Photoplay (Jan-Sep 1937)

Consult Tliis Movie Sliopping Guide and Save Your Time, Money and Disposition • indicates picture was one of the best of the month when reviewed ANGEL'S HOLIDAY — 20th Century-Fox. — Again Jane Withers proves herself a rare trouper in this rollicking comedy of a kidnapped movie star, and provides her uncle's newspaper with plenty of headlines when she locates the missing actress, helps capture the thugs. (.July) • ANOTHER DAWN— Warners.— A story o sand, and death and love in British India with Kay Francis, Errol Flynn and Ian Hunter being too, too honorable about it all. There is a lot of polite killing of the natives. Go for the stellar cast. (June) AS GOOD AS MARRIED— Universal.— Auda cious, gay and slightly mad is this idea of an architect, John Boles, who marries his secretary in order to save on his income tax. But his frau really loves him, gets tired of his shenanigans. Giddy and good Uuly) BIG BUSINESS— 20th Century-Fox.— The Jonefamily again deliver an excellent piece of entertain ment in this tale of how they are almost ruined by Jed Prouty's (Mr. Jones) entanglement in a worthless oil deal. Russell Gleason is good as the procrastinating florist who woos the daughter; Kenneth Howell does well as the inventive son. (July) BILL CRACKS DOWN— Republic— Rough and ready action in a steel mill Grant Withers neglect? his sweetie for work, with the usual trite outcome Beatrice Roberts, Judith Allen, Ranny Weeks Pierre Watkin and Roger Williams try hard. Dull 1 June) CALIFORNIA STRAIGHT AHEAD— Universal — John Wayne, Louise Latimer and Robert McWade rise above an unbelievable slice of bologwa dealing with a coast-to-coast race between a freight train and a fleet of trucks for a million dollar contract S kip it. (June) i CAFE METROPOLE— 20th Century-Fox.— ^T This offers Tyrone Power and Loretta Young in an unbeatable combination of sly satire, speedy satire, speedy humor and romance. It's a casual story of a young man who poses as a Russian duke to snare an heiress. Adolphe Menjou, Gregory Ratoff, Charles V\ inninger, Helen Westley, all the cast, are grand Be sure to go. (July) • CALL IT A DAY— Warners.— This records the collective problems of an English family struck silly by the first spring day. The result is positively brilliant. Ian Hunter, Bonita Granville, Anita Louise, Olivia de Havilland, Walter Woolf King, Frieda Inescort, Roland Young, all play with matchless technique. It sparkles and so will you when you see it. (May) • CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS — M-G-M. — cimnlieitv diEnitv magnificent photography PICTURES REVIEWED IN SHADOW STAGE THIS ISSUE I 'age Affa rs o! Cappy Ricks, The— Republic 120 Bank Alarm — Grand National 107 Behind the Headlines — RKO-Radio 65 Border Cafe— RKO-Radio 65 Day at the Races, A— M-G-M 63 Drums of Destiny, Crescent 120 Fly-Away Baby — Warners 10/ Girl Said No, The — Grand National 64 Great Gambini, The — Paramount. . 120 Hotel Haywire — Paramount 65 I Met Him in Paris — Paramount. ... 62 It Happened Out West— 20th Century-Fox 64 Knight Without Armor — London Films-United Artists 62 Lady Escapes, The — 20th CenturyFox 64 Last Train from Madrid, The — Paramount 106 Man in Blue — Universal 65 Meet the Missus— RKO-Radio 64 Michael O'Halloran — Republic 64 Midnight Madonra — Paramount. . .107 Mountain Justice — Warners 64 Mountain Music — Paramount 106 Night of Mystery, A — Paramount. 65 Parnell— M-G-M 10) Rhythm in the Clouds — Republic . . . 107 Riding on Air— RKO-Radio 121 Slave Ship — 20th Century-Fox lOo Talent Scout — Warners 107 There Goes My Girl— RKO-Radio 65 They Won't Forget — Warners.. . . 6.3 Under the Red Robe— 20th Century. 107 You Can't Beat Love — RKO-Radio. 10/ Wee Willie Winkie— 20th CenturyFox 62 and superb acting by all the principa.s combine to make Kipling's powerful tale of Portuguese fisherfolk the best picture of the season. Freddie Bartholomew Lionel Barry more, Spencer Tracy and Melvyn Douglas surpass their most brilliant efforts. Pos'tively a "must. " (June) CHARLIE CHAN AT THE OL YMPICS— 20tn Century-Fox. — Warner Oland again dishes out his Chinese homilies with aplomb in this mystery of stolen airplane inventions localed at the Berlin Olympics. Keye Luke is again his eager helper Fast moving and intriguing. (June) CHINA PASSAGE— RKO-Radio.— Introducin : Constance Worth. Australian actress, in her first American picture, this winds through a maze ot unbelievable situations involving murder and jewel 'hieves. You've seen it all before. Skip. (May) DANCE CHARLIE DANCE— Warners.— Stuar Erwin provides what comedy he can in this old-plotted picture of a small town boy who inherits mazuma and puts on an unsuccessful Broadway production. Jean Muir is his sympathizing Girl Friday Allen Jenkins. Addison Richards and Glenda Farrell contribute (July) DREAMING LIPS— Tratalgar-United Artists.— A problem play of the triangle school that allows Elisabeth Bergner as the wife, Romney Brent as the wronged husband, and Raymond Massey as the weak lover, full play for their magnificent talents. If you like your psychology tragic, see this. (June) • ELEPHANT BOY— Korda-United Artists.— Tropical jungles and Oriental magnificence are the background for this simple tale of a boy's friendship with the biggest elephant in existence. Based on Kipling's "Toomai of the Elephants" it is a completely diverting photographic masterpiece. Don't miss it. (June) ESPIONAGE— M-G-M.— A skillful spy story that is downright diverting with the up-to-the-minutelove-on-the-run antics of Edmund Lowe, Madge Evans and Paul Lukas. Gay surprises and a proper i mount of suspense make this a honey (May) • FAMILY AFFAIR, A— M-G-M. — The dia logue is excellent, the direction clean-cut in this amusing chronicle of a typical upper-class American lamily. Lionel Barrymore, Cecilia Parker, Eric Linden and Mickey Rooney are splendid You'll ike it. (May) FIFTY ROADS TO TOWN— 20th Century-Fox — Another cuckoo comedy of the semi-mad type with Ann Sothern running away to elope, and Don Ameche escaping from a divorce action. They meet in a deserted cabin. From then on, it's everybody's party. John Qualen and Slim Summerville are around. (June) I PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 120 I