Picturegoer (Jan-Apr 1935)

PICTUREGOER Weekly Continuing FILMS YOU WILL SEE IN 1935 Murder at Mont* Carlo. F.N. American. Directed by Ralph Ince. Featuring Errol Flynn and Margaret Lindsay. Murder in the Clouds. F.N. American. Directed by D. Ross Ledermann. Featuring Lyle Talbot and Ann Dvorak. Mystery drama. Murder on the Blackboard. Radio. American. " A." Directed by George .■Vrchainbaud. Featuring Edna May Oliver, lames Gleason, and Bruce Cabot. .\ worthy successor in crime comedydrama to The Penguin Pool Mystery with the same brilliant team, consisting of Edna May Oliver as a schoolmistress amateur sleuth, and James Gleason as a slow-witted but wise-cracking inspector. Good entertaiimient of its type. Murder Pact, The. Fox. British. Directed by Al Parker. Starring Basil Sydney, Judy Gunn. Murder mystery melodrama. Music in the Air. Fox. American. Directed by Joe May. Featuring Gloria Swanson, John Boles, Douglass Montgomery, and June Lang. Big musical spectacle. My Heart is CalUng. G.B. British. Directed by Carmine Galione. Featuring Jan Kiepura. Romantic musical. My Heart's Delight (tentative title). Wardour. British. Directed by Paul L. Stein. Featuring Richard Tauber. My Sons Goti Round the World. Wardour. British. " U." Directed by Richard Oswald. Featuring Joseph Schmidt, John Loder and Charlotte Andre. Except for the singing of the diminutive tenor, Joseph Schmidt, there is little to recommend in this thin romance. Mysterious Mr. Wong, The. Path^. .American. Featuring Bela Lugosi, Lionel AtwiU, Wallace Ford. Mystery Blonde. Fox. American. Directed by Eugene Forde. Featuring Mona Barrie, Gilbert Roland, Herbert Mundin, and John Halliday. Mystery of Edwin Drood. Universal. American. Directed by Stuart Walker. Featuring Claude Rains, Heather Angel. Charles Di;kens' unfinished drama — with a suggested ending. Mystery Ranch. Universal. American. " U." Directed by B. Ray. Featuring Tom Tyler. Quite an amusing western in which practical joking on a ranch develops into genuine robbery and hold-up. Name the Woman. Columbia. American. " A." Directed by Albert Royell. Featuring Richard Cromwell, Arline Judge. Familiar type of newspaper drama with exciting motor-car chase climax. Naughty Marietta. M.-G.-M. American. Directed by W. S. van Dyke. Featuring Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Frank Morgan. Screen version of Victor Herbert's operetta. Nell Gwyn. B. and D. British. " A." Directed by Herbert Wilcox. Featuring Anna Neagle, Sir Cedric Hardwicke. Colourful and entertaining story of the spectacular courtesan, exceptionally good in atmosphere, very well acted, with .Miss Neagle scoring her greatest triumph in title role. Night at the Opera, A. M -G.-M. .American. An original screen comedy featuring the famous Marx Brothers. An Irving G. Thalberg production. Night is Young, The, M. G.-M. American. Directed by Dudley Murphey. Featuring Ramon Novarro, Evelyn Lave, Edward Everett Horton, and Una Merkel. " Viennese Romance," by Vicki Baum, music by Oscar Hanmierstein II. Night Life of the Gods. Universal. American. Directed by Lowell Sherman. Featuring Alan Mowbray, Florine McKinney, William Boyd. A riotous comedy with the gods of old coming to life to-day. North Shore. Warner Bros. American. Directed by Robert Florey. Featuring Gene Raymond, Barbara Stanwyck. Romantic drama. No Speed Limit. Columbia. American. Featuring Tim McCoy and Lilian Bond. Notorious Sophie Land, The. Paramount. American. " A." Directed by /Ralph Murphy. Featuring Gertrude Michael, Paul Cavanaugh, Arthur Byron. Light-hearted detective drama dealing with the rivalry of two crooks. Not very convincing but put over with p>olish and good ingenuous comedy. Now And Forever. Paramount. American. " A." Directed by Henry Hathaway. Featuring Shirley Temple, Gary Cooper, Carole Lombard. Patter of Shirley Temple's little footsteps in the hall saves Gary and Carole from life of crime — and how^. Crood performance by Sir Guy Standing as engaging confidence man. Nymph