Picturegoer (Jan-Apr 1935)

January 26, 1935 PICTUREGOER Weekly Continuing FILMS YOU WILL SEE IN 1935 Rkndjr RIdM Alone. Pathe. American. " U." Directed by Harry Fraser. Featuring John Wayne. Modest outdoor drama with a Jekyll and Hyde theme. Raven, The. Universal. American Directed by B. F. Zeidman. Featuring Chester Morris, Karlofi, Lugosi. Edgar Allan Poe at his eeriest. Rendj for Love. Para. American. "A." Directed by Marion Gering. Featuring Ida Lupino, Richard Arlen. Simple romantic comedy, with good smalltown atmosphere, novel in theme, but artlessly developed. ReeUeu. M.-G.-M. American. Featuring Jean Harlow, William Pdwell, Franchot Tone and May Robson. Keeovery. F.N. British. A human story of industrial England. Redemption. G.B. British. Directed by Berthold Viertel. Featuring Conrad Veidt, Madeleine Carroll. Adaptation of Tolstoy's noveL Redhead. Pathe. American. " U." Directed by Melville Brown. Featuring Bruce Cabot, Grace Bradley. Modestly entertaining comedy drama which exploits the familiar theme of the bad gin reforming a ne'er-do-well. Redheads on Parade. Fox. American. Director : Norman McLeod. Featuring John Boles, Alice Faye, and Claire Trevor. Jesse Lasky's musical extravaganza. Red Morning. Radio. American. Directed by Wallace Fox. Featuring Steffi Duna and Regis Toomey. Romantic drama. Reign of His Majesty, The, George V. London Films. British. "U." A documentary film, supervised by Mr. Winston Churchill, which covers an epoch in British history. Rekft. Revision. Czecho-Slovakian. "U." Directed by Josef Rovensky. Featuring Vasa Jidover and Jamxila Berantrova. Simple bucolic romance. Charming in atmosphere and very well characterised and acted. Remoas. Revision. French. "A." Directed by Edmond T. Greville. Featuring Jeanne Boitel and Joan Galland. Directed by Rene Clair's assistant. Very thin sex psychology story, rather pretentious pictorial expressionism, and symbolism, but good acting and clever camera work. Rendexvoos at Midnight UniversaL American. Directed by W. Christy Cabanne. Retara of Frankenstein. Universal. American. Directed by James Whale. Featuring KarloS. The monster back again. By R. C. Sherriff and John Haiders ton. Retara of the Terror. F.N. American. " A." Directed by Howard Bretherton. Featuring Lyle Talbot, John Halliday, and Mary Astor. For those who like the comedy type of thriller this adaptation of Edgar Wallace's story provides excellent entertainment. The mystery element is rather naive and obvious, tmt the comedy exceedingly well introduced. Rhodes. F.N. British. The story of South Africa. BliBdei. M.-G.-M. American. Featuring Charles Laughton. Life of the African Pioneer. Rhambn. Paramount. American. Directed by Marion Gering. Featuring George Raft, Carole Lombard, Lynn Overman and Margo. Riehest Girl in the WorM, The. Radio. American. "A." Directed by William Seiter. Featuring Miriam Hopkins, Fay Wray, Joel McCrea. Fairly amusing but artificial story of heiress who wants to be loved for herself alone and the tests to which she puts the man of her choice. Delightful portrayal by Miss Hopkins. Right to Love, The. F.N. American Directed by William Keighley. Featuring Josephine Hutchinson, George Brent, and Colin Clive. Adaptation of the Somerset Maugham play. Roadhouse. G.B. British. "A." DirecttKl by .Maurice Elvey. Featuring Gordon Marker, Violet Lorraine. Marker's cockney humour helps to carry a romantic drama with a crime theme, adapted from Walter Hackett's stage success. Development is rather obscured by musical embellishments. Roberta. Radio. American Directed by W. A. Seiter. Featuring Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire, and Irene Dunne. Musical play. Roeky Rhodes. Universal. American. " U." Directed by Al Rabosh. Featuring Buck Jones. Well characterised western that should please grown ups as well as youngsters. Romanee In Manhattan. Radio. American. Directed by Stephen Roberts. Featuring Franiis Lederer, Ginger Rogers, and Jimmy Butler. Romantic drama. Romanee in the Rain. Universal. American. " U." Directed by Stuart Walker. Featuring Roger Pryor, Heather