Screenland (May-Oct 1931)
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SCREENLAND
EVUETTES
Screenland s guide to the current films — dependable help to an evening of good entertainment
Class A
JL. A CONNECTICUT YANKEE. Fox. Will ™ Rogers at his best. Mark Twain's funny story interpreted by Rogers leaves nothing to be desired. Gorgeous entertainment with Maureen O'Sullivan and Frank Albertson also in the cast.*
JL. A TAILOR MADE MAN. Melro-Goldwyn™ Mayer. William Haines at his funniest best in this made-to-order comedy. Dorothy Jordan is a charming heroine.*
JL CIMARRON. Radio. Richard Dix at his best ^ in one of the most interesting films to date — the early history of Oklahoma. Irene Dunne and Estelle Taylor are excellent.
JL CITY LIGHTS. United Artists. A typical ^ Charlie Chaplin picture with all the trimmings including Harry Myers and pretty Virginia Cherill.
JL. DANCE, FOOLS, DANCE. M etro-Goldwyn^ Mayer. Joan Crawford gives a glamorous performance in a fast-moving talkie. Lester Vail is her capable leading man.
JL. DISHONORED. Paramount. Marlene Diet^ rich , as a lady spy, lifts this picture into the betterclass group. Josef von Sternberg directed and Victor McLaglen is the boy-friend.
JL. EAST LYNNE. Fox. The good old-fashioned ^ tear-jerker charmingly directed by Frank Lloyd. Ann Harding. Conrad Nagel and Clive Brook are all fine.
JL. RANGO. Paramount. Everyone will go for ^ this. The actors are monkeys, apes, tigers, buffalo, and panther. It's grand entertainment, especially for the youngsters.
MAY
JL. STRANGERS MAY KISS.
^ Mayer. Norma Shearer is
M elro-Goldwynsensation in this
film. It's a sophisticated adult drama with comedy touches, with Neil Hamilton and Robert Montgomery as the male support.*
JL TABU. Paramount. Charming South Sea roW mance with a native cast. Beautiful photography and good direction by F. W. Murnau.*
JL THE FINGER POINTS. First National. ^ Richard Barthelmess is splendid as a reporter entangled with racketeers. A real punch. Fay Wray and Regis Toomey are competent support.*
JL THE FRONT PAGE. United Artists. A high w voltage newspaper yarn packed with laughs and thrills. Adolphe Menjou, Mary Brian, Edward Everett Horton, and Pat O'Brien do fine acting. Don't miss this one.*
JL TRADER HORN. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. A ^ fascinating African adventure and romantic melodrama. Harry Carey, Edwina Booth and Duncan Renaldo acquit themselves admirably.
Class B:
BACHELOR APARTMENT. Radio. A snappy, sophisticated film. Lowell Sherman acts and directs. Irene Dunne and Mae Murray supply the feminine pulchritude.*
BEHIND OFFICE DOORS. Radio. Another poor working girl falls in love with her boss. However, it's a good picture with a good cast including Mary Astor. Robert Ames and Ricardo Cortez.*
BODY AND SOUL. Fox. The new and charming Elissa Landi makes her American screen debut in a war story that could be better. Charles Farrell has the male lead and handles his role very nicely.*
CAUGHT CHEATING. Tiffany. George Sidney and Charlie Murray are the innocent victims of gangland. The laughs are few and far between.
CHARLIE CHAN CARRIES ON. Fox. Warner Oland gives an interesting characterization in one of the best murder mystery stories to reach the screen. John Garrick and Marguerite Churchill supply the romance.*
CRACKED NUTS. Radio. Bert Wheeler. Robert Woolsey and Dorothy Lee are at it again. Too much talk — but you'll be laughing at the comedy trio.*
This is a scene from Educational' s "A Fowl Affair," with chickens of the barnyard variety performing. It's a grand new novelty short feature with snappy dialogue. You'll enjoy it.
DON'T BET ON WOMEN. Fox. Jeanette MacDonald and Edmund Lowe in a smart, sophisticated comedy-drama. You'll be amused by Roland Young.
GENTLEMAN'S FATE. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. John Gilbert's best talker to date — a gangster yarn. Leila Hyams, Louis Wolheim and Anita Page are splendid support.
GOD'S GIFT TO WOMEN. Warner Brothers. Frank Fay is an amusing Don Juan in this comedy smash. Laura La Plante. Louise Brooks and Joan Blondell are Frank's girl-friends. Good for many laughs.*
JUNE MOON. Paramount. Jack Oakie is swell as a sappy song-writer in Tin Pan Alley. Frances Dee is the heart appeal. Entertaining.*
KIKI. United Artists. Mary Pickford is funny but not convincing as Kiki. Reginald Denny and Margaret Livingston complete the usual triangle.
LAUGH AND GET RICH. Radio. A fast moving comedy with snappy dialogue, some pathos, and many laughs. Edna May Oliver, Dorothy Lee and Hugh Herbert supply the guffaws.
See page 110 for complete casts of current films. Note the pictures selected as worthy of Screenland'S seal of approval. Make this your guide to the worthwhile screenplays.
LONELY WTVES. Pathe. Many laughs in this tale of mistaken identity with Edward Everett Horton handling the comedy and Laura La Plante, Esther Ralston and Patsy Ruth Miller handling the charm.*
MAN OF THE WORLD. Paramount. This melodrama isn't up to the usual William Powell standard, although Bill as a blackmailer is splendid. Carole Lombard and Wynne Gibson are the exciting feminine interest.*
MY PAST. Warner Brothers. An unusually good triangle love story extremely well done. Bebe Daniels. Ben Lyon and Lewis Stone do a fine job.
RIVER'S END. Warner Brothers. Charles Bickford in a dual role well acted. This is one of James Oliver Cunvood's yarns of Canadian Northwest Mounted. Evalyn Knapp is the interesting heroine.
TEN CENTS A DANCE. Columbia. A rambling story with lovely Barbara Stanwyck and Ricardo Cortez. Melodrama at loose ends — could have been better.*
THE AIR POLICE. Sono Art-World Wide. A good action air picture with thrills galore and a cast including pretty Josephine Dunn. Kenneth Harlan and Charles Delaney.
THE AVENGER. Columbia. Buck Jones in a highly entertaining story based on the life of a notorious bad man. Dorothy Revier is the girl.
THE LAST PARADE. Columbia. Another gangster story with a new slant and plenty of comedy and thrills. Jack Holt. Constance Cummings and Tom Moore are splendid.
THE RIGHT OF WAY. First National. A rather gloomy "meller" with the Canadian backwoods as the background and Conrad Nagel and Loretta Young as the hero and heroine.*
* Rcviczvcd in this issue. V^ These pictures have been selected by Delight Evans as worthy of Screenland's seal of approval.
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