Photoplay (Jul - Dec 1936)

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Under Fritz Lang's superb direction it relates the tragedy of an innocent man in the hands of a seed-brained mob seething with passion. Spencer Tracy and Sylvia Sidney exceptionally good. A masterpiece (A ug.) • GIRL'S DORMITORY— 20th Century-Fox. — A beautiful picture which introduces the sensational newcomer. Simone Simon, in a strong appealing story of a school girl's love for her teacher. Herbert Marshall. Ruth Chatterton is superlative. Fine cast and able direction. (Oct.) • GIVE ME YOUR HEART— Warners— An intelligent and moving problem play aimed at sophisticated audiences. Kay Francis tries to forget her child and her youthful mesalliance in her new love for George Brent. The picture is lightened by . Roland Young's delightful comedy. (.Sept.) GRAND JURY— RKO-Radio.— Not very interesting small town drama with Fred Stone as the neurotic old citizen determined to clean up the town. Romance blooms between Louise Latimer and Owen Davis. Jr.. with the latter taking all the honors. (Oct.) • GREEN PASTURES, THE— WarnersMarc Connelly's famous play portraying Biblical happenings as visualized in the minds of simple hearted negroes, produced with sincerity and appealing charm. Rex Ingram superb as De La-wd A radical departure from anything heretofore attempted. This is a "must see" picture. (Aug.) GUNS AND GUITARS— Republic— More guns than guitars in this tedious Western. Gene Autrey and Smiley Burnette help the sheriff chase cattle racketeers. Dorothv Dix a pretty romance. Dull (Sept.) • HEARTS DIVIDED— Warners.— A lavishly produced tale of Jerome Bonaparte's love for a Baltimore belle. Dick Powell and Marion Davies carry the romance; Edward Everett Horton, Arthur Treacher and Charles Ruggles supply the comedy. Claude Rains is the high spot as Napoleon. (Aug.) HEARTS IN BONDAGE— Republic— Lew Ayres first directed picture astonishingly well done. Starring James Dunn, it is a sweeping drama of the Civil War interwoven with idealistic romance. It's an education. (Aug.) HIS BROTHERS WIFE— M-G-M— Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Taylor in an unreal and unhappy story, concerning a playboy scientist torn between his duty to fever-stricken natives and his love for a neurotic woman. (Oct.) HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD— Paramount — All the Hollywood spots you've yearned to glimpse. The Brown Derby, Sardi's, The Trocadero. are featured in this frail yarn of an old actor who writes his memoirs, meets tragedy. Many oldtimers add to the novelty. (Oct.) I'D GIVE MY LIFE— Paramount.— A strong story full of action and drama about a boy (Tom Brown) who kills his criminal father and braves the noose rather than reveal why he did it. Sir Guy Standing, Frances Drake and Janet Beecher head a good cast. (Oct.) LADY BE CAREFUL— Paramount.— You'll enjoy this simple tale of a shy sailor who gets the reputation of being a Lothario and has to live up to it. Lew Ayres regains his place in the sun with an excellent performance. Nice photography too. (Oct.) LOVE BEGINS AT TWENTY— First National — A domestic comedy cut on old-fashioned lines. Hugh Herbert very funny as the henpecked husband who turns on his boss and his wife to help daughter Patricia Ellis marry her choice. Good cast. (Aug.) • MARY OF SCOTLAND— RKO-Radio— The love story of the tragic Queen magnificently produced under the direction of John Ford. Katharine Hepburn dramatic, and Fredric March exceptional as the burly Earl of Both-well. Gripping, but solemn. (Oct.) MISTER CINDERELLA— M-G-M.— Silly but amusing farce about an ambitious barber. Jack Haley, who palms himself off as a rich playboy. Betty Furness is his debutante sweetie. Arthur Treacher is fun. (Sept.) • M'LISS— RKO-Radio.— Anne Shirley j strong performance in this Bret Harte classic As t he spunky daughter of an old miner, Guy Kibbee. she fights her way to happiness with schoolteacher John Beal. Sweet and sentimental. (S MY AMERICAN WIFE Paramount. \ I comedy about the Americanization of Fn r, a European count who marries an Arizona heiress (Ann Sot hern). Fred Stone excellent as the Millie Burke and Ernest Cossart are good. (Oct.) • MY MAN GODFREY— Universal.— A mad and gay picture sparkling with humor depicting the rehabilitation of a "forgotten man" by a dizzy rich girl. Bill Powell and Carole Lombard divide honors in the title roles ably assisted by Alice Brady. Eugene Pallette and Gail Patrick. See this by all means. (A ug.) • NINE DAYS A QUEEN— GB.