Angel. Neatly planned romantic comedy which introduces music, singing, and dancing. Victor Moore, a new discovery gives an excellent characterisation. Sage Brush Trail. Pathe. American. " U." Directed by A. Schaefer. Featuring John Wayne. Usual western with hard riding as the main feature. Sanders of The River. London Films. British. Directed by Zoltan Korda. Featuring Paul Robeson, Leslie Banks, Nina Mae McKinney. Adaptation of Edgar Wallace best seller, with authentic Airican^ttings and fine cast. Scarlet Pimpernel, The. London Films. British. "A." Directed by Harold Young. Featuring Leslie Howard, Merle Oberon. Excellent adaptation of Baroness Orcry's book with fine acting by Howard and a most convincing atmosphere. HE KNOWS THE ANSWERS Who played that tiny bit i part in " Queen Christina " ? 1 How old is your favourite star? j What tvas the song that Marlene ; Dietrich song in " Blonde j Venus " ? I George will tell you. George • corulucts " Picturegoer's " m I quiry department. George i knows all the answers. And I George is a glutton for pun i ishment. I Send your query in to him. Sehoel for Girh. Wardour. American. Directed by William Nigh. Featuring Sidney Fox and Paul Kelly. Adaptation of Reginald Wright Kaufiman's novel "Our Undisciplined Daughters." Scoop The. Paramount. British. "A." Directed by Maclean Rogers. Featuring Tom Helmore, Anne Grey, Arthur Hamblin. Very ordinary newspaper murder mystery. Poor atmosphere and slow development. Secret of the Chateau. Universal. American. "A." Directed by Richard Thorpe. Featuring Claire Dodd, Clark Williams, Alice White. Strange, eerie, and thrilling happenings in an old castle. Fair entertainment of its type. Sequoia. M.-G.-M. American. Directed by Chester Franklin and Nick Grinde. Featuring Jean Parker. Something new in wild animal and nature films. Shanghai Orchid. F.N. American. Featuring Dolores Del Rio. Romantic drama. She Lorn Me Not Paramount. American. "A." Directed by Elliott Nugent. Featuring Bing Crosbv, Miriam Hopkins, Kitty Carlisle. Very Ptwr musical farce in which Miriam Hopkins struggles to put life into futile material. She. Radio. American. Adapted from Rider Haggard's famous story. She Made Her Bed. Paramount. American. "A." Directed by Ralph Murphy. Featuring Richard Arlen, Sally Eilers. Robert Armstrong. She Married a Million. Universal. American. Directed by Leonard Fields. Romantic comedy with a strong human touch. Shock. Pathe. American. "A." Directed by Roy J. Pomeroy. Fe.ituring Ralph Forbes, Gwenllian Gill, .Monroe Owsley. War drama, somewhat fantastic in theme, adequately produced and with some good acting. Shew Boat. Universal. American. A new version of the famous Drury Lane stage show and early talkie success. Silence of Dean Mattland. The. Radio. Australian. "A." Directed by Ken. G. Hall. Featuring John Longden, Charlotte Francis. John Warwick. Oldfashioned melodrama literally adapted from W. B. Maxwell's Victorian bestseller. Heavy emotional appeal put over with a touching naivete. Silver Bullet, The. Universal. American. " U." Directed by B. Ray. Featuring Tom Tyler. Conventional western, suitable for juveniles. Sing Sing Nights. Pathe. American. Featuring Conway Tearle, Hardie Albright, Boots Mallory, Jameson Thomas. Six-Day Bike Rider. F.N. American. " U." Directed by Lloyd Bacon. Featuring Joe E. Brown, Maxine Doyle, Frank McHugh. Typical Joe E. Brown performance in a comedy of the cycle race track with several new spectacular gags blended with the okl and tried favourites. Smith's Wives. Fox. British. Director : T. Manning Haynes. Featuring Ernie Lotinga, Beryl de Querton, Peta Mannering, and Richard Ritchie. So Yen Won't Talk. Warner. British. Directed by William Beaudine. Featuring Monty Banks, Enid Stamp-Taylor. Monty Banks returns to acting as a man who is required under the conditions of a will to keep silent for thirty days. Song of England. F.N. British. A musical romance of English life. Soul of a Nation. A.B.F.D. British. A cavalcade of Britain's struggles and triumphs from 1900 to the present day. Actual scenes of important episodes collated and edited into a highly interesting documentary film. Spoiled. M.