Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1930)

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Neither do the chorus routines. (June) ROYAL BOX. THE— Warners.— If you Deutsch sprechen you'll like this. The first full-length talking picture in German, with Alexander Moissi and Camilla Horn. (March) ROYAL ROMANCE. A— Columbia.— Romance and adventure in a m\thical kingdom. Buster Collier gives good performance and Pauline Starke is devastatingly beautiful. (May) RUNAWAY BRIDE— Radio Pictures.— Murders. thieves, and a string of pearls. Clap-trap melodrama tr\ing to be light comedy. But Mary .Astor is charming. (June) SAFETY IN NtJMBERS— Paramount.— Peachesan'-creara for Buddy Rogers fans. He sings half a dozen songs and plays an heir to big money whose worldly-wise uncle puts him in care of three "Follies" girls. (June) SALLY— First National.The glorious, scintlllating dancing of Marilyn Miller, lovely Ziegfeld star, saves this from being merely a dull transcript of an out-moded musical comedy. (March) • SARAH AND SON— Paramount.— What a characterization by Ruth Chatt'-rton! And what a restrained and dignified performance by Ff'-di^ric March! A picture you simply can't miss. (May) SEA BAT. THE— M-G-M. — Just another talkie. ho-hum! Bv the way. its Nils Asther's first audible film. (A us.) SECOND CHOICE— Warners.— You won't even make this third ciioice. A mediocre phonoplay with Dolores Costello. Chester Morris and Edna Murphy. (March) SECOND FLOOR MYSTERY. THE— Warners. — Novel mystery-comedy, with Loretta Young and Grant Withers. (July) SECOND WIFE— Radio Pictures.— Interesting domestic drama from stage plav ".Ml the King's Men." Lila Lee. Conrad Nagel. Hugh Huntley. Little Freddie Burke Frederick is perfect. (April) SETTING SON. THE— Darmour-Radio Pictures.— Grandpap. rich and ailing, takes the wTong medicine. The family count chickens be''ore they're hatched. Short comedy. '(April) SHADOW OF THE LAW— Paramount— The usual delightful William Powell performance, but the story could be better. (July) SHE COULDN'T SAY NO— Warners.— Winnie Lightner should have said NO when they cast her as a broken-hearted night club hostess. (May) SHE*S MY WEAKNESS— Radio Pictures.— Arthur Lake and Sue Carol in a story of love's young dream. Rather nice. (Aug.) SHIP FROM SHANGHAI, THE— M-G-M — Psycliological drammer but it went astray. Dramatic, but sometimes distasteful. Louis \VoIheira. Conrad Nagel. Kay Johnson, the latter splendid. (April) SHOW GIRL IN HOLLYWOOD — First National.— Alice White's best talkie. Interesting studio scenes. (June) SILENT ENEMY. THE— Paramount.— Beautifully photographed story of the Ojibway Indians* struggle lor fond in the far North, played by real Indians, .\mazlng animal scenes. Sound. (July) SLIGHTLY SCARLET— Pararaount.— Evelyn Brent as society thiff on the Riviera. Her best since "Interference." Hero. CHvc Brook. Eugene Pallette a "wow." (April) SOCIAL LION. THE— Paramount.— Jack Oakic. tlie village braggart who is "taken up" by the country club set. Mary Brian, the girl. Heaps of fun. (July) SOLDIERS AND WOMEN— Columbia.— Tangled love affairs in military circles. (.-Iwg.) SO LONG LETTY-Warncrs.-Two discontented husbands swap wives. Chariolte Greenwotxi of the long legs and boisterous antics is whole show. {April) • SONG O' MY HEART— Fox.— John McCormack aims right at your heart with his gorgeous voice. Hit pieces. "Little Boy Blue" and "1 Hear Vou Calling Me." .Alice Jovce. and a sensational Irish kid. Tommy Clifford. Don't miss John. (April) SONG OF THE FLAME— First National.