Photoplay (Jan - Jun 1933)

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Brief Reviews of Current Pictures CONTINUED FROM PAGE 15 ] ISLE OF PARADISE— Adolph Po'lak Prod.— A colorful film about the Island ot Bali, excellently photographed. (Oct.) • KID FROM SPAIN, THE— Goldwyn-United Artists. — Lavish, hilarious. Eddie Cantor, introduced as the famous matador Dot: Sebastian the Second, is forced to fight the bull and make good his title. Lyda Roberti is a sefiorita. Excellent supporting cast. (Jan.) KING MURDER, THE— Chesterfield— A "Broadway butterfly" murder mystery that really mystifies. Natalie Moorhead, Conway Tearle and Don Alvarado are excellent as suspects. (Dec.) _ KLONDIKE— Monogram.— Old melodrama of silent days, made into a talkie. And it limps from sheer old age. (Nov.) KONGO — M-G-M. — Lon Chaney did it better silently. The jungle in all its horror. Walter Huston, Lupe Velez and Virginia Bruce are wasted. Spare the children. (Dec.) LADY AND GENT— Paramount.— George Bancroft, as a liquor-soaked prize-fighter, does a grand job. You'll like Wynne Gibson, too. (Sept.) LAST MAN, THE— Columbia.— Lurid tale of mutinv at sea, with good work by Charles Bickford and Constance Cummings. (.Vw.) LAST MILE, THE— World Wide.— Intense rlrama in the morbid setting of a penitentiary death house. George Stone's performance is outstanding. (Oct.) LAWYER MAN— Warners.— Bill Powell as an East Side lawyer tangles with crooked politicians. Joan Blondell, David Landau and Helen Vinson splendid co-workers. Shaky law, but good cinema. (Feb.) *LIFE BEGINS— First National.— Unusual story, laid in a maternity ward where life begins and sometimes ends cruelly. Relieved by comedy, nevertheless a serious film, for adults only. Eric Linden, Aline MacMahon and Loretta Young head a fine cast. (Oct.) LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE— RKO-Radio.— Mitzi Green is reason enough for seeing this picture. Little Buster Phelps runs a close second and May Robson is a magnificent grandma. (Dec.) LOVE IN HIGH GEAR— Mayfair Pictures.— This is supposed to he funny. It isn't. All about brides, grooms and stolen pearls. (Sept.) • LOVE ME TONIGHT— Paramount— All through this riot of entertainment and catchy music you have zat naughty Chevalier, to say nothing of Jeanette MacDonald. and the Charlies Butterworth and Ruggles. (Oct.) MADAME BUTTERFLY— Paramount.— Sylvia Sidney's artistry and excellent settings breathe charm into this operatic favorite. (Feb.) MADAME RACKETEER— Paramount.— Alison Skipworth as a crook who poses as a countess, gives one of those performances you don't forget. You'll get a full quota of laughs. (Sept.) MADISON SQUARE GARDEN— Paramount — The lowdown on the American sports industry showing all the products. Film notables and ex-champs. Jack Oakie is an aspiring palooka. Marian Nixon the slight romantic interest. (Dec.) MAEDCHEN IN UNIFORM— Carl Froelich Prod. — German language film with English subtitles, about a Prussian school for girls and the effect of its rigid discipline and repression on their emotional lives. Expertly directed and acted. (Nov.) MAGIC NIGHT— United Artists.— English-made musical with Jack Buchanan (so fine in "Monte Carlo" with Jeanette MacDonald) miscast in an artificial, slow story. (Jan.) MAN AGAINST WOMAN— Columhia — Jack Holt plays a hard-boiled detective who wins the night-club singer (Lillian Miles) in spite of the gangsters. (Feb.) MAN CALLED BACK, THE — Tiffany. — That old plot about the doctor who fumbled an important operation is all dressed up with a murder trial at the end. (Sept.) MAN FROM ARIZONA, THE— MonogramIncongruous and improbable, the climax spoiled by poor dialogue. With Neoma Judge, Nat Carr and James Marcus. (Jan.) MAN WITHOUT A NAME, THE— UFA— A soldier, after seventeen years, regains his memory lost in the war. Interesting but lagging German-dialogue film, with Werner Krauss. (Jan.) MASK OF FU MANCHU, THE— M-G-M.