Errant. Fox. American. A Winfield Sheehan Production. Featuring Alice Faye, Hugh Wilbams, Herbert Mundin. Film version of famous stage musical. Of Human Bondage. Radio. American. " A." Directed by John Cromwell. Featuring Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Frances Dee. Compelling and well acted adaptation of SomersetMaugham's poignant story of the love bondage of a sensitive man of high ideals to a worthless slut. Howard has never been better cast, while Bette Davis' characterisation is a revelation. Oh Daddy. G.B. British. Directed by Graham Cutts and Austin Melford. Featuring Leslie Henson and Frances Day. Comedy. Old Curiosity Shop, The. WardourBritish. " U. Directed by Thomas Bentley. Featuring Elaine Benson. Ben Webster, Hay Petrie and Reginald Purdell. Faithful adaptation of the Dickens novel. Old Fashioned Way, The. Paramount. American. " U." Directed by William Beaudine. Featuring W. C. Fields, Baby Leroy, Judith Allen. Fields scores an individual triumph in this burlesque of old times troupers. As the great McGonnigle he is able, incidentally, to bring in his famous juggling routine. Once a Gentleman. Columbia. American. Directed by Victor Schertzinger. Featuring Lilian Harvey and Tullio Carminati. of a vi Ilage which becomes a planet. Once to Every Bachelor. Wardour. American. " A." Directed by William Nigh. Featuring Marian Nixon, Neil Hamilton, and Raymond Hatton. Rather vigorous version of the familiar story of two people who get married as a business proposition and eventually fall in love. Suitable for filmgoers who do not like their entertainment too subtle. One Exciting Adventure. Universal. American. " A." Directed by Ernst L. Frank. Featuring Binnie Barnes, Neil Hamilton, Paul Cavanaugh. Romantic comedy of a young and beautiful super crook. One Late Hour. Paramount. American. Directed by Ralph Murphy. Featuring Joe Morrison and Helen Twelvetrees. Comedv. One More Spring. Fox. American. Directed by Henry King. Featuring Janet Gaynor, Warner Baxter, Jane Darwell. Romantic drama of humanity. One Night of Love. Columbia. American. " A." Directed by Victor Schertzinger. Featuring Grace Moore, Tullio Carminati and Lyle Talbot. A brilliant musical with Grace Moore making a triumphant come-back as a temperamental opera singer. Simple story, incisive characterisation and outstanding musical values. Open All Night. Radio. British. " A." Directed by George Pearson. Featuring Frank Vosper, Jillian Lind. A modest Grand Hotel featuring London's night life. On the slow side, but quite well designed. Ounga. Paramount. British. " A." Directed by George Terwilligen. Featuring Fredi Washington, Philip Brandon. Very crude drama, clumsily built round voodooism, a native form of hypnotic suggestion. Filmed in West Indies, which is about the only interesting thing about it. Our Dally Bread. U.A. American. Directed by King Vidor. Featuring Karen Morley and Tom Keene. One of the screen's most independent and individual directors tackles the unemployment problem in an emotional and moving drama. Charlie Chaplin is stated to have helped with the script. Over the Garden Wall. Wardour. British. " U." Directed by John Daumery. Featuring Bobby Howes, Marian Marsh, and Margaret Bannerman. Simple romance interspersed with song numbers, chiefly entertaining because of the versatility and personality of Bobby Howes. Over the River. I'niversal. .\merican. " A." Directed by James Whale. Featuring Diana Wynyard, Frank Lawton, Colin Clive. The best British picture yet made in Hollywood. A forceful and wholly dramatic adaptation of Galsworthy's last novel finely interpreted by a strong cast. Pageant of Variety. Butcher. British. Musical entertainment with an array of famous stars. Onee In a Blue American. Directed by Ben Hecht and Charles .MacArthur. Featuring Jimmy Savo. Something new in comedy and comedians. Once In a New Moon. Fox. British. "U." Directed by Anthony Kimmins. Featuring Eliot Makeham, Rene Ray, Morton Selton, and Mary Hinton. A comedv Moon. Paramount. Painted Veil, The. WRITE TO US We want our readers to look on " The Thinker " page as a forum for discussion of all matters pertaining to films and also for the expression of personal opinions and criticisms. Both exhibitors and producers are helped by the indication these letters give of what the public is thinking. M.