Picture-Play Magazine (1933)

63 The Screen in Review Continued from page 61 with the subject, at least life in lieutenant in the navy he fires on freight cars and railroad yards is not communists and is dishonorably disromanticized. charged from the service. He res The role of the ringleader is a tri cues an American girl in distress and umph for Frankie Darro, whose bril is pursued by her amorous intentions, bant performance is well worth sec She becomes a stowaway on the dising, and Edwin Phillips in the gentler role of the boy who loses his leg is genuinely touching and never maudlin. Another discovery is Dorothy Coonan, who gives just the right naturalness to the girl who masquerades as one of the boys. Completely unaffected, she never suggests a professional ingenue. "Shanghai Madness." Spencer Tracy, Fay Wray, Ralph Morgan, Eugene Pallette, Herbert Mundin. Director : John Blystone. It isn't the madness of China that we find here but the dementia of Hollywood in lavishing care and money and talent on a futile picture. Try as hard as you may, you won't find any of the characters interesting unless, of course, you are grateful to them for providing a refuge from rain. Or because they are played by favorites. The madness in the title centers on Spencer Tracy, I suppose. As a reputable vessel where he has found a berth and in another tilt with the communists he regains his rank in the navy (sic) and wins, if it may be called that, the girl. I recall nothing of the acting, even to criticize. What the Fans Think Continued from page 57 Beauty and the Big Orbs. UP to now I have prided myself on my complete immunity to the biased and fantastic opinions of the fans, especially those handed out to Joan Crawford of late and climaxed by Dorothy Rogers's outburst. After reading this thoughtless criticism, I can no longer remain impervious, for when it comes to Joan, it is a pleasure to defend one of the most attractive women in pictures. Her mouth, with that firm under lip, they say is too large. It is that same mouth which gives her face its force and determination, which proves how much she has gained in character since her dancing days. Her eyes, large and luminous, they say are too big. Since when have "enormous orbs" been a hindrance to beauty ? Never, only to those who haven't got them ! As to Miss Rogers's remarks anent Joan's former husband, her description of Doug, Jr., as a "sweet boy" provides the perfect retort. Doug is still just that, while Joan has grown to woman's estate, no longer the sentimental young girl that this same "sweet boy" married. Because he is the same and she is not, they could hardly be anything but incompatible ; to ask that she should, would be like asking a mature woman to revert to cutting paper dolls ! Why shouldn't Joan be different? You don't expect a 1933 car to run like a 1925 model, or the latest picture to sound like the first talkie that was released. People, as well as commodities, change. Dorothy, you seem to object principally to the change in Joan. Are you the same girl who admired the hey-hey Crawford? If you are, then I can understand your viewpoint. If you don't like Joan, don't blame her ; blame yourself for being incapable of appreciating a brilliant woman. Anne B. 146 East Nineteenth Street, New York City. She Appreciates an Actress. NO one refers to Helen Hayes in these letters, every one is so taken with Mae West, Joan Crawford, et cetera. When there is truly so great an artist as Helen, I can't see how they neglect her. To me she is absolutely heavenly, and even more. When I see her, I am so fascinated that I can't move. Her actions seem just to grip me as if I couldn't get away. I never in my life was so taken by an actress. It is true she is not beautiful. 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