Screenland (Nov 1931-Mar 1932)
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SCREENLAND
Ray Cooke and Dorothy Dix in a scene from "Torchy," the first of a new comedy series . Th is is a gay short feature and Ray and Dot are amusing.
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Let us help you select your screen entertainment with these concise criticisms of current pictures
Class A:
★ BAD GIRL. Fox. A human document in celluloid. Sally Eilers and James Dunn offer potent performances you won't forget. See it.
★ BOUGHT. Warner Brothers. Constance Bennet at her best. This film is grand entertainment. You'll like Ben Lyon and Richard Bennett,
too. ■
★ FIVE STAR FINAL. First National. The best newspaper yarn to date, with the incomparable Edward G. Robinson starring. Marian Marsh makes a lovely heroine.*
★ LARCENY LANE. Warner Brothers. We recommend a new scream team — Joan Blondell and James Cagney. The story is a fast moving crook drama. A knockout.* y
★ MERELY MARY ANN. Fox. Janet Gaynor ahd Charlie Farrell are united again in a sentimental fairy-tale of a film — but you'll enjoy it.*
★ PALMY DAYS. United Artists. Not much plot — but goofy gags — lots of laughs — music — pretty girls, and plenty of Eddie Cantor. You just must see it!*
★ STREET SCENE. United Artists. The sidewalks of New York — drama, comedy and pathos, Sylvia Sidney, William Collier, Jr., and Estelle Taylor are splendid.
★ THE GUARDSMAN. Melro-Goldwyn-Mayer As intoxicating a show as the films have ever afforded. Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne prove de
Screenland will aid you in your search for screen diversion. Note particularly our Seal of Approval films. See Page 102 for casts of current films.
lightful. If you like wit, subtlety, and polished acting, this is your picture.*
★ THE LAST FLIGHT. First National. A knockout film of four war-birds and a girl in Paris. Richard Barthelmess and Helen Chandler head a fine cast. Different!
★ THE UNHOLY GARDEN. United Artists. Ronald Colman does the Modern Robin Hood thing — but in Colman's inimitable manner. Lots of speed and excitement. With Estelle Taylor and Fay Wray.*
★ THIS MODERN AGE. Melro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Modern "mother and daughter" drama and Joan Crawford giving a great performance. Pauline Frederick, as the mother, makes a grand come-back. With Neil Hamilton and Monroe Owsley.
★ TRANSLANTIC. Fox. Fascinating melodrama of the goings-on aboard an ocean liner. Edmund Lowe turns in a corking job. Lois Moran, Greta Nissen and Myrna Loy are beautifully present.
Class B:
BORDER LAW. Columbia. One of the most interesting westerns in a long time. Good story, plenty of action and pleasant acting by Buck Jones.
CAUGHT PLASTERED. RKO-Pathe. Robert Woolsey and Bert Wheeler cavorting in a drug store. Plenty of gags — some not so good. Dorothy Lee is the romance.*
DUGAN OF THE BAD LANDS. Monogram. The youngsters will enjoy this western because the hero is a very young lad and he captures the villain. With Bill Cody and Blanche Mehaffy.
FIFTY FATHOMS DEEP. Columbia. A deep-sea drama strongly reminiscent of "Submarine." Good work by Jack Holt, Loretta Sayers and Richard Cromwell.*
GRAFT. U niversal. Just another newspaper tale with Regis Toomey as a reporter and Sue Carol and Dorothy Revier as the feminine complications. Plenty of action but it lacks plausibility.
* Reviewed in this issue.
•Jt These pictures have been selected by Delight Evans as worthy of Screenland's seal of approval.
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