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for February 1932
Best Pictures
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SCREENLAND'S Critic Selects the Most Important Screenplays of the Month
A scene from "Possessed," with Clark Gable and Joan Crawford .
Possessed
M etro-Goldwyn-M ayer
/^S§&v Glamorous entertainment, thanks to a brilliant ^agra}| performance by the star, Joan Crawford, the \&^2k presence of Clark Gable, and the magnificent mounting. As a moral lesson, "Possessed" can't be recommended. (Just a hint to parents with growing gals who take the movies seriously.) Joan plays a smalltown factory girl who comes to the big city to find that the wages of sin is health, wealth, and the pursuit of Clark Gable. The drama occurs when our heroine learns that she is standing in the path of her man's political career, and bows out — only to have him follow her. And why not? Joan never looked more beautiful, with her hair its rightful shade, her gowns gorgeous, her talents in trim. Gable takes second place here; it's not much of a part for him. This film is Joan's — all Joan's. Give Gable a better chance next time, Leo, old lion.
Ten Best Portrayals of the Month:
Jackie Cooper in "The Champ" Wallace Beery in "The Champ" Will Rogers in "Ambassador Bill"
Mae Marsh in "Over the Hill" Olin Howland in "Over the Hill" Joan Crawford in "Possessed" Sidney Fox in "Strictly Dishonorable" Richard Arlen in "Touchdown" Jack Oakie in "Touchdown" Eric Linden in "Are These Our Children?"
"Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks."
Around the Wo rid in 80
Minutes
United Artists
Thanks, Doug! And when I say "Doug," I mean the one, only, and original Doug — Mr. Fairbanks the first. He is the youngest star on the screen today. And his high spirits, his naivete, his humor, his boundless — and bounding — energy are on full display in his first travel film, in which he grins and gabs his way around the world. Fairbanks has found a new career for himself — he loves to travel, he knows everybody worth knowing, he likes them, they like him. His camera has caught scenes and celebrities never before photographed. He is no snooty de luxe traveller. He likes to get tired and hot and dusty; he also likes to play golf, and does. Get the family; go to see this.
Lukas and Sidney Fox in "Strictly Dishonorable."
Strictly Dishonorable
U niversal
Here's a delicious comedy. If you saw the stage play by Preston Sturges from which the film was made, you'll be surprised and pleased and probably even touched to discover that the screen has taken the best of the play, thrown away the worst, cleaned it up for family consumption, and yet retained the original "Strictly Dishonorable" flavor. Don't ask me how they did it. I only know that the picture is well worth seeing — a gay, modern, fast-moving entertainment. Paul Lukas has his first real sensational chance as the interesting grand opera baritone who meets the fair flower of southern girlhood in a Manhattan speakeasy, announces that his intentions are "strictly dishonorable" and then proceeds to fall very old-fashionedly in love with her. Sidney Fox is adorable, accent and all, as the girl. I mean "ado'able."