Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1935)

Brief Reviews of Current Pictu res CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10 FORSAKING ALL OTHERS— M-G-M.— Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Robert Montgomery and Charles Butterworth at their best in a simple" storv that leaves you dizzy with laughter and braced" like a champagne cocktail. (March) FUGITIVE LADY— Columbia.— Florence Rice makes a successful film debut as a woman on her way to jail, double-crossed by a jewel thief (Donald Cook), when a tram wreck puts her into the role of the estranged wife of Neil Hamilton. Plenty of action (Jan.) FUGITIVE ROAD— Invincible.— Eric Von Stroheim is good as the commandant of a frontier post in Austria, falling in love with an American girl, Wera Engels, and frustrated in his romantic plans by gangster Leslie Fenton. Slender story well acted. (Feb.) r GAY BRIDE. THE— M-G-M.— Chorine Carole Lombard, out for a husband, becomes involved with gangsters who bump each other off for her pleasure Nat Pendleton, Sam Hardy, Leo Carrillo pay while Chester Morris wins. (Jan ) • GAY DIVORCEE, THE — RKO-Radio. — Grandly amusing. Fred Astaire's educated dancing feet paired with those of Ginger Rogers. He's mistaken for a professional corespondent by Ginger, seeking a divorce. Edward Everett Horton Alice Brady pointed foils. (Dec.) GENTLEMEN ARE BORN— First National — Franchot Tone is one of four college pals trying to find a job today. Jean Muir. Nick Foran, others good. It has reality. (Jan.) GHOST WALKS, THE— Invincible.— A theatrical group rehearses a melodrama in a haunted house and when a real maniac slips in, things happen. A unique story, with John Miljan, Richard Carle, June Collyer. (Apr.) • GIFT OF GAB— Universal.— Edmund Lowe. fast talking news announcer, flops, but is boosted up by Gloria Stuart. Story frame for gags songs, sketches. Alexander Woollcott, Phil Baker Ethel Waters. Alice White. Victor Moore. (Dec.) GILDED LILY, THE— Paramount.— Good entertainment, but not as much punch as you have a right to expect from a movie with Claudette Colbert in the lead, and Wesley Ruggles directing. (March) GIRL O' MY DREAMS— Monogram.— Much rah-rah and collegiate confusion, with Sterling Holloway's comicalities unable to pull it through. Mary Carlisle. Eddie Nugent do well. (Jan.) COIN' TO TOWN— Paramount.— Mae West, pursuing the man instead of being pursued in a fastmoving, wise-cracking film, that will keep vou laughing. (May) GOOD FAIRY, THE— Universal.— Margaret Sullavan, in the title role, and Herbert Marshall head the cast of this screen adaptation of the stage hit The scenes are played in high comedy throughout But comedy. (March) GRAND OLD GIRL— RKO-Radio.— That grand old trouper, May Robson, gives a superfine performance as a veteran high school principal who bucks the town's politicians for the welfare of her pupils. Mary Carlisle and Alan Hale highlight a good supporting cast. (March) • GREAT EXPECTATIONS — UniversalDickens' charm preserved bv George Breakston as orphaned Pip. later by Phillips Holmes. Florence Reed. Henry Hull and others. (Jan ) GREAT GOD GOLD— Monogram.— The story promises to be an exciting expose on the receivership racket but it becomes stupid. Martha Sleeper does as well by her part as possible. Regis Toomey gets nowhere. (May) GREAT HOTEL MURDER, THE— Fox— Old reliable sure-fire Edmund Lowe-Victor McLaglen sum, with Vic as a dumb house detective and Eddie the guest who writes mystery stories, both trying to discover who poisoned the victim. Mary Carlisle C. Henry Gordon. (May) GREEN EYES — Chesterfield. A stereotyped murder mystery. Charles Starrett, Claude Gillingwater Shirley Grey, William Bakewell, John Wray Dorothy Revier are adequate. (Jan.) GRIDIRON FLASH— RKO-Radio.— A college football story about a paroled convict (Eddie Quillan) who finally wins the game and Betty Furness, too. C-lenn Tryon, Lucien Littlefield. (March) • HAPPINESS AHEAD First National i unetul and peppy. About a wealthy miss and honest!) a window washer. Josephine Hutchinson (£reSM, f,-Pm the stage) and Dick powell are the two \ ou 11 like it and hum the tunes. (Dec.) ^A,R? S?^G— Fox-Gaumont-British.— A pleasant little English him with Lilian Harvey and Charles Boyer. (Sept.) HELLDORADO— Fox— A hollow storv in a mining town setting which fails to give Richard Arlen the kind of part he deserves. (March) HELL IN THE HEAVENS— Fox.— A gripping depiction of a French air unit in the late war. Warner Baxter is an American with the outfit. Conchiti Montenegro is the only feminine influence. (Jan.) ' HERE IS MY HEART— Paramount.— You'll applaud this one. For between laughs Bing Crosby and Kitty Carlisle sing those haunting tunes, and the story is good. (March) HOME ON THE RANGE— Paramount.— An up-to-date Western, with the old mortgage still present but the crooks using modern methods for getting it. Evelyn Brent. Jackie Coogan, Randy Scott. (Feb.) HONGKONG NIGHTS— Futter Prod.