— Bernice Claire, soprano, and Noah Beer>\ deep bass, free Russia from the revolutionists via Technicolor operetta. (July) SONG OF THE WEST— Warners.All-Technicclor outdoor operetta. Ambitious, but dull. (May) SON OF THE GODS— First National.— Richard Bartlielmess as .Americanized Chinese boy in slowpaced Rex Beach romance. Constance Bennett fine. Weak stor\-. Far from best Barthelmess. (April) SO THIS IS LONDON— Fox.— The Will RogersIrene Rich team, set down in London. An amusing follow-up for "So This Is Paris." {Aug.) SO THIS IS PARIS GREEN— Paramount-Christie.— .\ swell short subject burlesque of love among the apaches witii Louise Fazenda as the world-weary queen of the Paris sewers. {March) SPRING IS HERE— First National.— Bernice Claire and Alexander Gray sing well. Ford Sterling and Louise Fazenda are great. Just an average musical comedy story, but they make it good entertainment. {June) • STREET OFCHANCE— Paramount.— Here's a punchful racketeer picture that is going to give rival producers jaundice until they get a carbon copy in the can. Bill Powell's finesse and Kay Francis* sincere moting would be high-lights in any picture. (March) STRICTLY MODERN— First National.— Pretty obvious humor and thin stor>'. but Dorothy Mackaill is fine as a young sophisticate who finds romance where she least expects it. {July) STRICTLY UNCONVENTIONAL— M-G-M.— The original play. "The Circle. ' was subtle English comedy. The phonoplay misses fire. {May) • SUCH MEN ARE DANGEROUS— Fox.— A famous financier disappeared during a fiight ever the North Sea, and gave Elinor Glyn the basia for this brilliantly made talkie. Warner Baxter, Catherine Dale Owen. One of the best. (April) SUGAR PLUM PAPA— Sennett-Educational.— A short feature directed by Mack himself. Daphne Pollard and the rest of the hilarious gang. {April) SUNNY SKIES— Tiffany Productions.— Another one of those movie versions of college life as it isn't. (June) SWING HIGH— Pathe.— Love and intrigue ir an old-time wagon circus. Color, action, peppy songs. Pleasant entertainment. (July) TALK OF HOLLYWOOD, THE— Sono Art— Worid Wide. — This would be the Ulk of any townit's so bad. Intended as comedy, it evolves a trai:Miy. (March) TEMPLE TOWER— Fox.— More Bulldog Drum mond, with Kenneth McKenna instead of Ron.ild Colman. Burlesque and good whether intentional or not. (April) TEXAN, THE— Paramount. — Gary Cooper md Fay Wray in a picturesque O. Henr>* stor>* of ■ ;^Southwest. (July) THEY LEARNED ABOUT WOMEN— M-G-M. — But not about acting. "They" being Van .mj Schenck. vaudeville harmony duo, who sing h^ti r than they act. .\nd. believe it or not. Bessie Love 19 still being noble. (March) THREE FACES EAST— Warners.— A great ^t i^e play and fine silent picture gone wrong in the t.ilki. s. (Aug.) TIGER ROSE— Warners.Lupe Velez plays the tiger, but the picture is no rose. The stage play was once popular, but no one seems to care any more whether the Northwest Mounted get their man or not. (.March) TOAST OF THE LEGION. THE— First National.—The lovely \'ictnr Herbert opiTCtla, "Mile. Modiste. ' in all-Technicolor. Bernice Claire and Walter Pidgeon. A musical treat. (.A«g.) TOP SPEED— First National.— Musical coin !v with the irrepressible Joe E. Brown emphasizing iUc comedy. 1.4 wi,'.) TRIGGER TRICKS— Univer«al.—Tvpical HootI Gibson Western with Sally Eilers in her real life rdle j of girl-friend. (Aug.) t Every adverUsement In PIIOTOPLAT MAGAZINE Is ffuarantMd.