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for September 1931
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Best Pictures
SCREENLAND'S Critic Selects the Most Important Screenplays of the Month
Alexander Hamilton
Warner Brothers
A GEORGE ARLISS picture never disappoints. And the AA reason for that is — Mr. Arliss. This fine actor has JL JL his own way about his pictures, and his intelligence is so keen and his taste so good that he never goes wrong. Here is no dreary costume drama, but splendid, spirited entertainment, revealing Alexander Hamilton, the man, against a background of political intrigue that is never boring. The flawless art of Mr. Arliss makes the great financial genius of Washington's time a sympathetic, always human figure, who, despite his problems passing a financial bill to relieve his country, manages to have a private life. June Collyer plays the charmer who beguiles the great man. Doris Kenyon is a lovely Mrs. Hamilton. Put this on your "Must" list.
Young as You Feel
Fox
WHY, Will Rogers! What will the boys back in Claremore, Oklahoma, say? They won't know their Lightnin' , their Connecticut Yankee in this comedy. Will steps out and into excitement as a middle-aged business man who suddenly wakes up and finds himself feeling younger than his own sons. A little champagne, a lot of Fifi Dorsay, snappy dialogue — and Mr. Rogers comes right up to date — in fact, he is well into 1932 with this show. It's mostly funny, and Will's own lines, since he wrote them himself, are always pat. The effervescent Mile. Dorsay is at her best bedeviling Will. Whoever had the inspiration of teaming these two grand clowns deserves the Academy Medal. Lucien Littlefield earns a large portion of the laughs on his own account.
The Squaw Man
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
YES, it's your old friend, the same "Squaw Man" you've met before; but this time he is directed in the Cecil DeMille manner and wired for sound; and he puts on a pretty good show. Warner Baxter plays the part and does his customary splendid job. He's the noble Englishman who loves the beautiful lady who is married to a cad, the cad! Eleanor Boardman plays Lady Diana and you'll be sorry the role didn't give her greater opportunities. She looks perfectly charming, too. But guess who plays the Indian squaw! None other than Lupe Velez — and Lupe is so subdued and restrained you won't know her. She deserves credit, at that, for submerging her own vivacity in her role. It's good movie and always will be, so watch for the 1941 version!
Ten Best Portrayals of the Month:
Evelyn Brent in "The Mad Parade" Fifi Dorsay in "Young as You Feel" Una Merkle in "Daddy Long Legs" Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. in "Chances" Janet Gaynor in "Daddy Long Legs" Will Rogers in "Young as You Feel" Mickey Mouse in "The Moose Hunt" Warner Baxter in "Daddy Long Legs" George Arliss in "Alexander Hamilton" Charles Rogers in "The Lawyer's Secret"
"Alexander Hamilton" is one of George Arliss' finest pictures. June Collyer plays a pretty charmer.
Will Rogers and Fifi Dorsay are a grand team in Will's latest comedy, "Young as You Feel."
Cecil DeMille directs the revival of "The Squaw Man," with Charles Bickford and Warner Baxter.