Fashions of 1934 (Warner Bros.) (1934)

TAKE IT FROM THE EXPERTS ALD MOTION PICTURE age REPORTER lightfully inconseqas, coed de: ; Nsequential, b ae " tation picture men af With fa : 41, Dut alive is is an exploitation Fy, For me! = © 4. fantastic fun, see — showmanship § nance with an Striking effects and yoseage™ Birls, the W t's speedy come! Y But for the women, 3 : Fashions of 1934' TSeous clothes, women 1 cent on co ous spectacular : fainment every foot PS Class enter. emphatic accem crate, gorge ’4gesigns an 2, ; hy should garner ple Of thé way and it's more an ura-ne modes, | dby en. the pira prenty. —Dealing With exhibitio of ae aoperel There oe thrill & cy of Parisian ine jeta the 1g) 7 r styles in fem! t for them 1s i Way of illustrat; : oming $ teer angle Picture js Hon, the wear during open familiar old ene and the : : Eye Sline a for women keynote; even : new inte prea presented Diete rle Be rkele American adventuress posing as a Rusmodels, are tied oe Paraded by as beet eiliar list of cast names ee y sian arch duchess, and Dorothy Burre for the Le yates equally ing. é rays. : > k ess has a small role as a loud goldWell by a divore: stomers as ina diferent SetNE. diferent wave And Script Click &%.' dialog snd Se S00 rian 1s exploital ntacts wl z : Ponce a comedy ; ine onection of It's i : 5 favorable ¢° ‘so on, are nat dnd* downright The film is doubly clever. Men will seen Y Performances as howe bs The alway t stores, an his contacts : be interested in Powell’s various and IN any picture fo thd stores, departme” itor can go to to give his cleverness of productiorr reach a new at sricus swindles and his amorous Fo! fill the ‘measure the 108 time —S ie aviedge that he is oeerey In fact, high in Warners’ “Fashions of age adventures, and women will be fascife asic and such one oe with the kno’ eak than ordin the side © Not a trick is missed all down t e line rated. veithuke “eownk hiekaee een and silk and shee cY 30 tieup a pete ae advantages “himself in the to make this film an extraordinary striking and aictiely stunning. Both att as Busby Berkeley has nue 2 a Serpitor hat he aa rather than a piece of entertainment. sexes will rave over Berkeley's extiéne mM any of his Previous trea sosition of being rages would be footist OP inere Lavish to the point of sarees dratraordinary routines. A few scattered William Powe the seeking, i omg him. Not oy is shows matic to an exciting pitch and husqueamish persons may object to the owell ie) i lays, a for them to ¢ dow disp i by. be contacts for WI foyer and lobby rative ads coope “Fashions 0 Seceint sae gs an inspiring Se ages chants to embar r0 R sonnel and pf qos of every pet foitation Take atta a in the show. ee hesia ° i i ° ae idm les signers anc les from 0 ‘ng sparkle designers, adapt STS And everyting, Renew as effective ising con hem to . ies d that leads Age their toes; : hasize pee —McCartHY;, morous enough to keep any audience chuckling, it is a good bet for any showman in the country. It would be a shame to cut any of the fashion’ shows. crime to ‘cut any of the miraculous Busby Berkeley dance routines. William Powell creates something new in the way of a screen character. In this film he is a gangster in fashions. Playing a debonair, clever crook, hé* flits from scheme to scheme, finally winding up -in Paris, where he _ jt. stages a spectacular and piratical raid upon’ the exclusive style shops, copyoutguessing their fashion productions and sending them all into bankruptcy. Frank McHugh are his accomplices. Hugh Herbert, as an ostrich breeder, makes foolishness a fine art.. Reginald Owen is the leading ‘style . expert of Paris; Veree Teasdale is an : an fe | aoa by Ameriéan phrloiners eee deo wine. =—multitude of, ikin ae Striking lack of a moral, for the film naughtily and enchantingly shows that the wages of sin is not the hoosegow— but plenty of money and tremendous It would be a_— success with the women, Wilhelm Dieterle wielded a wicked megaphone over this picture—and for our part he can stand up and take as many bows as he cares to. But he also had good material to work with. The story, by F Hugk Herbert and Carl Erickson, hasn't a dull moment in William Rees’ photography, especially in the dance numbers and the fashion shows, is extremely clever, and whoever designed the gowns should be given loud hurrahs. Bette~ Davis and “Fashions of 1934’' has a distinct French flavor. It is sophisticated, smart and cunningly produced. Small town audiences will be overawed by it, andthe metropolitan patrons will _be tickled with it, Henry O'N i} F enastant linghs Oe? Clicks for Struts hj ccen eaate Stuff as 4 super se i! ae ae Preach Creations nd ‘ © the Ie e eee Sser trade through and Srand scale. He . Perates on 4 utilizes fake » tO create a on i Hugh Herbert, ply vate William > Dieterle’s For Screen h creation than Ore striking blonde Vikine <: Berkeley's silken sea. os TOWing in a hie ON TO NEW YORK DAILY Page Three