Photoplay (Jan - Jun 1932)

Brief Reviews of Current Pictures [ CONTINUED FROM PACE 6 • FORBIDDEN ADVENTURE— (Also released as Newly Rich) — Paramount. — An i ntertaining picture for kids and grown-ups. Jackie Searl and Mitzi Green in some swell acting. Don't miss it. (Aug.) • FREE SOUL, A— M-G-M.— Norma Shearer and Lionel Barrymore in a picture that will hold you. but in plot and treatment it's for grown-ups only. (July) FRIENDS AND LOVERS— Radio Pictures.— Adolphe Menjou, Eric Von Stroheim and Lily Damita get tangled up in an involved yarn that tries to be too sophisticated. (Oct.) GAY DIPLOMAT, THE— Radio Pictures.— Ivan Lebcdeff intrigues the ladies (Betty Compson and Genevieve Tobin) in this story of Balkan intrigue. (Oct.) • GIRL HABIT, THE— Paramount.— An uproarious farce that boosts Charles Ruggles to stardom. It's all laughs. See itl (Aug.) • GIRLS ABOUT TOWN— Paramount.— The old gold digger story all dressed up in new clothes. Kay Francis and Lilyan Tashman wear the clothes and speak those smart lines. (Dec.) GOLD DUST GERTIE— Warners.— Exuberant Winnie Lightner gambols through a poor story. (July) GOLDIE — Fox. — If you like lusty, gusty stuff, this'll do. Spencer Tracy and Warren Hymer make a new comedy team. (Aug.) GOOD BAD GIRL, THE— Columbia.— The old plot of the girl who leaves the racket to marry and go straight. (July) GRAFT — Universal. — A fast action thriller. Regis Toomey is a dumbbell reporter and Sue Carol is heart interest. (Oct.) GREAT LOVER, THE — M-G-M. — Adolphe Menjou breaks hearts. Irene Dunne breaks into song. Both do good jobs. (Sept.) GRIEF STREET— Chesterfield.— A wobbly mystery story with pretty Barbara Kent and John Holland. Save your time. (Dec.) • GUARDSMAN, THE — M-G-M. — Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. You'll be ca-razy about them in this sophisticated comedy. See it, but don't take the kids. (Oct.) GUILTY HANDS— M-G-M.— That Lionel Barrymore — how he can actl You know he is the murderer, but will they discover his guilt? You'd better find out. (Sept.) HARD HOMBRE, THE— Allied.— For kids and grown-ups. A novel Western with Hoot Gibson and Lina Basquette. (Oct.) HEARTBREAK— Fox.— This has a war background but it's really a sweet love story. Madge Evans (what an actress!) takes honors from Charlie Farrell, a good actor, too. (Dec.) HEAVEN ON EARTH— Universal.— Recommended only for Lew Ayres fans. (Xov.) HIGH STAKES— Radio Pictures.— Lowell Sherman as an amateur detective is the main reason for si 'ring this. Mae Murray is the woman in the case. (July) HOLY TERROR, A— Fox.— A two-fisted Western with George O'Brien. Good, wholesome entertainment. (Aug.) HOMICIDE SQUAD — another gangster picture. Universal. — Ho-hum, (Not.) HONEYMOON LANE— Sono Art.— Not a great picture, but a delightful one. A nice romam tween Eddie Dowling (who sings) and June Collyer, And that swell comic, Ray Dooley. (Sept.) HONOR OF THE FAMILY— First National.— Nothing left of the Balzac story but the title. Bebe Daniels is a hot-cha-cha adventuress heroine. • HUCKLEBERRY FINN — Paramount. — This sequel to "Tom Sawyer" will cure the blues. Jackie Coogan and Junior Durkin take you back to old swimmin' hole days. (Oct.) HURRICANE HORSEMEN, THE— Willis Kent Prod. — A fast moving thriller, with plenty of Spanish atmosphere. Lane Chandler has the stuff. (Dec.) HUSH MONEY— Fox.— Another gangster film and not a very thrilling one. Joan Bennett and Hardie Albright try hard. (Aug.) I LIKE YOUR NERVE — First National — Douglas Fairbanks. Jr., acts just like his father did in "The Americano." He does it well, too. The story is weak. (Sept.) IMMORTAL VAGABOND, THE— UFA.— A tedious Tyrolean story without a single yodel. Nice scenery, good acting, English dialogue. (Oct.) IN LINE OF DUTY— Monogram Prod.— The Northwest Mounted Police get their man again. This time it's Noah Beery. Sue Carol is the girl. (Dec.) I TAKE THIS WOMAN— Paramount— A wheezy old plot dressed up for Gary Cooper and Carole Lombard. Just another movie. (^1 ug.) JUST A GIGOLO— M-G-M.— William Haines in a spicy, amusing offering. But leave the children at home. (July) KICK IN — Paramount. — They tried hard to make Clara Bow dramatic, sympathetic and emotional in this one. Regis Toomey is great. (July) LASCA OF THE RIO GRANDE— Universal.— Just another Western — but this one is South of the Rio Grande. Fair entertainment with Johnny Mack Brown, Leo Carillo and Dorothy Burgess. (Sept.) LAST FLIGHT, THE— First National.