Screenland (May-Oct 1931)
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SCREENL AND
"I^E V U E T T E S
In a movie it's entertainment— let these Revuettes be your guide to the cream of the crop
Class A:
★ A FREE SOUL. Melro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Another hit for Norma Shearer. A modern, adult picture with Lionel Barrymore, Clark Gable and Leslie Howard supporting the star.
★ ALEXANDER HAMILTON. Warner Brothers. George Arliss scores again with his remarkable portrayal of Alexander Hamilton. The story is well directed and Doris Kenyon, Dudley Diggs and June Collyer are excellent.*
★ CHANCES. First National. An interesting war picture. The theme — two brothers, Douglas Fairbanks. Jr. and Anthony Bushell, in love with the same girl, Rose Hobart. Young Doug does good work.*
★ DADDY LONG LEGS. Fox. A pleasant relief from racketeer films is this Cinderella story. Fun for the whole family. Janet Gaynor and Warner Baxter play their roles with great sincerity.*
★ FAME. Warner Brothers. Don't miss this nicely acted and directed picture about nice, human, homey people. Lewis Stone and Doris Kenyon are perfectly cast.
★ SEED. Universal. An intensely human mother love and triangle drama with John Boles, Lois Wilson and Genevieve Tobin doing brilliant work.
★ SKIPPY. Paramount. Grand entertainment for the whole family. Jackie Cooper and Bobby Coogan are delightful. Don't miss this one.
JL SMART MONEY. Warner Brothers. Thrills— ^ action — humor! Edward G. Robinson is grand as usual and Evalyn Knapp is the girl.
.JL. THE MOOSE HUNT. Columbia. Mickey ^ Mouse, the best actor of the month in the best cartoon of the month. You'll love it!*
JL THE SMILING LIEUTENANT. Paramount.
™ You'll like this but not as well as "The Love Parade." Claudette Colbert and Miriam Hopkins are the sex-appeal and Maurice Chevalier, in a uniform again, is the hero.
★ THE SQUAW MAN. Metro-GoldwynMayer. You've seen this one in silent form and you'll
SCREENLAND will help you select the best bets from the current screen offerings. Pay particular attention to our seal of approval films. See Page 93 for complete casts of current films
enjoy it with speech. Lupe Velez, Warner Baxter, Eleanor Boardman and Roland Young acquit themselves admirably.*
★ YOUNG AS YOU FEEL. Fox. Another hilarious Will Rogers classic. Will is teamed up with Fifi Dorsay again. Lucien Littlefield deserves honorable mention.*
Class B:
CONFESSIONS OF A CO-ED. Paramount. Collegiate nonsense and an artificial story but a good cast including Sylvia Sidney, Phillips Holmes and Norman Foster.*
DAYBREAK. Metro-GoUlwyn-Mayer. Good work by Ramon Novarro and Helen Chandler'makes this romantic film a treat.
DER GROSSE TENOR. Ufa. An excellent German comedy with Emil Jannings playing a philandering operatic tenor in great style.
EVERYTHING'S ROSIE. Ratio. Robert Woolsey minus his side-kick. Bert Wheeler, tickles the customers occasionally with this one. Anita Louise and John Darrow are the love interest.
GOD'S COUNTRY AND THE MAN. Syndicate. A good fast moving western with a good plot and Tom Tyler as the hero.
GOLD DUST GERTIE. Warner Brothers. A lightweight farce with Winnie Lightner and Olsen and Johnson receiving just a sprinkling of laughs.
HELL TO PAY. Fox. A modern western with many laughs and good acting by George O'Brien and Sally Eilers. Lots of out-door action.
I TAKE THIS WOMAN. Paramount. This is the one about the pampered society debutante who falls in love with the great big man from the west. However, the roles are played nicely by Carole Lombard and Gary Cooper.
JUST A GIGOLO. M etro-Goldwyn-Mayer. A sophisticated picture about a wealthy playboy, William Haines, playing at being a gigolo to get his girl, lovely Irene Purcell. Amusing.*
LAWLESS WOMAN. Chesterfield. A newspaper yarn with a smattering of gangsters, detectives and police-wagons and with Vera Reynolds as the girl.
LOVER COME BACK. Columbia. A trite talkie about a faithless wife, naughty villain, nice sweetheart and an unsuspecting husband.
MEN CALL IT LOVE. iletro-Goldieyn-Mayer. An amusing film about love among the married. Adolphe Menjou. Leila Hyams and Norman Foster are present.
NEVER THE TWAIN SHALL MEET. MetroGolduyn-Maver. An out moded yam which has been filmed and re-filmed and which is saved by Leslie Howard's good performance. Conchita Montenegro is an interesting heroine.
NIGHT NURSE. Warner Brothers. Barbara Stanwyck, as a nurse, comes through again with a neat piece of acting. Ben Lyon and Cbrk Gable contribute good work.*
SHE-WOLF. Unii-rsal. The convincing performance of May Robson, as a cold-shrewd business woman, makes this film entertaining. Romance by Frances Dade and James Hall.*
* Reviewed in this issue, •fr These pictures have been selected by Delight Evans as worthy of Screen land's seal of approval.
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A scene from "Movie Town" with Mack Sennett, second from left, who directs himself and the picture. This film contains a nice mixture of comedy and satire. The scene above shows maestro Sennett being approached by girls who "just know they can act if only given a chance." Marjorie Beebe, the girl with the big grin, is the heroine.