— A highly implausible story about a Chinese gun-runner and an American Secret Service man. Production and photography superb, dialogue and story poor. Tom Keene, Wera Engels. Warren Hymer. (May) I AM A THIEF— Warners.— A diamond necklace disappears and everybody looks guilty — Ricardo Cortez, Mary Astor, Dudley Digges, Irving Pichel and the rest of the cast. There's murder, thievery and some romance. Maintains interest. (Feb.) • IMITATION OF LIFE — Universal.— \ warm and human drama about two mothers of different races, allied in the common cause of their children Excellent performances by Claudette Colbert and Louise Beavers. Warren William, Fredi Washington, Rochelle Hudson. Ned Sparks. (Feb.) IN OLD SANTA FE— Mascot.— A dozen plot* wrapped up for the price of one— and a nice package or those who enjoy Westerns. Ken Maynard his horse, Tarzan, Evalyn Knapp, H. B. Warner, Ken neth Thomson, and the entire cast are good. (Feb ) I SELL ANYTHING-First Nat.ona! J O Brier, talks you to death as a gyp auctioneer , taken by a society golddigger (Claire Dodd) < and gabbier he returns to Ann Dvorak. (Jan.] IT HAPPENED IN NEW YORK-Unive, You II be amused by press-agent Hugh O'Co. r tricks to get movie star Gertrude Michael inl I hmehght, and the interference of a taxi drive, Talbot and his sweetie, Heather Angel L. ! laughs. (May) s u " *lT',u £ £'FT-Paramount.One long I J with W C. Fields in the role of a hen p husband. Baby LeRov, Jean Rouverol, Ka; , Howard. But it's Fields' show. (Feb.) I'VE BEEN AROUND— Universal -A goo, J (M%nh)n a tnte St°ry 3nd amazine!y stagey dia .,e. i JAGI^ AHOY— Gaumont British.— If yoi i„ augh at old jokes, this isn't bad. However « land s comedian, Jack Hulburt, deserves better , ment. (Apr.) JEALOUSY— Columbia.— Watch George M, » it you go to see this picture about a prize fightei io is inordinately jealous of his pretty wife. Ng Carroll, Donald Cook, Arthur Hohl. (March) " it fUDGE™'EST-Fox.-Will Rogers ,a r\ irvin S. Cobb s humorously philosophical racter live so enjoyably, you wish vou were a ds if the drowsy Kentucky setting. The music heigl is your desire Tom Brown, Anita Louise the lovj. terest. Perfect cast. (Dec.) KENTUCKY KERNELS— RKO-Radio.-W and Vvoolsey as custodians of a young heir, So v McFarland, mixed up with a Kentucky feud n snme and roses. It's hilarious. (Jan.) .JL KID MILLIONS— Samuel Goldwyn-L' J *7, Artists.— A Cantor extravaganza com t with hilarious situations, gorgeous settings, ca v tunes and a grand cast. (Jan.) LADDIE— RKO-Radio.— Old fashioned, ho. but a grand picture is this love story of Laddie ( n Beal) and Pamela (Gloria Stuart) whose romar/is bitterly opposed by her father (Donald Ci I Excellent direction by George Stevens. (May • LADY BY CHOICE— Columbia.— Fresh 'd original, with a new situation for May R..I Carole Lombard, fan dancer, "adopts" Mav n irrepressible alcoholic, as her mother for a publy gag. Roger Pryor, Walter Connolly important. (, « LAST WILDERNESS, THE— Jerry Fairb Prod— A most effective wild animal life pic ■ Hasn t bothered with the sensational and nE dramatic. Howard Hill deadly with bow and ar» (Dec.) LEMON DROP KID, THE— Paramount. A race-track tout goes straight for marriage and a b . Lee Tracy, Helen Mack, William Frawley, }v LeRoy, Minna Gombell, Henry B Walthall (/ I LES MISERABLES— 20th Century-United lsts.— A close-knit and powerful screen recount, ii the Victor Hugo classic. Fredric March and Ch • Laughton give memorable performances. (Mv • IRON DUKE, THE— Gaumont British.— An interesting picture with George Arliss as Wellington, and the Duke's triumphs told in a careful thoughtful, if not brilliant manner. (Apr I LET'S LIVE TONIGHT— Columbia.— A m story gives Tulho Carminati and Lilian Harvcn opportunity to be romantic in a gauzy, waltzy i ■ ner. Film lacks emotional warmth, but cast. in< ing Hugh Williams, Janet Beecher, Tala Birel ■ good. (May) Photoplays Review Save this magazine — refer to the criticism Page Baby Face Harrington— M-G-M 124 Black Fury— First National. . 70 Cardinal Richelieu— 20th CenturyUnited Artists 6# Chasing Yesterday— RKO-Radio . ... 124 Death Flies East— Columbia 124 Four Hours to Kill — Paramount 69 George White's 1935 Scandals— Fox. 70 Go Into Your Dance— First National. 68 Hold 'Em Yale — Paramount.... 124 ed in the Shadow Stage This Issue s before you pick, out your evening's enterta Page Hoosier Schoolmaster, The — Monogram 124 It's a Small World — Fox 124 Loves of a Dictator — GB 70 Mark of the Vampire — M-G-M 124 Mister Dynamite — Universal 70 One New York Night— M-G-M 70 People Will Talk— Paramount 71 Princess O'Hara — Universal 71 Private Worlds — Walter Wanger Paramount 59 inment. Ma\e this your reference list PageReckless— M-G-M 7C Star of Midnight— RKO-Radio 68 Stolen Harmony — Paramount 71] Strangers All— RKO-Radio 71 $10 Raise— Fox 71 Traveling Saleslady — First National. . 71 Vagabond Lady— Hal Roach-M-G-M. 69 While the Patient Slept— First National 124 12