-G.-M. American. An original story by Willis Goldbeck, starring Jean Harlow, and produced by David O. Selznick. The type of comedy role in which the star first won fame. Spring In the Air. Pathe. British. " A." Directed by John Stafford and W. Victor Hanbury. Featuring Edmund Gwenn and Zelma O'Neal. Comedy romance which tries hard to be light hearted concerning Zelma O'Neal's masquerade as maid in order to win affections of apparently sappy misogynist. Squibs. G.B. British. Directed by Henry Edwards. Featuring Betty Balfour and Gordon Harker. The popular silent star re-appears in her most famous characterisation. Star Paeker, TIm. Pathe. American. " U." Directed by Robert Bradbury. Featuring John Wayne. Conventional western suitable for youngsters. Straight from the Heart L'nivcrsal. American. Dirorted by Kurt Neumann. Featuring Carol CfKjnii>e, .Mary Astor, Roger Pryor, Baby Jane. Heart appeal drama with the new child star. Straight Is the Way. M.-G.-.M. American. "A." Directed by Paul Sloane. Featuring Franchot Tone, May Robson and Karen Morley. Well directed story of an ex-convict's efforts to go straight. Very emotional plot helped by clever acting by May Kobwjn as a gangster's mother. Strange Justice. British Lion. British. Directed by Albert de Courville. Featuring Henry Oscar, Olga Lindo. .\n eerie thriller adapted from the play Wild Justi-e. Strange Wives. Universal. American. Directed by Richard TTiorpe. Featuring June Clayworth, Esther Ralston, Francis L. Sullivan, Valerie Mobson. He married his wife — and her family, too. A bright comedy. Street Song. Julius Hagen Production. Directed by Bernard V'orhaus. Featuring John Garrick, Rene Ray. Adventures of a street singer. Strictly ConPdentlsl. Columbia. American. "U." Directed by Frank Capra. Featuring Warner Baxter, Myma 1-oy, and Walter Connolly. Romantic drama of the race track with good racing atmosphere and soimd acting from the stars. The conventional material has been capably handled. Strictly Dynamite. Radio. American. "A." Featuring Jimmy Durante, Lupe Velez, Marian Nixon. "Schnozzle" does his stuff as a radio comedian who gets a swollen head. Fairly amusing burlesque. Strictly lUegaL G.B. British. Produced by Joe Rock. Featuring Leslie Fuller. Broad comedy. Student Tour. M.-G.-M. American. " U." Featuring Schnozzle Durante and Charles Butterworth. Just another musical with a novel idea of the crew of a Co-ed University boat touring the world. It is indifferently carried out. Successful Failure. Pathe. American. Featuring William Collier, sen., and Lucille Gleason. Sare Fire. Columbia. American. Directed by Ralph Murphy. Featuring Ann Sothem and Gene Raymond. Satter's Gold. Universal. American. Directed by Howard Hawks. Featuring all-star cast. Planned to be the most lavish picture in Universal history. Sweet Adellae. Warner. American. Featuring Irene Dunn, Hugh Herbert. Song and comedy in a gay-nineties setting. Gives Irene Duime a chance to use her voice. Sweet Music. Warner Bros. American. Directed by Alfred E. Green. Featuring Rudy Vallee and Ann Dvorak. Musical romance. Tale of Two Cities, A. M. G -M. American. Film version of the Dickens novel. A David O. Selznick production. Ten Bflnute Alibi. British Lion. British. Directed by Bernard Vorhaus. Featuring Phillips Holmes, Aileen Marson. Screen adaptation of enormously successful West End stage thriller. Thank Your Stars. Paramount. American. "A." Directed by Wesley Ruggles. Featuring Jack Oakie, Dorothy Dell. Oakie reveals himself as a front-rank comedy personality in an entertaining film dealing with frustrated ambitions of a bombastic but likeable showman. Melancholy note is struck by brilliant i>erformances of Dorothy Dell and Lew Cody, who died soon after the conclusion of production. That's Crsttitude. Columbia. American. " U." Directed by Frank Craven. Featuring Arthur Byron, and Sheila Manners. Domestic comedy with good show friskness atmosphere mainly relying on clever dialogue (or effect. The acting is good. (Continued on page 5R) 55