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WICKED
Fox
Liking Elissa Landi as we do, we wish we could applaud her latest, but that's practically impossible, since it's oldfashioned stuff about a martyr-mother woman, dogged by a cruel fate, deprived of her baby, but fortunately befriended by Victor McLaglen, whose wholesome presence does help. That cute Una Merkel is a knockout as usual.
FIFTY FATHOMS DEEP
Columbia
Thrilling when it's under the sea, with its shots showing the salvaging of sunken vessels. But when it's on dry land, just another movie. The story will recall "Submarine," with Richard Cromwell instead of Ralph Graves playing Jack Holt's pal, and Loretta Sayers as the woman in the plot. Atmospherically this is often excellent stuff.
CAUGHT PLASTERED Radio
If you crave the Wheeler-Woolsey brand of fun, try this one. The boys befriend a sweet little old lady, nicely played by Lucy Beaumont, and save her drugstore from the villain's clutches. And how they save it! Bert and Bobby make the most of their gags, good and not so good. Dorothy Lee, too. It's all pretty familiar stuff.
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MY SIN Paramount
Better than the first Bankhead film, but still not nearly good enough. The gorgeous Tallulah is not the type to suffer through a tame story like this. She is always fascinating to watch, of course, even as the good-bad girl striving to "live down" her past. Fredric March is nice. But it's a curiously stilted, uneven picture.
THE SPIDER
Fox
Here's your murder mystery tonic. It is pretty good, too, if you're not too critical. It concerns a murder committed during the performance of the Great Chartrand, master magician. You are treated to a good show of sleight-of-hand before the magician finally unravels the mystery. Edmund Lowe plays the lead, with Lois Moran.
THE BIG GAMBLE RKO-Patbe
Like Bill — Screen — Boyd? Then you may enjoy this film in which Bill and Dorothy Sebastian appear together for the first time since their marriage. It's a mild underworld drama, with most of the thrills coming at the finish, in an exciting last-minute chase. Warner Oland is the mastermind, but less sinister than usual.