Photoplay (Jan - Jun 1932)

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New York Brief Reviews of Current Pictures [ CONTINCED FROM PACE 15 ] SMART WOMAN— Radio Pictures.— What a performance Mary Astor gives and in what beautiful clothes! A charming, sophisticated yarn of the "Holiday" school. (Oct.) • SMILING LIEUTENANT, THE — Paramount.— One of the breeziest and most tuneful entertainments in a long time. Chevalier at his best, under Lubitsch direction. See it. (July) SOB SISTER— Fox.— You'll like this fast newspaper yarn and Linda Watkins. Jimmie Dunn is grand, too. (Nov.) 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 itl (Aug.) SPIDER, THE— Fox.— Thrills and shivers over a murder in a theater. Eddie Lowe is grand and suspense is geared on high. (Oct.) • SPIRIT OF NOTRE DAME, THE— Universal.— Knute Rockne lives again in this powerful football story with Lew Ayres and the real Notre Dame team. (Dec.) SPORTING BLOOD— M-G-M.— The biography of a race horse. Not interested? All right, then, Clark Gable has a featured role. That should get you. It's a good movie. (Sept.) • 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.) • STAR WITNESS, THE— First National — At last! An entirely new plot with suspense, humor, heartache. Walter Huston, Chic Sale and Frances Starr are in it. Worth your time. (Sept.) • STREET SCENE— United Artists.— Thirtyfour excellent actors and super-direction by King Vidor make this one of the great pictures of the year. A vivid cross-section of life you'll never forget. (Oct.) • STRICTLY DISHONORABLE— Universal. You'll love this story of the grand opera singer captured by the innocent little girl from Mississippi. Taul Lukas, Lewis Stone and Sidney Fox all great. (Dec.) STUDENT'S SONG OF HEIDELBERG, A Eln Burschenlied Aus Heidelberft)— UFA.— Rol icking tunes, students and Heidelberg campus stuff. Even if you don't know German you'll enjoy it. (Noi:) SUBWAY EXPRESS— Columbia.— Jack Holt in a thrilling mystery of the stage that lost its kick in the movie version. (July) SUNDOWN TRAIL— RKO-Pathe.— Good acting helps a poor Western. (Oct.) • SUSAN LENOX, HER FALL AND RISE — M-G-M-. — Romance spread thick, passion strong. You Garbo-maniacs will eat it up. Clark Gable plays opposite. Don't miss it. (Sept.) SWEEPSTAKES— RKO-Pathe.— Some romance, thrills and fast lines in a race-track yarn. Quillan and Gleason take honors. (Aug.) TERROR BY NIGHT— Famous Attractions. — Bet you can't guess before the last reel who did the murder. A good mystery with comical Una Merkel and ZaSu Pitts. (Dec.) TEXAS RANGER, THE— Columbia.— Carmelita Geraghty is the gal, Buck Jones the hero. (July) THIRTEEN MEN AND A GIRL— UFA.— A dreary tragedy. Foreign made. English dialogue. (Oct.) THIS MODERN AGE— M-G-M.— Joan Crawford lovely and dripping box-office appeal in a ridiculous story. (Nor.) 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.) • TRANSATLANTIC — Fox. — Edmund Lowe and Greta Nissen plus an exciting melodramatic plot, make this one of those hit pictures you mustn't fail to see. (Sept.) TRANSGRESSION— Radio Pictures.— The same old anRle of the eternal triangle. Kay Francis wears swell clothes. (Aug.) 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 old swashbuckling style, nothing new but good entertainment. Ken Maynard and horsel (Aug.) • 24 HOURS— Paramount.— It's not only good but different. Kay Francis and Clive Brook are grand. (Nov.) UNHOLY GARDEN, THE— United Artists.— Far-fetched melodrama and romance in a Sahara castle, with Ronald Colman working hard to save the impossible story. (Oct.) 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.) WAITING AT THE CHURCH— Radio Pictures. — An amusing storv with lovelv Technicolor effects. (July) • WATERLOO BRIDGE — Universal. — It's morbid, yes, but it's intelligent and honest screen fare. A war background, but don't let that stop you. You'll like Mae Clarke. (Sept.) WAY BACK HOME— Radio Pictures.— If you follow Seth Parker on the radio, you'll enjoy seeingas well as hearing him. He uses all his radio stuff. (Dec.) WEST OF BROADWAY— M-G-M.— John Gilbert's voice is low — so is the entertainment value of the picture. Jack is a war veteran with six months to live. (Oct.) WHITE DEVIL, THE— UFA.— Russians in big fur hats are doing serious things again. You need not bother. (Nov.) WHITE SHOULDERS— Radio Pictures.— Rex Beach's dramatic story makes an interesting picture. Jack Holt. Mary Astor and Ricardo Cortez form the triangle. (July) WICKED — Fox. — Elissa Landi and Victor McLaglen are good in a too heavy drama about a bank robber and his wife who go to jail. (Oct.) WILD HORSE— Allied.— Hoot Gibson captures a wild horse, a bank bandit, a murderer and his audience's approval, all in one handsome gesture. (Sept.) 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 GO ON FOREVER— Tiffany-Cruze — Your old friend Clara Kimball Young makes a good comeback in this story of racketeers and illicit love. A lively film with plenty of comedy relief. (Sept.) WOMEN LOVE ONCE— Paramount.— Producers wasted their time and that of Eleanor Boardman and Paul Lukas on this one. (Aug.) WOMEN MEN MARRY — Headline Prod. — Don't take this picture too seriously and you may not find it too dull. Sally Blane is nice and Natalie Moorhead wears startling clothes. (Sept.) 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 Meigban is a bright spot. Dorothy Jordan and Hardie Albright give an exhibition of couch wrestling. (July)