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PENROD AND SAM
First National
More movie than Booth Tarkington, but good entertainment anyway. Leon Janney is the immortal Pertrod and Junior Coghlan plays Sam. The familiar adventures of this irrepressible team are amusingly enacted. Kids will love it. And any film that will bring children back into the theatres deserves encouragement. Give "Penrod and Sam" your support!
THE ROAD TO RENO Paramount
Or, the diversions of a divorcee. She is played by Lilyan Tashman, on the trail of a fourth husband, but handicapped by an idealistic son and an attractive daughter. It's all highly improbable and only occasionally amusing. Charles Rogers, pretty Peggy Shannon, and Tom Douglas are nice, and Lilyan's striking gowns will bring some gasps.
24 HOURS
Paramount
You'll either consider this "different" and interesting or you won't like it at all. From Bromfield's novel, it relates the adventures of an oddly assorted group of New Yorkers — upperworld husband and wife, underworld blonde and boy. Miriam Hopkins is picturesque as a torch singer; Clive Brook and Kay Francis are convincing as the elegantes.
THE ROAD TO SINGAPORE
Warners
Powell in Singapore! You expect some refined excitement, and you get it. The Powell charm combines with the temperature to induce romantic interest. Lovely Doris Kenyon captures the debonair William's heart, with Louis Calhern as the third member of this tropic triangle. Several of Doris' costumes are beautifully flimsy — but then, so's the story.
SMART WOMAN Radio
Again Robert Ames plays the role of wandering husband, who has strayed into the clutches of a designing blonde, Noel Francis, while his young wife, Mary Astor, is in Europe. It's up to Mary to win him back — and there's your plot. The charming players, especially Miss Astor, do their best; but the unconvincing story is too much for them.
HEARTBREAK
Fox
Charles Farrell makes love to another girl here. She is Madge Evans, and altogether charming. It isn't the fault of this romantic team if the picture lacks reality. It's pre-war stuff, but without much kick. The world war tears the lovers apart, but comes the armistice, and a happy ending. You'll find this nice, but not very important.