— Gay aviators in Paris make the first half grand, but the somber part is not so good. Richard Barthelmess' work is overshadowed by the others in the cast. (Oct.) LAUGHING SINNERS— M-G-M— Not sn good, but if you are a Joan Crawford fan you may like it. Clark Gable and Neil Hamilton, too. (Aug.) LAWLESS WOMAN, THE— Chesterfield Pictures.— An uninteresting, unimportant film. A gangster-newspaper plot, poorly done. (.4i<s.) • LAWYER'S SECRET. THE— Paramount.— Clive Brook. Charles Rogers, Richard Arlen, Fay Wray and Jean Arthur give fine performances. Intense drama. (July) LEFTOVER LADIES— Tiffany Prod.— Divorcees talk a lot about careers and freedom in dreary dialogue. Claudia Dell, in a brunette wig. is good. (Dec.) *LE MILLION— Tobis Production.— It's not necessary to understand the language ■ all the fun out of this French musical farce. (Aug.) • LOCAL BOY MAKES GOOD— Fir tional. — Joe E. Brown is funnier than he's ever In en, in this story of a college grind with inhibitions and botanical aspirations. (Dec.) LOVE STORM, THE— British International.— Three men and one woman are exiled to a lighthouse. Even a murder doesn't speed things up. Drear v fan . (Dec.) LOVER COME BACK— Columbia.— Betty Bronson changing her type with rather sorry results. (.4 ug.) MAD GENIUS. THE— Warners.— Magnificently produced and photographed, but John Barrymore's artistry is so perfect in an unsympathetic r61e that the story leaves a bad taste. (July) MAD PARADE, THE— Liberty Productions — The woman's side of the war done brilliantly by an all-feminine cast. (July) MAGNIFICENT LIE, THE— Paramount.— Not up to the standard of most Ruth Chatterton films. But there's a new young man named Ralph Bellamy who is particularly good. (Sept.) MAN IN POSSESSION, THE— M-G-M — Robert Montgomery in a spicy comedy full of situations and sparkling lines. Amusing. (Aug.) MEN ARE LIKE THAT— Columbia. — (Also shown underthe title of "Arizona".) Laura La Plante and John Wayne find life and love at an army post. (Oct.) MEN OF THE SKY— First National.— Yep, its an aviation war story — but it's pretty flimsy stuff. Irene Delroy and Jack Whiting. (Sept.) • MERELY MARY ANN— Fox.— Take your hankie to this one, but be sure to go. Not since "7th Heaven" have Charlie Farrell and Janet Gaynor been so whimsical and idyllic. (Sep:.) MERRY WIVES OF VIENNA, THE— Super Film. — Even if you no speak Deulsck, you'll enjoy this. Rippling waltzes and sparkling gayety make this foreign film worthwhile. (Sept.) • MIRACLE WOMAN, THE— Columbia — A well staged, directed, and photographed picture with Barbara Stanwyck doing her best work as a female evangelist. (Aug.) MONKEY BUSINESS — Paramount. — Messrs. Marx, Marx, Marx & Marx in another outbreak of assorted lunacy. No beginning, no end — just gorgeous nonsense. (Oct.) MONSTERS OF THE DEEP— Nat. Spitzer Prod. — Fishing adventures in Magdalena Bay. off the Mexican coast, where mammoth fish abound. For fish fans. (July) Lplease turn to pace 15] Photoplays Reviewed in the Shadow Stage This Issue Save this magazine — refer to the criticisms before you pic\ out your evening's entertainment. Mai\e this your reference list. Page Around the World in Eighty Minutes — United Artists 46 Arrowsmith — United Artists 47 Cheat, The — Paramount 49 Corsair — United Artists 49 Deadline, The — Columbia 94 False Madonna, The — Paramount 48 Flying High— M-G-M 48 Frankenstein— Universal 47 Freighters of Destiny— RKO-Pathe. . . 94 Gay Uuckaroo — Allied Prod 94 Good Sport — Fox 94 Guiltv Generation, The — Columbia . . 95 Hell Divers— M-G-M 48 Ik Pa ere Her Majesty, Love — First National . . . 4S His Woman — Paramount 49 House Divided, A — Universal 49 Men In Her Life — Columbia 49 Morals for Women — Tiffany Prod 94 Keck and \Teck— Thrill-O-Drama 94 Opera Ball — Greenbaum-Emelka Prod. 94 Over the Hill— Fox 46 Peach O'Reno — Radio Pictures 48 Possessed— M-G-M 46 Racing Youth— Universal 94 Range I^aw— Tiffany Prod. 94 Rich Man's Follv — Paramount. . l>4 Page Safe In Hell— First National 94 Speckled Band, The — First Division. . . 94 Sporting Chance, The — Peerless Prod. . 94 Suicide Vleet— RKO-Pathe 94 Surrender — Fox 94 Thirty Days — Patrician 94 Taxi — Warner Bros 95 Tip Off, The— RKO-Pathe 94 Tonight or Never — United Artists 47 Touchdown — Paramount 48 Working Girls — Paramount 94 N Marks the Spot— Tiffany Prod 94 Yellow Ticket, The— Fox 49