Photoplay (Jul - Dec 1931)

Photoplay Magazine for September, 1931 125 SHIPS OF HATE— Trem Carr — Murder and gruesomeness on shipboard. Just fair. Don't pass up game a of bridge for it. (Aug.) SINGLE SIN. THE— Tiffany Prod— Nothing new, but splendidly handled. Kay Johnson does some fine acting. Bert Lytell, Mathew Betz and Paul Hurst lend good support. (April) 6 CYLINDER LOVE— Fox.— An amusing farce with a pretty obvious plot. U"ly) • SKIPPY— Paramount.— Jackie Cooper as Skippy, and Bobby Coogan as Sooky entirely lovable in this grand picture based on Percy Crosby's famous comic strip. Young and old alike will love it. (May) SKY RAIDERS, THE— Columbia.— Gangsters in the air! Thrilling stuff and good entertainment. (July) • SMART MONEY— Warners.— Moves as fast as the money on the gambling tables in it. Plenty of laughs and excitement. (July) • SMILING LIEUTENANT, THE — Paramount.— One of the breeziest and most tuneful entertainments in a long time. Chevalier at his best, under Lubitsch direction. Ste it. (July) SON OF INDIA— M-G-M — A fairy-tale sort of thing with Ramon Novarro as Prince Charming. If you like Oriental romance, this is it I (Aug.) • SQUAW MAN, THE— M-G-M— A new version of a grand old story. See it by all means. Warner Baxter and Lupe Velez. (Aug.) • STEPPING OUT — M-G-M— Charlotte Greenwood, Leila Hyams, Reg. Denny, Cliff Edwards, Merna Kennedy, Harry Stubbs and Lilian Bond make this light comedy one continual laugh. See it. (May) STOLEN HEAVEN— Paramount.— Slow, unreal story. Nancy Carroll and Phillips Holmes fine in the romantic moments. (April) • STRANGERS MAY KISS— M-G-M— Norma Shearer, the last word in sophistication and beautifully gowned in a vivid drama of modern life by the same author as "The Divorcee." To be seen. (May) SUBWAY EXPRESS— Columbia.— Jack Holt in a thrilling mystery of the stage that lost its kick in the movie version. (July) SUNRISE TRAIL, THE— Tiffany Productions. — A Western with too much talking and not enough action. (March) SVENGALI — Warners. — Well worth seeing for John Barrymore's superb performance in the title role. The story is rather gruesome. Don't take the children. (June) SWANEE RIVER— Sono Art-World Wide — Thelma Todd and Grant Withers try. but just can't save this melodrama from being anything but ordinary. (May) SWEEPSTAKES— RKO-Pathe.— Some romance, thrills and fast lines in a race-track yarn. Quillan and Gleason take honors. (Aug.) • TABU — Paramount. — A poem of a picture laid in the South Seas, with an all-native cast, beautifully directed by the late F. W. Murnau. Fine synchronized musical score. (May) TAILOR MADE MAN, A— M-G-M.— The jaunty and self-confident Bill Haines plays this old Charlie Ray silent with a new restraint that is delightful. You'll laugh and like it. (May) TARNISHED LADY— Paramount.— Introducing Tallulah Bankhead, from Alabama and the London stage, in a heavy love diama. Clive Brook is the leading man. (June) TEXAS RANGER, THE— Columbia.— Carmelita Geraghty is the gal, Buck Jones the hero. (July) 3 LOST GIRLS— Fox.— Loretta Young, Joan Marsh and Joyce Compton are the three little girls who come to the big city. Lew Cody good as the racketeer and John Wayne not so good. (April) THREE LOVES— Terra.— Marlene Dietrich is the only reason for seeing this three-year-old German silent. (Aug.) THREE WHO LOVED— Radio Pictures.— Excellent acting by Betty Compson and Conrad Nagel in a production that suffers from too much story. (Aug.) TOO MANY COOKS — Radio Pictures. — Bert Wheeler's first starring picture, minus Mr. Woolsey. Plenty of laughs, some lumps in the throat and Dorothy Lee as the heart appeal. (June) • TRADER HORN— M-G-M.— Harry Cany magnificent as Trader Horn. Story of the African jungle, full of the tensest drama and perfection in photography. (March) TRANSGRESSION— Radio Pictures.