— Boris Karloff in the title role. Lewis Stone, Karen Morley, Myrna Loy and Jean Hersholt are also in this struggle between British scientists and the dreaded Fu Manchu. (Jan.) MATCH KING, THE— First National.— Based on Ivar Kreuger's life and distinguished by Warren William's portrayal of the title role, it dramatizes the magnate's rise from racketeer to match industry czar, ending in suicide. (Jan.) ME AND MY GAL— Fox.— A mixture of slapstick and melodrama, well played. Joan Bennett as a tough girl and Spencer Tracy as a cop are good. George Walsh comes back as a villain. (Jan.) MEN ARE SUCH FOOLS — RKO-Radio. — Badly handled story but fine acting by Leo Carrillo, Yivienne Osborne and Una Merkel. Suffering lifts a musician to genius. (Dec.) MEN OF AMERICA— RKO-Radio.— Mild entertainment contrasting "covered wagon" Indian fights with today's gangster warfare. Bill Boyd is hero, Dorothy Wilson the girl and Ralph Ince a grand bad man. Chic Sale adds color. (Jan.) MILLION DOLLAR LEGS— Paramount.— Jack Oakie. W, C. Fields, Ben Turpin and Andy Clyde make this one continual round of swell fun and nonsense. (Sept.) MONKEY'S PAW, THE — RKO-Radio. — Capable British actors and good direction don't liven this dull yarn of a tragedy-bringing monkey's paw. (Dec.) • MOST DANGEROUS GAME, THE— RKORaoio. — Leslie Banks, a new Frankenstein type, gives a great performance in a gruesome but thrilling picture. (Oct.) • MOVIE CRAZY— Harold Lloyd-Paramount. — Harold Lloyd's first in two years — the story of a boy's search for Hollywood fame — is a peach of a picture and how sorry you'll be if you miss it. (Sept.) *MR. ROBINSON CRUSOE— United Artists. — Doug Fairbanks Sr., at his bounding best in a tropical island. Grand gags. Laughs aplenty. Don't miss this! (Sept.) MUMMY, THE— Universal.— Boris Karloff, as a revivified mummy, finds his love reincarnated in an American girl, done by Zita Johann. (Feb.) MY PAL, THE KING— Universal.— You haven't seen all Tom Mix stunts until you get a big load of this. And what a battle royal in the Wild West Show! (Sept.) MYSTERY RANCH— Fox.— Just the average Western, with a dash of mystery tossed in for good measure. (Sept.) • NIGHT AFTER NIGHT— Paramount — Fast story — it never slackens — artfully blending Broadway and Park Avenue. AND a new hero, George Raft, as a culture-crazy "speak" owner. Constance Cummings is elegant, Alison Skipworth perfect and Mae West a riot. (Dec.) NIGHT CLUB LADY, THE— Columbia.— Exciting mystery story. Adolphe Menjou takes first honors, and you'll be interested in Mayo Methot, a clever girl from the stage. (Ucl.) NIGHT MAYOR, THE— Columbia.— Grand satire about a frivolous mayor and his feminine and political problems. And how Lee Tracy plays himl (Oct.) NIGHT OF JUNE 13, THE— Paramount— New situations and a brand new plot idea covering the events in an average neighborhood on one certain night. Fine cast includes Clive Brook, Mary Boland, Charles Ruggles and Lila Lee. (Nov.) NO LIVING WITNESS— Mayfair Pictures.— A dull offering, with Barbara Kent accused of murdering the villain, Noah Beery. (Feb.) NO MORE ORCHIDS— Columbia.— Fresh and smart treatment of an heiress chasing a poor lad. Carole Lombard. Lyle Tplbot and Louise Closser Hale outstanding in a good cast. (Jan.)