Photoplay (Jan - Jun 1934)

Photoplay Magazine for April, 1934 II9 i MISS FANE'S BABY IS STOLEN— Paramount.— A powerful, thrilling presentation of the kidnaping menace, with Dorothea Wieck as Baby LeRoy's mother. Alice Brady, Jack LaRue. Excellent suspense. (March) • MOONLIGHT AND PRETZELS— Universal.— Leo Carrillo, Lillian Miles, Roger Pryor, Mary Brian, in a musical. Familiar theme but excellent numbers. (.Nov.) • MORNING GLORY, THE— RKO-Radio.— Katharine Hepburn at her superb best in a story of a country girl determined to make good on the stage. Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Adolphe Menjou, Mary Duncan. (Ocl.) • MOULIN ROUGE— 20th Century-United Artists. — Gorgeous clothes, hot-cha dances, smart dialogue, and splendid performances by Constance Bennett and Franchot Tone put this film in the A-l class. Tullio Carminati, Russ Columbo and the Boswell Sisters. (March) MR. SKITCH— Fox.— The trip West in the family rattler of Mr. and Mrs. Ski ch (Will Rogers and ZaSu Pitts) provides laughs galore. Florence Desmond's impersonations are grand. (Feb.) MY LIPS BETRAY— Fox.— A musical comedy kingdom in which cabaret singer Lilian Harvey falls in love with king John Boles, and is loved by him. El Brendel. Fair. (Jan.) MY WOMAN— Columbia.— Wally Ford gets a radio break when his wife. Helen Twelvctrees, vamps Victor Jory into the idea. But success goes to Wally 's head; he loses his job — and his wife. (Jan.) *MY WEAKNESS— Fox.— Lilian Harvey as a Cinderella coached by Lew Ayres to catch his rich uncle's son, Charles Butterworth. Charles is a riot. (Dec.) MYRT AND MARGE— Universal.— Two popular radio stars do their stuff for the movies; an amusing little musical. ( A'oii.) • NANA — Samuel Goldwyn-United Artists. — Anna Sten, exotic Russian beauty, makes an impressive debut on the American screen as Nana in Zola's classic. Richard Bennett, Mae Clarke, Phillips Holmes, Lionel Atwill. (March) • NIGHT FLIGHT— M-G-M.— All star cast, with two Barrymores. Helen Hayes, Robert Montgomery, Myrna Loy. Clark Gable, others. Not much plot, but gripping tension and great acting, as night flying starts in the Argentine. (Nor.) OLSEN'S BIG MOMENT— Fox.— El Brendel is not only a janitor, but a matchmaker and a caretaker for an intoxicated bridegroom. Plenty of laughs. Walter Catlett and Barbara Weeks. (Jan.) • ONE MAN'S JOURNEY— RKO-Radio.— Lionel Barrymore struggles from obscurity to universal esteem as a self-sacrificing, conscientious country doctor. May Robson, David Landau, Joel McCrea, others, in support. (A" or.) ONE SUNDAY AFTERNOON — ParamountDentist Gary Cooper suddenly finds his life-long enemy in his dental chair, at his mercy, and thinks back over it all. Direction could have done better with cast and story. (Nov.) ONE YEAR LATER— Allied.— Melodrama that turns a slow start into a good finish. Mary Brian and Donald Dillaway. (Oct.) • ONLY YESTERDAY— Universal.— Its a hit for Margaret Sullavan in the role of a girl who kept the secret of her unwise love from her lover, John Boles, for many years. Splendid direction. (Jan.) ORIENT EXPRESS— Fox.— Norman Foster, Heather Angel and Ralph Morgan become involved with several other passengers while traveling on the Continental Express. Fair. (March) • PADDY, THE NEXT BEST THING— Fox — Janet Gaynor in a whimsical, delightful story of an Irish madcap girl who doesn't want big sister Margaret Lindsay forced to marry rich planter Warner Baxter. (Nov.) PALOOKA— Reliance-United Artists.— All about a country lad, Stuart Erwin, becoming a prize-fighter. Jimmy Durante, Lupe Velez. Marjorie Rambeau and Robert Armstrong. Grand fun throughout. (March) •PENTHOUSE— M-G-M.— Standard melodrama about a "high life" murder, but thrillingly done by Warner Baxter. C. Henry Gordon, Myrna Loy, Phillips Holmes, Mae Clarke, and others. (A'of.) PICTURE BRIDES— Allied.— Scarlet sisters, diamond miners, and not much else. (Dec.) POLICE CALL— Showmens Pictures.— Wild adventures in Guatemala; a mediocre film. (Nov.) POLICE CAR 17— Columbia.— Tim McCoy, in a radio squad car. chases a crook, and winds up in marriage with Evalyn Knapp, daughter of the police lieutenant. Just so-so. (Jan.) POOR RICH, THE— Universal.— Edna May Oliver and Edward Everett Horton put on a grand show when unexpected guests, who do not know their hosts have lost their wealth, arrive. Excellent supporting cast. Lots of laughs. (March) Marguerite Churchill Charming star of stage and screen It's no truer of a woman's figure than of her face and neck that a lovely skin is never muddy; nor are alluring contours ever hard and angular. DOUBLE MINT gum helps keep your complexion clear by aiding circulation — and does it immediately. Just as quickly it relaxes any hard, and see. Enjoy double mint five or ten minutes daily Always just before a Big Moment