— The Bame old angle of the eternal triangle. Kay Francis wears swell clothes. (Aug.) TRAPPED — Big Four. — Fights, songs, gangsters, night clubs, murders, chases, plus a confused plot (June) TRAVELING HUSBANDS— Radio Pictures. Risque' but not objectionably so. Top-notch acting, with Evelyn Brent in the lead. (July) TWO-GUN MAN, THE— Tiffany.— A Western in i ' 1 swashbuckling style, nothing new but good entertainment. Ken Maynard and horsel (Aug.) UNFAITHFUL— Paramount.— Ruth Chatterton, a society matron who can't divorce her Faithle88 husband (Paul Cavanaugh) without involving her, own sister-in-law, and so goes to the dogs. Good for the Chatterton fans. (May) UP FOR MURDER— Universal.— f Reviewed under the title "Fires of Youth.") Talkie version of the old silent, "Man, Woman and Sin." Lew Ayres and Genevieve Tobin struggle through. Pretty badly worn plot. (April) UPPER UNDERWORLD — First National. — Different from the average racketeering picture and bound to make you think. (July) UP POPS THE DEVIL— Paramount— Young love and its struggles neatly handled by Norman Foster, as a young author, and his wife, played by Carole Lombard. Sprightly dialogue (July) • VICE SQUAD, THE— Paramount.— Besides being something that will keep you interested, this is a picture you'll think about. Paul Lukas. Kay Francis and Helen Johnson are excellent. (July) VIKING, THE— Varick Frissell Production.— A picture of the boat that met Arctic tragedy. Good photography. (Aug.) VIRTUOUS HUSBAND, THE— Universal.— One of those over-sexed things. Starts off to be a howl and then goes serious and ends by being pretty bad. (June) WAITING AT THE CHURCH— Radio Pictures. — An amusing story with lovely Technicolor effects. (July) WHITE SHOULDERS— Radio Pictures.— Rex Beach's dramatic story makes an interesting picture. Jack Holt. Mary Astor and Ricardo Cortez form the triangle. (July) WHITE THUNDER.— The eternal triangle story is secondary to the magnificent photography showing the terrifying vast iciness of Newfoundland (March) WILD WEST WHOOPEE— Cosmo.— Jack Perrin in a conventional Western saved by a thrilling rodeo sequence and the noble work of his horse, Starlight. Josephine Hill is the heroine. (May) WOMAN BETWEEN, THE— Radio Pictures.— Heavy drama with lots of emotion and a song from Lily Damita. Miriam Seegar is the one bright spot. (June) WOMAN OF EXPERIENCE, A— RKO-Pathe.— Only average entertainment, in spite of a cast which does its best. Helen Twelvetrees. ZaSu Pitts and Lew Cody. (July) WOMEN LOVE ONCE— Paramount.— Producers wasted their time and that of Eleanor Boardman and Paul Lukas on this one. (Aug.) WOMEN OF ALL NATIONS — Fox.— Edmund Lowe and Victor McLaglen as Quirt and Flagg of "What Price Glory" fame, continue their adventures. Good, rough entertainment, but not a Sunday school text. (July) YOUNG AS YOU FEEL— Fox.— Another grand Will Rogers' film, funny enough to make you forget a toothache. (July) • YOUNG DONOVAN'S KID— Radio Pictures.— Good. From Rex Beach's story "Big Brother." Little Jackie Cooper practically steals the show in spite of Dix's excellent work. (July) YOUNG SINNERS— Fox— The old story of modern kids in a jazz and cocktail setting. Thomas Mcighan is a bright spot, Dorothy Jordan and Hardie Albright give an exhibition of couch wrestling. (July) 'yming wom en no longer 'believe au they are told ■ They wont facts from a reliable source THESE days, the young wife is not content with hearsay. She wants facts. And thete is a tellable soutce of information for clear-thinking women. It is a booklet written especially for them. It is called "The Newer Knowledge of Feminine Hvgiene." It is the easy way to leatn all that can be leatned on the subject. 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