Picturegoer (Jul-Dec 1937)

July 17, 1937 PICTUREGOER Weekly Lionel Collier — Com. An inane detective plot written to suit the "silly ass" humour of Claude Hulbert who will score a number of laughs from his audiences. As an amateur sleuth he rescues a girl from Chinese gangsters and also secures some diamonds they have stolen. He is helped by an ex-convict, quite amusingly played by Hal Walters. Lesley Brooks looks attractive but has little to do as the heroine. •MAMA STEPS OUT M.-G.-M. American. "A " certificaU. Domestic comedy. Runs 64 minutes. Guv Kibbee Leonard Cuppy Alice Brady Ada Cuppy Betty Furness Leila Cuppy Stanley Morner "Chuck" Thompson Gens Lockhart Mr. Sims Edward Norris Ferdie Fisher Gregory Gave Dmitri Ivan Lebedeff Coco Heather Thatcher Nadme Frank Puglia Priest Adrienne d'Ambricourt Jeanne Directed by George B. Seitt. From a screen play by Anita Loos. The inanities of the plot and the absurdities of the characters prove too much for the acting of a capable cast and the picture only provides moderate entertainment. Alice Brady makes the most of the role of a social climber who drags her husband and daughter round the world seeking culture. She is sponged on by pseudointellectuals and her daughter throws herself at the head of an irresponsible crooner. The former is played by Betty Furness and the latter by Stanley Morner who also croons. Guy Kibbee is good as the father and gives the only natural performance in the piece. The satire misses fire and there is a spate of not very clever dialogue. TEN LAPS TO GO Fidelity Distributors. American. "U" certificate. Crook drama. Rex Lease Larry Evans Muriel Evans Norma Duncan Renaldo De Sylvia Tom Moore Corbett Charles Delaney Steve Marie Prevost Elsie Yakima Canutt Barney Edward Davis Adams Directed by Elmer Clifton. Crime story of crookery on the motor race track dealing with the familiar theme of the ace driver who loses his nerve but regains it and outwits the crooks. Acting is on an average level, none of the artistes being particularly outstanding. Main appeal lies in the track racing. CAN THIS BE DIXIE? Fox. American. " U " certificate. Comedy drama. Runs 68 minutes. Jane Withers Peg Gurgle Slim Summerville Robert E. Lee Gurgle Helen Wood Virginia Peachtree Thomas Beck Ulysses S. Sherman Sara Ha den Miss Beauregard Peachtree Claude Gillingwater Colonel Robert E. Lee Peachtree Donald Cook Longstreet Butler James Burke Sheriff N. B. F. Rider Jed Prouty Ed Grant H att ie Mi Hakim Lizzie Troy Brown Jeff Davis Brunch Ancestors Robert Warwick General Beauregard Peachtree Ferdinand Munier Mozart Beethoven von Peachtree Billy Bletcher John P. Smith Peachtree William Worthington George Washington Peachtree Otis Harlan Thomas Jefferson Peachtree Directed by George Marshall. rane Withers does her best as the small niece of a travelling medicine man in this curious extrava ganza which introduces romance, the radio, horse racing and plantation songs. She is, however, swamped by her indifferent material. Claude Gillingwater amuses for a time as an old colonel who forms an affection for the little girl when the medicine man camps on his estate. Slim Summerville is in character as the uncle, but he too is starved of material. The varied ingTeuir.nts which go to make up the picture are too carelessly strung together to hold the interest at all well. LUCKY JADE Paramount. British. "A" certificate. Romantic crook drama. Runs 69 minutes. Betty Ann Davies Betsy Bunn John Warwick John Marsden Derek Gorst Bob Grant Claire Arnold Mrs. Sparsely Syd Crossley Ricketts Gordon Court Ricy Rickhart Richard Littledale Dingbat Eisan Leonard Shefherd Mr. Marsden Tony Wylde Whitebait Bowyer and Ravel Dancers Directed by Walter Summers. From a story by Jane Brown. Complex but weak plot dealing with the adventures of a parlour maid who wants to be an actress and uses t.er employer's house in which to throw a party when he is away. Crooks come in to steal his valuable collection of jade but are outwitted by the maid and the employer's two nephews, one of whom falls for her. Betty Ann Davies is fair but the only really worth while acting comes from Claire Arnold as the crook and Syd Crossley as the butler. Very indifferent entertainment this. RELEASES FOR THE ! PAST TWO MONTHS j i T HA VE received many requests to \ j a publish the films awarded two, three, j j and four stars during the past two months. ! Readers state that in some districts they do j | not see these pictures until long after the j ■ actual release date and that such a list, with j ! reference to the dates on which they appeared j i in Picturegoer, would be helpful. It is • ) our aim to make these columns as fully j I informative and useful to our readers as j ! possible, so I am publishing every week the : j list suggested in alphabetical order and the j ! number of stars awarded in brackets : — < May 15 : May 22 j May 22 j July 3 ! May 15 : May 15 ■ June 19 ! July 3 : June 19 i /«ivlO ■ May 29 : July 10 ! June 19 | May 15 i July 3 : July 10 : June 5 i July 3 : June 26 i June 12 i June 5 ; June 19 : May 29 ! June 5 i July 10 : May 29 ! July 10 • May 15 • July 3 : June 26 : June 19 i June 26 June 12 : June 5 ! June 12 ; June 12 : May 22 I June 12 | May 22 : May 22 1 July 10 : Aren't Men Beasts (2) j Banjo on My Knee (2) ! Big Broadcast of 1937 (2) ! Bold Cavalier (2) i Cain and Mabel (2) ! California Mail (2) ... i Charlie Chan at the Opera (2) . i Crack-Up (2) • Come up Smiling (2) ! Counterfeit Lady (2) ... ) Dangerous Number (2) ! Espionage (2) ■ Flying Hostess (2) : Gay Desperado (3) i Great O'Malley, The (2) • Green Pastures, The (4) j Hopalong Cassidy Returns (2) . . ! In a Monastery Garden (2) ! Lady from Nowhere (2) • Lady Reporter (2) : Love from a Stranger (3) j Man of the People (2) ! Mighty Tundra (2) : MM on the Floss, The (2) j Mind Your Own Business (2). ; More Than a Secretary (2) j Off to the Races (2) : One for All (2) j Outcast (2) j Plainsman, The (3) | Pluck of the Irish (2) ... : Private Lives (3) [Re-issue) i Polo Joe (2) ... i Tainted Money (2) ; That Girl From Paris (2) i Three Men on a Horse (2) i Three Smart Girls (4) ... : Thunder in the City (2) ! Under Cover of Night (2) ■ Voice of Scandal (2) ... i Women of Glamour (2) ... 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