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Of course, his massacre scenes are terrific and when a crowd of revolutionists are mown down by machine guns against warehouse steps you are prompted to write a letter to the League of Nations. New Richard Greene is introduced here, with his dimples, and registers effectively; he's one of four brothers who set out to clear the dishonored name of their father, a Colonial serviceman discharged for alleged chicanery with guns and natives. Scattering over the world, from Buenos Aires to India, the boys track down Alan Hale and his yacht, solve several murders, and generally merge with trouble. Loretta Young plays the not-to-be-deterred predatory heroine who chases Greene everywhere, getting her finger in the adventure pie. A short bit by C. Aubrey Smith, as the father, is good; George Sanders, Bill Henry and David Niven complete the brotherhood. It's heavy drama, but it takes a solid rap at munitions makers as propagators of human suffering. COLLEGE SWING— Paramount I HERE are three or four brilliantly funny scenes in this newest of the Paramount musicals, and a lot of very loud, very hummable tunes. That's not quite enough value to glean from a production employing such talent as Burns and Allen, Martha Raye, Bob Hope, E. E. Horton and Ben Blue. The bit of story concerns a dimwit (but Gracie Allen, of course) who will have a university left her if she can only graduate from it. Bob Hope helps her cheat through an exam prepared by womanhater Horton; meanwhile, Moutha Raye howls her inimitable swing and very attractive John Payne croons love songs to Florence George. Humor emerges, or tries its best to, from the screwball changes Gracie makes in curriculum and staff at the college after she gets it. "You're a Natural," the title song, and "I Fall in Love With You Every Day" will linger in your radio's loudspeaker. Musical fans will sit back and take it all in with pleasure. ROMANCE ON THE RUN-Republis ACCORDING to the movies, there are enough $100,000 diamond necklaces in this country to weaken the diamond market. Anyway here's another one, stolen of course, with Donald Woods as a private detective trying to get it back. Patricia Ellis tries awfully hard to throw romance at him but he seems to be too busy recovering loot to have time for girls or anything. You won't enjoy this. SINNERS IN PARADISE-Universal NOW John Boles is a fugitive living on a tropic island. Throughout this film he can't quite seem to believe it, and neither does the audience. A plane full of passengers descends on him — Bruce Cabot, Milburn Stone, Madge Evans and others — and there is a Grand (Continued jrom page 49) Hotel type of sequence which, in cluttered fashion, deals with crime and munitions and what all. Heavy, unromantic, badly cast, the piece fails from any standpoint. LITTLE MISS THOROUGHBRED-Warners A LAUGH, a tear and a bit of suspense are the ingredients of this neatly balanced story of race-track lore and sentimental hokum. Little Janet Chapman (a child wonder) adopts John Litel and Frank McHugh, two gamblers, as her own. When Frank discovers Janet brings them luck, the boys keep her near them, only to discover, when the test comes, that they love her for herself. Ann Sheridan is the girl. UNDER WESTERN STARS-Republic A SMASH-UP Western, introducing a new star, Roy Rogers, who sings delightfully and acts with an enchanting naturalness. As the son of a Western congressman, Roy himself goes to Washington to fight the battle for Federal Water Project in his dust-ridden country. There are barrels of fun throughout the story, and this Rogers — well, here's a lad for you. GO CHASE YOURSELF-RKO-Radio IT'S Joe Penner again, sans duck, getting himself in dreadful trouble by winning a trailer and being mistaken for a bank robber. The real bandits kidnap him and there's a cross-country chase, culminating in the most outrageous bit of screen trickery ever filmed; in it the trailer gets loose on a hill and runs wild. Lucille Ball, as Joe's wife, does a nice bit, and Fritz Feld helps out for a laugh or two. CALL OF THE YUKON-Repubh'c LOVE, adventure and thrills in the far north, with dogs and humans sharing equally in the dramatic ventures. Richard Arlen, a rough and ready trapper, falls in love with Beverly Roberts, a novelist in search of Arctic color. Smooth Lyle Talbot almost succeeds in winning Beverly away from Arlen but brave dogs "Swift Lighting" and "Firefly" teach her the lesson of loyalty and true-blue character. RASCALS— 20th Century-Fox MERE'S another Jane Withers picnic with Jane riding roughshod over the weak material to triumph with her singing, dancing and clowning. Rochelle Hudson loses her memory and is befriended by a band of gypsies led by tomboy Jane. Robert Wilcox is the young man smitten with the fair Rochelle. Borrah Minnevitch and his harmonica band furnish the music. OVER THE WALL-Warners oONTRAST in character-drawing sets this movie — based on a story by Warden Lawes — apart from the usual fare. Dick Foran is a bullying roughneck who lands in prison. John Litel, firm but patient prison chaplain, finally succeeds in bringing to the surface all the latent good in Foran's character. June Travis, Veda Ann Borg and Dick Purcell stand out in supporting roles. Solid, meaty entertainment in the don'tbother-too-much class. NURSE FROM BROOKLYN-Universal I HIS is a mildly diverting variation of the old theme of virtue triumphant. Bad boy Larry Blake and good boy (New York police officer) Paul Kelly are rivals for the hand of Sally Eilers, a pretty nurse. It takes some figuring on Kelly's part to convince Sally that Blake is the boogeyman who framed and finally killed her young brother. Need we say that Kelly, the cop, wins the heart of Sally? Quite definitely among the people who "matter" and are very social in Hollywood according to Miss Waterbury's editorial (see page 9) are these four — and beautiful they are too — Dolores Del Rio, her husband, Cedric Gibbons, art director at M-G-M, and the Gary Coopers at the Tri-Guild Ball. Mrs. Cooper is a cousin of Mr. Gibbons