-G.-M. American. Directed by Richard Boleslavsky. Featuring Greta Garbo, Herbert Marshall , and George Brent. Triangle drama for Garbo fans. Party's Over, The. Columbia. .•Vmerican. "A." Directed by Walter Lang. Featuring Stuart Erwin, Ann Sothern, Henry Travers, and Catherine January 26, 1935 Doncet. Very well acted and character ised dramatic comedy dealing with a parasitical family who batten on the good nature of the eldest son. Very good entertainment, rich in unforced comedy. Passing of the Third Floor Back. G.B. British. Directed by Berthold Viertel. Featuring Nova Pilbeam. Screen version of famous play, dealing with theme of the Second Coming. Passport to Fame. Columbia. American. Directed by John Ford. Featuring Edward G. Robinson. Peck's Bad Boy. Fox. American. " U." Directed by Eddie Kline. Featuring Jackie Cooper, Jackie Searle, and Thomas Meighan. Humour and sincere child psychology in a slight and commonplace story. Good juvenile acting. Peg Wotrington. B. & D. British. Directed by Herbert Wilcox. Featuring Anna Neagle, Sir Cedric Hardwicke. Stars in Nell Gwyn encore based on colourful life of famous eighteenthcentury actress. Perfect Week-end, A. Warner. American. " A." Directed by Ray Enright. Featuring James Cagney and Patricia Ellis. Machine-made gangster comedy-drama with rough-house humour and thrills slickly presented. Phantom Light. G.B. British. Directed by Michael Powell. Featuring Binnie Hale and Gordon Harker. Popular team in another comedy-drama. Piccadilly Jim. M.-G.-M. American. Featuring Robert Montgomery. Based on a story by P. G. Wodehouse. Poisoned Diamond, The. Columbia. British. " A." Directed by W. P. Kellino. Featuring Lester Matthews, Patrick Knowles. Unconvincing story of a girl who gives up her lover for a villain who " frames" him. Weak entertainment. Present From Margate, A. \\'amer Bros. American. Featuring Kay Francis and Ian Hunter. President Vanishes, The. Paramount. American. Directed by William Wellman. Featuring Arthur Byron, Peggj' Conklin, and Andy Devine. Drama. Exposing munitions racket. Primrose Path, The. Paramount. British. " A." Directed by Reginald Denham. Featuring Isobel Elsom, and Whitmore Humphries. Slow triangle drama, unconvincingly characterised. Private j don Films Alexander Korda. Featuring Douglas Fairbanks, Merle Oberon, and Benita Hume. Debunking of the world's greatest lover proves diverting at times but characters lack real vitaUty, while the action is pedestrian. Doug, is not too happily cast. Excellent settings. Pursued. Fox. American. " A." Directed by I^uis King. Featuring Rosemary Ames, Victor Jor>', and Russell Hardie. Hardboiled melodrama of a machine-made nature, but contains some good character drawing. Pursuit of Happiness, The. Paramount. American. " .\." Directed by Alexander Hall. Featuring Francis I.ederer, Joan Bennf^tt, and Charles Ruggles. Charminr romance set in period of American War of Independence, which is notable for exploitation of old Connecticut custom of " bundling " and irresistible performance by Lederer. Radio Parade of 1936. Wardour. British. Directed by Arthur Woods. An assembly of over forty famous stars, including Will Hay, Helen Chandler. Nellie Wallace, the Western Brothers. Clapham and Dwyer, Ronald Frankau, etc. Radio Pirates. A.P.D. British. Featuring Roy Fox, Teddy Brown, Leslie French and Mary Lawson. Radio Star, The. Path<<. American. " II." Directed by Joseph Santley. Featuring Ray Walker, Jacqueline Wells. Story of radio entertainer who found fame more easy to gain than to keep; conventional in construction, but with plausible atmosphere. {Continued on page S5) eUIe of Don Juan, The. Lonii^P'^ritish. " A." Directed by 52