth this month. Bravo! And plaudits, too, to Mexico for going from Sixteenth to Fourteenth, Hungary for advancing from Seventeenth to Fifteenth, and Italy for going from Twentyfourth to Seventeenth. Fiance and Porto Rico also each advanced a point, Latvia advanced a couple — and as for those who have net been here mentioned, they did a little skipping around in positions, all undoubtedly as the prelude to finer showings in the final tabulafions of next month. AS DECEMBER 1934 SHOWED THE CONTESTANTS LAST THIS MONTH DIVISIONS MONTH 1 1 S C H A E F E R (Germany) 1 1 3 1 1> EE REBOOM 1 2 2 1 NATHAN 1 3 5 1 (i R A H A .M i 4 8 P R A T C H E T T 1 5 4 1 B A L L A N C E 1 6 6 1 V 1 L L A R 1 7 10 1 .SUSSMAN 1 8 7 1 DAY 1 9 13 1 A B O A F 1 lO 11 1 S U H A E F E R (Cent. Eup.) 1 11 9 1 K E N N E B E C K 1 12 12 1 C O C H R A N E 1 13 14 1 K L A R S F E L D 1 14 15 1 YORK 1 15 16 1 M E S S E R I 1 16 1 1 COVNTRIES \ 1 1 G E R M A N Y 1 1 2 1 URUGUAY 1 4 1 HOLLAND 1 3 7 1 CUBA 1 4 11 1 F I N I., A N 1) 1 5 9 1 PHILIPPINES 1 6 3 1 ARGENTINA 1 7 5 1 P E R U 1 8 10 P A N A .M A 1 9 8 GREAT BRITAIN 1 lO 6 { INDIA 1 11 13 1 ROUMANIA 1 12 22 1 Y U G O S L A V I A 1 13 16 1 .M E X ICO 1 14 17 I HUNGARY 1 15 12 1 BRAZIL 1 16 24 1 ITALY 1 17 15 1 AUSTRALASIA 1 18 19 1 COLOMBIA 1 19 18 1 PO I. A N D 1 20 20 I AUSTRIA 1 21 14 1 H I L E 1 22 21 I GUATEMALA I 23 23 1 DENMARK 1 24 26 1 FRANCE 1 25 27 1 PORTO RICO I 26 25 1 CHINA 1 27 28 1 NORWAY 1 28 29 1 JAPAN 1 29 32 1 LATVIA 1 30 30 1 SWEDEN I 31 81 1 SPAIN 1 32 CRITICAL RAVES CAUSE PENNONS OF “THE BENGAL LANCERS” TO FLY HIGH Elsewhere in this issue there are hints to you that “Lives of a Bengal Lancer” is a truly great and prideful film. VN e’ve been a long while making it, and much has heen sa id about it in the years since its first announcement : hut Paramount has come through with a superlative film — a true and moving spectacle — and neither we nor anyone else in Paramount is privileged to adopt any but the most glowing superlatives in talking of a picture which is going to do great things — astounding things — for our Paramount Legion. Previewed on the Coast recently, “Bengal Lancer” drew the following scintillating review from the correspondent of New York’s “Motion Picture Daily”; “Paramount has gix’cn forth a production not only worthy of its studio, hut of the industry itself. Here is flavorously, human entertainment gallantly and glamorously told, fashioned of British frontier courage and spanning the elements of laughter, spectacle, melodrama, beauty and tender heart interest It thrills to a magnificent emotional climax. Gai'y (i'ooper has had few roles to equal this for symj)athy and histrionic opportunity With Cooi)er’s draw, the production’s entertainment power and exploitation possibilities, it’s a big attraction destined foi" big money in Ameidca, and in the British Empire and throughout the world it should be sensational.”