Screenland (May-Oct 1930)
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SCREENLAND
TABLOID T^EVIEWS
Convenient Guide to the Current Films
CLASS A:
The Dawn Patrol. First National. Dick Barthelmess' latest and best, with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Neil Hamilton. Allmale cast. Don't miss it!*
Romance. Metro Goldwyn Mayer. Garbo as an Italian opera singer. Lewis Stone and Gavin Gordon assist. Greta's second talker.*
For the Defense. Paramount. William Powell at his best. Engrossing story and direction. Enhanced by Kay Francis.*
Good Intentions. Fox. One of the best of the underworld melodramas. Directed by William K. Howard, with Edmund Lowe.*
Let Us Be Gay. Metro GoldwynMayer. Sparkling, sophisticated drawingroom comedy. Norma Shearer and Marie Dressier splendid.
The Unholy Three. Metro Goldwyn Mayer. Lon Chaney's first talker. Fascinating melodrama you must not miss. With Lila Lee.*
Raffles. United Artists. Ronald Colman's latest amusing cinematic adventures, with Kay Francis and a great cast.
Holiday. Pathe. Adult screening of stage play with clever dialogue and smart performances especially by Ann Harding and Mary Astor.
With Byrd at the South Pole.
Paramount. Human interest film record of the Rear-Admiral's Antarctic expedition. See it.
So This is London. Fox. Will Rogers' best picture. Homely humor and pretty Maureen O'Sullivan and Irene Rich.
The Big House. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Gripping prison drama with jail-break for climax. With Chester Morris and Wallace Beery.
The Social Lion. Paramount. Jack Oakie starring in a prizefight and polo comedy. Entertaining. With Mary Brian.
CLASS B:
Wild Company. Fox. Frank Albertson does fine work in flaming youth drama.*
Manslaughter. Paramount. Good performances by Claudette Colbert and Fredric March.*
Ladies of Leisure. Columbia. Barbara Stanwyck scores heavily.*
The Border Legion. Paramount. Zane Grey western with Arlen and Holt.*
Sins of the Children. Metro-GoldwynMayer. Splendid performance by Louis Mann.*
On the Level. Fox. Hokum comedy with Victor McLaglen and Fifi Dorsay.*
A Man from Wyoming. Paramount. War film with Gary Cooper and June Collyer.*
Lawful Larceny. RKO. Lowell Sherman the whole show. With Bebe Daniels.*
Hell's Island. Columbia. Melodrama with Jack Holt, Ralph Graves, Dot Sebastian.*
The Big Fight. Sono-Art. Drama of prize-ring with Guinn Williams in Jack Dempsey role.*
This Mad World. Metro-G o I d y wn Mayer. Turgid war drama with Kay Johnson, Basil Rathbone.*
The Sap from Syracuse. Paramiount. Jack Oakie's funniest film. Not to be missed.*
Love Among the Millionaires. Paramount. Little Mitzi Green steals Clara Bow's picture. Clara not at her best. Amusing moments.
Rough Romance. Fox. For those who like George O'Brien's type of two-fisted outdoor film. Clean and breezy.
Spring is Here. First National. Light musical romance with Bernice Claire, Lawrence Gray, Alexander Gray, and some good comedy.
Young Desire. Universal. Romance of carnival girl and rich boy, with appealing performances by Mary Nolan and William Janney.
Hot Curves. Tiffany. Baseball comedy with Benny Rubin's brand of humor, supported by Pert Kelton, comedienne from the stage.
Inside the Lines. RKO. Secret-service drama of average interest with Betty Compson and Ralph Forbes redeeming features.
Strictly Unconventional.
M etro-Goldwyn-M ayer. Talker version of "The Circle" doesn't click. With Catherine Dale Owen, Lewis Stone.
Mitzi Green and Clara Bow in "Love Among the Millionaires." Mitzi scores!
Sweet Mama. First National. Alice White deserves better material than this mediocre crook story. Not so good.
One Mad Kiss. Fox. Don Jose Mojica's fine tenor, Tony Moreno's screen technique. Mono Maris' beauty — and that's about all !
The Czar of Broadway.
Universal. Another crook drama with John Wray, Betty Compson, and Johnny Harron. Not outstanding.
Night Work. Pathe. If you like Eddie Quillan's brand of comedy you'll enjoy this. Sally Starr supplies the love interest.
Sisters. Columbia. Interesting chiefly because it shows Sally O'Neil and her sister, Molly O'Day, in the same picture.
*Reviewed in this issue.