Picturegoer (Jan-Jun 1938)

June 18, 1938 PICTUREGOER Weekly c'SATURDAY'S HEROES Radio. American. "V" certificate. Romantic melodrama. Runs 60 minutes. Van Heflin Val Walter Miller Coach Banks Marian Marsh Frances Crawford Weaver Baker Richard Lane Red Watson George Irving President Hammond Alan Bruce Burgeson John Arledge Calkins Minor Wapson Doc Thomas Dick Hooan Freshman Frank Jenks * Dubrowsky Al St. John Andy Jones Willie Best Sam Charles Trowbridge President Mitchell Directed by Edward Killy. Story by George Templeton. Another American football story in which commercialism in the game at American colleges is exposed. Neither the game nor the financial considerations are of much interest here, but the by-play provides fair entertainment of an unsophisticated order. America's idea of sport is somewhat strange. The hero, Val, a star university football player, takes money for his services by selling complimentary tickets at a big price. He is sent down and goes to a rival college where he is engaged a,s coach. He clears up the financial situations by giving the players open payment, and succeeds in beating his old college. Van Heflin is virile as the star footballer, and Marian Marsh makes the romantic element attractive. The match scenes are well staged, although they remain quite incomprehensible to me. RKORadw. A> Sally Eilers John Beal. Harry Carey. Fkank M. Thomas.. Crawford Weaver. Lee Patrick Edward G arc. an c'DANGER PATROL "U" certificate. Oilfield melodrama. Cathie Street Paul Guilfoyle Dan Loring Solly Ward . ."Easy" Street Ann Hovey .. Rocky Sanders Richard Lane Eric T nimble Walter Miller Nancy Donovan George Shelley Gabby Donovan Jack Arnold Julius Ada Pilot .Sinokey Nelson ..Tommy Hayes Ed Novak Herman Brix Joe Directed by Lew Landers. Screen play by Sy Bartlett. Excitement and suspense of a popular order are contained in this ingenuous melodrama in which Sally Eilers appears to advantage as the heroine. The story has the advantage of novelty in that it deals with the highly dangerous but well-paid job of transporting nitro-glycerine to American oil-well centres but its plot intricacies are conventional. John Beal gives a good performance as Loring, a "soup handler" — as the workers are called — but the honours go to that veteran Harry Carey as the heroine's father, who takes over the very dangerous assignment of transporting nitro-glycerine by air, having first knocked out Loring who had volunteered for the job. The subsequent air crash provides a good thrill and is well photographed. MEET THE BOY FRIEND " certificate. Romantic comedy and drama. : minutes. David Carlyle Tony Page Smiley Burnette Orchestra Leader Carol Hughes June Delaney Leonid Kinskey Dr. Sokoloff Warren Hymer "Bugs" Corrigan Syd Saylor Buddy Pert Kelton Neulah Potts Selmer Jackson Madison Andrew Tombes J. Ardmore Potts Cy Kendall Walters Gwili Andre Vilma Vlare Robert Middlemass McGrath Oscar and Elmer Oscar and Elmer Mary Gordon Mrs. Grimes Beverly Hill Billies Directed by Ralph Staub. Based on a story by Jack Raymond and Robert Arthur. Somewhat scrappy show with a radio studio as a background and the inevitable crooner as a hero. It lacks conviction but is tuneful enough and has its fair share of laughs. David Carlyle, as America's most popular crooner who falls in love with an English actress but is separated from her because his contract forbids marriage, is fair. His crooning is good. Carol Hughes proves a versatile heroine as the attractive employee of an insurance company who is given the job of attracting the crooner and keeping him out of mischief. She succeeds so well that the marriage clause is washed out. Comedy is supplied by Warren Hymer, Pert Kelton, who can always be relied on, and Andrew Tombes. cWALLABY JIM OF THE ISLANDS A.B.F.D. American. " U " certificate. South Seas melodrama. Runs 61 minutes. Wallaby Jim Syd Saylor Jake George Houston Ruth Coleman Douglas Walton.. William von Brincken Mamo Clark Colin Campbell Allison Juan Torena Pascal Norman Nick Thompson Came] Richter Kenneth Harlan Haag I .ni.i Edward Gargan Morgai sy Wilson Benge Macklii Chris Marpin Mike Directed by Charles Lamont. Story by Albert Richard Wetjen. The spirited adventure in this picture is likely to appeal to boys but it is an artless affair, with more fights than surprises, ending in a hectic free-for-all. Set in a not very convincing South Seas environment it deals with Jim, the captain of a brig, who is loved by the natives. He finds a rich pearl bed but before registering it takes a girl, Allison, back to her sweetheart, Norman, his partner. On arrhal he finds that Norman has gambled away his funds and that a rival, Richter, has invaded his fishing grounds. Richter persuades Norman to help him to jump Jim's pearl fishing claim but Allison discovers the plot in time and Norman redeems himself by risking his life to save Jim. George Houston is melodramatically sound as Jim and finds time to sing amidst the fisticuffs. Ruth Coleman is adequate as the heroine, as is Douglas Walton as Norman. Garten Hymex ^ Meei 15