— The tragic story of Lady Jane Grey in line for succession to the English throne after the death of Henry' VIII. Cedric Hardwicke splendid as the Earl of Warwick, Nova Pilbeam lovely as Lady Jane. To Desmond Tester go top honors as the little King. Superb cast, adroit direction. See this by all means. (Sept.) OUR RELATIONS — M-G-M.— Those crazy comics. Laurel and Hardy pile up laughs by getting into mixups with an identical pair of twins. Sidney Toler and Alan Hale help the frenzy of fun. SwelL (Sept.) PAROLE — Universal. — A vigorous and timely expose of the parole system. Newcomers Harry Hunter and Ann Preston should catch your interest (.4 ug.) • PEPPER— 20th Century-Fox.— A Jane Wither's laugh riot. She vamps Irvin S. Cobb into helping a poor widow, pays him tack by persuading his daughter not to marry a bogus count, Ivan Lebedeff. Slim Summerville aids in the comedy. For the whole family. (Sept.) • PICCADILLY JIM— M-G-M— Good dialogue and amusing situations abound in this slick tale of a cartoonist, who falls in love with the daughter of a family he has caricatured to fame. Bob Montgomery at his best. Madge Evans. Billie Burke, Frank Morgan, Eric Blore are all excellent. Swell entertainment. (Oct.) POSTAL INSPECTOR— Universal.— A shallow story, with Ricardo Cortez as the Government man, wandering around from floods to mail robberies. Patricia Ellis complicates matters by revealing secrets, but reforms. Dull. (Oct.) • POPPY— Paramount.— W. C. Fields as a carnival barker, skips drotly through an ordinary story leaving a trail of chuckles Rochelle Hudson scores as nis daughter, and Richard Cromwell is an ideal small town beau. Be sure and see it. (Aug.) PRIVATE NUMBER— 20th Century-Fox.— Just about the nicest romantic sequences ever help this wilted story ("Common Clay" in modern clothes). Robert Taylor and Loretta Yroung marry secretly as she is a maid in his rich household. Basil Rathbone causes trouble. You'll like it_ (Aug.) PUBLIC ENEMY'S WIFE— Warners— Cesar Romero as Public Enemy No. 1 who doesn't want his former wife, Margaret Lindsay, to marry G-man Pat O'Brien. Romero too sinister, O'Brien too uninterested. Better skip. (Sept.) • RHYTHM ON THE RANGE— Paramount. — See this for Bing Crosby's singing and the introduction of Martha Rave, a new comedienne, whose antics all but steal the show. It's about an heiress who gets into mixups with a cowboy. Swing music too. (Oct.) • ROAD TO GLORY, THE— 20th CenturyFox.— A magnificent war story of tragic fighting, loving, dying, existing on the French front. Fredric March and Warner Baxter have a war within a war for love of June Lang. Lionel Barrymore and Gregory Ratoff give superb performances. Beautifully directed and produced, this is unforgettable. Don't miss it. (A ug.) • ROMEO AND JUILET— M-G-M— Shakespeare's classic love story produced with accuracy and lavishness. Norma Shearer's Julie: is lyrically beautiful. Leslie Howard superb as Romeo. Basil Rathbone, John Barrymore, Ralph Forbes, Edna May Oliver all add to the excellence of the outstanding picture of the year. No version has ever surpassed this one for sheer physical beauty. Not to be missed under any circumstances. (Sept.) *S\N FRANCISCO— M-G-M.— Out of a story of a tough Barbary Coast cafe owner, a beautiful singer and a priest. W. S. Van Dyke has constructed an epic. Clark Gable superb; Jeanette MacDonald's lovely voice allowed full range, and the earthquake sequence will knock you out of your seat. \Tou must see it. (Sept.) • SECRET AGENT— GB— A fast moving and dramatic tale of love and espionage in war torn Europe directed with sophistication and finesse bv Alfred Hitchcock (of "39 Steps"). John Gielgud Madeleine Carroll, Peter Lorre and Robert Y'oung are splendid. Adult entertainment. (Aug.) • SEVEN SINNERS— GB.— A compact and high-tensioned murder melodrama with Eddie Lowe and Constance Cnmmings. Eddie hits the trail of a murderer in Europe and uncovers a munitions racket. Sensational railroad scenes. You'll like it. S *SIN<;. BABY, SING — 20th Century-Fox.— Adolphe Menjou, The Ritz Brothers. Alice red Heal' Ratoff and Patsy Kelly in as hilarious a farce as you will see. Adolpl famous actor on Lunacy and laughter • SPENDTHRIFT — Wanger-Paramount.— Grand fun with Henry Fonda as a penniless millionaire sportsman who marries conniving Mary Brian, discovers his mistake and Pat Paterson simultaneously. A swell evening for everybody, l.-la^.)