Picturegoer (Jan-Jun 1938)

April 2, 1938 by Lionel Collier Jack Mack Graham Pat Somerset Archie Franklyn Parker Parker Major Sam Harris... Colonel Armitage Frask Lackteen Muslapha Charles Brokaw El Kader Olaf Hytton Sir Herbert James Bush Don Adams Keith Kenneth Sergeant Major Arthur Aylesworth Logan Abdulla Abdul Directed by Arthur Lubin. \ rtless melodrama, dealing with i\. gun-running and guerilla warfare on the North-West Frontier. It is all very novelettish and serial like, and makes it appeal mainly to juveniles. Acting is consistent with the type of entertainment, and there is a fair share of comedy. ♦MY DEAR MISS ALDRICH lf.-G.-Af. American. "U" certificate. Romantic comedy. Runs 7."> minutes. Edna May Oliver Mrs. Atherton Maureen CVSullivan Martha Aldrich Walter Pidc.eon Ken Morley Rita Johnson Ellen Warfield Janet Beecher Mrs. Sinclair Paul Harvey Mr. Sinclair Charles VValdron Mr. Warfield Walter Kingsford Mr. Talbot Roger Converse Ted Martin Guinn Williams An Attendant Leonid Kinskey A Waiter Brent Sargent Gregory J. Farrell MacDonald "Doc" Howe Robert Greig The Major Domo Directed by George B. Seitz. A homely sort of entertainment this, with Edna May Oliver carrying off the acting honours as a crusty old aunt. She has no direct bearing on the plot, but her characterisation makes her the outstanding feature of the picture. Walter Pidgeon is quite good as Ken Morley, an editor, who has no time for women in journalism, and is severely shaken up when his paper is inherited by Martha Aldrich, an attractive young girl. Martha agrees to let control remain in Ken's hands, but leaves him no option when she applies for a job as reporter on her own paper. Mrs. Atherton, Martha's crusty, suspicious aunt, is also a thorn in Ken's side; but, in the subsequent battle of the sexes, Ken and Martha find themselves equally responsible for the landing of a big scoop, and their joint success sees the end of individual inhibitions and the stage set for marriage. Maureen O'Sullivan is attractive as Martha. •LOVE TAKES FLIGHT A.B.F.D. American, '^"certificate. Romantic comedy-drama. Runs 70 minutes. Bruce Cabot Neil Bradshaw Beatrice Roberts Joan Lawson John Sheehan Spud Johnson Astric Allwyn Diane Audre Elliot Fisher Tommy Gordon Elliot Bill Parker Edwin Maxwell Dave Miller Harry Tyler Stone William Moore Rice Grady Sutton Donald Arthur Hoyt Grey William Thorn Mr. Parker, Sr. Brooks Benedict Eddie Henry Koquemore Bartender Directed bv Conrad Saget. From an original story by Ann Morrison Ckapin. Serial adventure and sidelights on Hollywood's production, methods, together with a romance between an aerial ace and an attractive air hostess, forms the substance of this comedy-drama, which is quite brightly produced and provides good average entertainment. Bruce Cabot, as the aerial ace who gets a chance to play opposite a film star, and so piques his girl friend, Joan, an air-hostess who had previously turned down a film offer, is quite good, and Joan is played in a specified manner by Beatrice ■Roberts. PICTURECOER Weekly As the film star. Diane. Astrid Allwyn is well in character, and John Sheehan heads a competent supporting cast. The big moment is when Joan starts off on a trans-Pacific flight and is joined by Neil, who, knowing she is a bad navigator, insists on accompanying her. cBULLDOG DRUMMOND COMES BACK Paramount. American. '*{.*" certificate. Crime thriller. Runs 58 minutes. John Barrymore Colonel Neilson John Howard Bulldog Drummond Louise Campbell Phyllis Clavering Reginald Denny Algv Longworth E. E. Clive Tenny J. Carrol Naish Mikhail Valdin Helen Freeman Irena Soldanis Zeffie Tilbury Emmie Tennison Directed by Louis King. From the story "A Female of the Species" by H. C. McSeile {"Sapper.") Highly conventional thriller, ^treated in such an unsophisticated manner that its appeal is directed almost exclusively to juveniles. The story deals with Bulldog Drummond's fiancee, Phyllis Clavering, who is kidnapped on the eve of their marriage by Irena Soldanis, widow, and Mikhail Valdin. brother of a killer, whom Drummond has sent to his rightful doom. Clues are deliberately dropped, the kidnappers' plan of revenge being to torture Drummond with suspense and then trap and kill both him and Phyllis. They do not, however, take into their reckoning the might of Scotland Yard and the loyalty of Drummond's friend. Algy, and butler, Tenny, and in the end their fate is the one they have prescribed for their intended victims. The imposing array of well-known artistes fails to make anything of the parts allotted to them because of the extreme poornessof material and idea . One rarely sees a thriller so destitute of thrills as this one. RELEASES FOR THE PAST TWO MONTHS j Number of stars awarded in brackets : — : AH Baba Goes to Town (2) ... March 5 : Artists and Models (3) March 19 : Back in Circulation (2) ... March 12 : Blonde Trouble (2) Feb. 5 : Bride Wore Red, The (2) ... March 5 : Charlie Chan on Broadway (2) . . . March 1 9 : Confession (3) ... ... .Ware* 26 • Counsel For Crime (2) ... March 12 • Double or Nothing (2) ... March 26 • Double Wedding (2) Feb. 12 • Dr. Syn (2) Feb. 12 • Ever Since Eve (2) March 19 • Firefly, The (2) Feb. 19 • Footlight Heiress (2) Feb. 12 • Forlorn River (2)c Feb. 5 5 Hiluway (2) March 26 : Hot Water 12) March 12 : It's Ijxe Im After (3) ... 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