Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1938)

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The comedy (and it's plenty good) is furnished by Frank Jenks and Dorothea Kent, a team that should be held over for more and more pictures. If it's a few quiet chuckles you're looking for, here they are in "Youth Takes a Fling." KING OF ALCATRAZ-Paramount I HIS is a hard-fisted story of a pair of friendly enemies, Lloyd Nolan and Robert Preston. They maintain their constant battling while warring unitedly against J. Carrol Naish, an escaped convict, and his gang, all of whom have stowed away on a tramp steamer. Gail Patrick, as a ship's nurse, is beautifully calm throughout the bloody fracas. Harry Carey is clever as the ship's Captain. It's rather brutal fare. THE NIGHT HAWK-Republic POSSIBLY, on a double bill somewhere, you will catch this quick little melodrama of gangsters and iron lungs. Stretch your legs and relax. It's not bad. Bob Livingston plays the reporter who gets a respirator through hijacker lines to help bad-man Bob Armstrong's sick brother. Later Armstrong gets a chance to repay the kindness. June Travis provides what romance is necessary. GIRLS' SCHOOL-Columbia WlTH such writers as Richard Sherman and Tess Slesinger on the script you'd expect great things from this. But it disappoints. The simple, Durbin-like charm you are led to expect is missing. Instead, you get a rather heavy story of a sad poor girl, Anne Shirley, in a rich girls' school. Nan Grey is meanest rich girl. Noah Beery, Jr., plays the sympathetic plumber; Kenneth Howell, the poet. Ralph Bellamy has a short, effective bit. • A MAN TO REMEMBER-RKO-Radio WARM, heart-appealing story of a country doctor, Edward Ellis, whose life story is revealed through the settling of the small estate after his death. Lee Bowman, as the son who disappoints Doctor Ellis, and Anne Shirley, as his adopted daughter, both turn in splendid performances, but it's Ellis who steals the spotlight. Harland B r i g g s , Frank Thomas, Sr. and Granville Bates are three likeable rogues. *STRAIGHT,PLACE AND SHOW-20th Century-Fox THE Ritz Brothers, after one or two lesser efforts, (Continued from page 53) now again save from weakness a hastily constructed story. They invade the race track, find lovers Dick Arlen and Phyllis Brooks quarrelling over a horse named Playboy, and resolve the problem in their inimitable way. This is done by proving that Playboy is a jumper, not a runner. Ethel Merman sings two good songs, and there are three Ritz sequences that, in one way or another, have classic comedy value. TOUCHDOWN ARMY-Paramount JOHN HOWARD is a smart-cracking, ace football hero who comes to West Point and takes a beating because he isn't too "regular." Mary Carlisle, the Major's daughter, gets in her reform work because, for some inner chemical reason, she just can't help loving this misguided fellow. Love and the Army team both triumph in the last minute of play, with John carrying the ball. It's straight autumn cinema, well done. MR. DOODLE KICKS OFF-RKO-Radio JOE PENNER and his funny laugh start this one off in a night club. He runs a jitterbug orchestra, but leaves to reenter college. His father offers an endowment of $200,000 to the school if it can turn him into a football hero. Joe likes Ping-pong, but the plot thickens when the president's daughter steps in to change his mind for him. He's pretty funny, with his gags and vague antics, but otherwise it's just another campus picture. THE LADY OBJECTS-Columbia I HERE'S a quality of down-to-earth understanding of simple human problems in this story of a modern Portia. It concerns Gloria Stuart and Lanny Ross, a married couple, and his losses at bridge. She gives the parties for social reasons; he can't afford them so he gets a job singing nights to pay off. At the cabaret Lanny meets an old college flame and she strangles herself in his apartment. Gloria comes to the rescue. There is action and suspense in this, with several fine portrayals. CAMPUS CONFESSIONS-Paramount TALL always brings out the college stories and Paramount is just the studio that can do it, too. Betty Grable, Eleanore Whitney, Bill Henry — perennial seniors in the movies — all help in this. "Hank" Luisetti, basketball star, centers the slight plot. Is college sport more important than scholastic achievement? asks Paramount. "Hank" effortlessly proves that athletics should have their place, anyway. You'll like it. SONS OF THE LEGION-Paramount A MILD little effort with strong basis of Americanism and loyalty as a firm HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW YOUR HOLLYWOOD? Check your answers to the statements on Page 12 with these correct ones: I. Errol Flynn 8. "Wings" — in 15. Ricardo Cortez — 2. Bobby Breen, 1927 in her first Pic Deanna Durbin 9. Madge Evans ture, "The Tor 3. 4. 5. Harry Langdon Frances Dee and Joel McCrea George Bancroft 10. Harold Lloyd 1 1 . Merle Oberon 12. Frank Morgan 13. Boris Karloff rent 16. "Penthouse," "Broadway Bill" 1 7. Miriam Hopkins 18. Carole Lombard 6. Frank Capra 14. "The Singing 19. Elizabeth Patterson 7. Irene Castle Fool" 20. Patric Knowles foundation. Tim Holt is the courageous young American who organizes Sons of the Legion into loyal defenders of the Constitution. Lynne Overman and his two sons, Billy Cook and Billy Lee, contribute touching moments. Donald O'Connor, as the toughie who reforms through Holt's efforts, is splendid. William Frawley and Elizabeth Patterson lend capable support. • ROOM SERVICE-RKO-Radio I HIS is out of line with the usual Marx Brothers type of antic film. It is a very close interpretation of the play and, comparatively, is not nearly so funny. Still, it has its moments and during those moments you'll rock with hilarity. The story is the simple one of a down-at-the-heels producer who boards his entire company at an hotel, on the cuff, while readying a play. A new manager comes in, causes trouble; Frank Albertson pretends to have measles untill an angel sends on a check. Donald MacBride, as the explosive manager, Philip Loeb, as the "We Never Sleep" collection agency representative, and Frank Albertson, playing the hick author, offer the best portrayals outside of the usual Marx performances. * TOO HOT TO HANDLE-M-G-M Spectacular, thnii-packed, richly produced and timely of interest, this is the prize Clark Gable-Myrna Loy team's sequel to the hugely successful "Test Pilot." It is built on the idea that a newsreel cameraman's life has never a dull moment. The background is the chaos of today's China. Of course, there's a feud between two cameramen, and there's a girl. Gable and Myrna, with the suave, humorous Walter Pidgeon replacing sorrowful Spencer Tracy, form the star trio. The two men, in their attempts to outdo each other, even stoop to faking shots; then, when Gable signs Aviatrix Loy to aid him, the rivalry develops an obvious sex angle. Mark down an extra star for Hal Rosson's photography, Jack Conway's fine direction, and the support given by players Walter Connolly, Leo Carrillo and all the others. THERE GOES MY HEART-Hal RoachUnited Artists I HE failure of this sometimes amusing, sometimes embarrassing film must be assigned to the miscasting of Fredric March and to the dated story. Surely by now you are tired of seeing the "It Happened One Night" formula; and surely March has never been more unhappy in a role. He plays the news reporter who tracks down Virginia Bruce, runaway heiress who is bored with riches and wants to live as the People do. She is befriended by Patsy Kelly, a shopgirl — and here Patsy is in her element. She gets most of the laughs and manages to lift the show from the elegant Miss Bruce and the bewildered Fredric. Eugene Pallette shouts and worries as the editor. Nancy Carroll returns to the screen as another shopgirl but she does not Come Back. If you are still a devotee of the "mad mad fun" school, you will probably enjoy this. 92 PHOTOPLAY