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Reviews
Six Best Films of the Month:
SKIPPY SVENGALI IRON MAN DIRIGIBLE CITY STREETS THE MILLIONAIRE
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George Arliss, David Manners, and Evalyn Knapp in "The Millionaire," a charming film.
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The Millionaire
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HERE'S the family film of the month. Take ma and pa and the young folks — and don't forget to go yourself. It's a picture for everybody. Simple, and quiet — no gangsters, no murders, no molls. New York, which after all likes millionaires, adopted this one right away; but the Manhattan applause was echoed elsewhere — which is news. It's George Arliss' most popular picture, and the first time the great English star has ever played an American character. You'll enjoy every scene in chis refreshing comedy drama about the rich man whose doctor orders him to retire — but who goes to work instead. And makes good. There's an engaging romance between the very charming Evalyn Knapp and the likeable David Manners. There's Booth Tarkington dialogue. You simply mustn't miss it.
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Iron Man
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Robert Armstrong and Lew Ay res in "Iron Man," in which Lew plays a prizefighter.
WHAT, Lew Ayres as a prizefighter? Wait until you see this picture before you complain! It isn't the routine prizefight film and Lew is far from the familiar hero. I believe this is the role Lew didn't like. Well, you'll like him in it. He gives an interesting performance; it isn't his fault if he looks more like an appealing prep-school boy than a pugilist. Robert Armstrong plays the manager who shoves Lew to success — and how Armstrong plays that part. He steals every scene he is in. "Iron Man" packs a punch and serves suspense. Jean Harlow as the wife who causes the champ's downfall may be seductive and luscious and all those adjectives — but I wish she'd try exhibiting a little more of acting ability and a little less of Jean Harlow. But perhaps I expect too much.
City Streets
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The big scene in "City Streets," in which Gary Cooper and Sylvia Sidney do fine work.
HOW many pictures do you forget as soon as you leave the theatre? How many stay with you? "City Streets" is memorable for me for just one scene. Touching and true, it pictures the poignancy of young love as beautifully as if it were part of a pastoral romance instead of caught in a gangster melodrama. Yes, here's another one of those, with its booze-running and its killings and its what-nots. But here, too, is a real love story told by Gary Cooper and Sylvia Sidney, and it's this story that will get you. Especially that scene in which Gary visits Sylvia while she's doing her stretch. Pathos here, and drama — different from other love scenes. Sylvia is a smash hit in her screen debut, by far the finest actress of the new ingenue crop. Gary was never better. Mamoulin directed.