Screenland (Nov 1931-Mar 1932)
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SCREENLAND
J^E VUETTES
Sally Blane, Wallace Ford and Joyce Coad do nice work in "X Marks the Spot." This is a fast-moving murder mystery involving a Broadway columnist.
Pictures — pictures — pictures! Let us help you select the best
Class A:
★ AMBASSADOR BILL. Fox. Will Rogers does his stuff as an American Ambassador. Not to be missed by Rogers fans.
★ AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 MINUTES. United Artists. Douglas Fairbanks presents the most interesting travelogue to date. Doug also supplies the film with clever chatter and descriptions. Don't miss this one.
JL. ARROWSMITH. United Artists. Ronald Col" man, Helen Hayes and Richard Bennett do justice to the Sinclair Lewis characters. A splendid film not to be missed.*
JL. HELL DIVERS. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Thrill^ ing red-blooded drama about air devils. With Wallace Berry, Clark Gable, Dorothy Jordan, Marjorie Rambeau and Marie Prevost. See it.*
JL, POSSESSED. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Joan ** Crawford is splendid as a small-town girl who makes good in a big, if unconventional, way. Clark Gable not as exciting as usual. Blame the part.
Jw PRIVATE LIVES. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. A delightfully sophisticated film of domestic difficulties. With Norma Shearer, Robert Montgomery, Una Merkel and Reginald Denny. See it.*
.JL OVER THE HILL. Fox. Bring along plenty of " hankies and have a good time. Mae Marsh makes a great come-back in this talker of the old silent classic. Sally Eilers and James Dunn are grand, too.
JL SOOKY. Paramount. Not quite another * "Skippy," but you'll love it! The three little musketeers, Jackie Cooper, Bobby Coogan, and Jackie Searl, are as delightful as ever.*
-JL. STRICTLY DISHONORABLE. Universal. Li'l ^ Southern gal in big city speakeasies — operatic menace — happy ending. With Paul Lukas and Sidney Fox. Good, light entertainment.
JL. TAXI. Warner Brothers. James Cagney does it ^ ^againl He offers grand entertainment in his role of "hard-boiled-but-soft-hearted" taxi driver. Loretta Young is a charming heroine.*
JL THE CHAMP. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. You'll be ^ talking about this picture for a long time. Wallace Beery and little Jackie Cooper are superb in their father and son roles.
.JL. THE SIN OF MADELON CLAUDET. Metro^ Goldwyn-M ayer. Helen Hayes puts over this self-sacrifice mother-love drama with her marvelous acting. Don't miss it.
jL. TONIGHT OR NEVER. United Artists. Gloria ^ Swanson's best film since "The Trespasser." It's racy, spicy, sophisticated. And you'll like Melvyn Douglas, Gloria's new leading man.*
Class B:
A DANGEROUS AFFAIR. Columbia. Murder mystery with good comedy. Jack Holt and Ralph Graves are friendly enemies again. Sally Blane is the pretty femme.
BRANDED MEN. Tiffany. If you have a yen for westerns — here's your meat. A cowboy-sheriff hero; bad, bad villains who frame the heroine's brother; hard riding and plenty of gun fights. With Ken Maynard and June Clyde.
Let Screenland guide you to the best screen entertainment. Pay special attention to our Seal of Approval films. See page 85 for casts of current films
FLYING HIGH. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Music, dances, beautiful girls and comedy by Bert Lahr. Pat O'Brien, Kathryn Crawford and Charlotte Greenwood, too. You may like it.*
FRANKENSTEIN. Universal. First, consider your nerves; then see the most gruesome, terrifying film ever produced. Colin Clive, Mae Clarke and Boris Karloff are the principals.*
GOOD SPORT. Fox. When the wife is away, the movie husband steps out again! But see how a modern wife handles the situation. With Linda Watkins. Allan Dinehart and John Boles.*
HEAVEN ON EARTH. Universal. Almost a "Grade A" film, about shanty boaters on the Mississippi. Lew Ayres is splendid, and pretty Anita Louise is the girl.*
HIS WOMAN. Paramount. The sea, complications between Claudette Colbert and Gary Cooper, and baby Richard Spiro to make things end well. No more — no less.*
MEN IN HER LIFE. Columbia. Good melodrama involving a society lass who finds that a gentlemanly heart can beat beneath a poor man's vest. Featuring Lois Moran, Charles Bickford and Victor Varconi.
RICH MAN'S FOLLY. Paramount. A worthy but not altogether successful effort to transcribe Dickens' "Dombey and Son" to the screen. Good work by George Bancroft and Frances Dee.*
SAFE IN HELL. First National. The story is a rousing, red-meat melodrama, with a spirited performance by Dorothy Mackaill. Donald Cook and Ralf Harolde help the plot along.*
SECRET SERVICE. RKO. Love-versus-duty . An old-fashioned drama of the Civil War with Richard Dix as a member of the Secret Service and Shirley Grey as a daughter of the South.
* Reviewed in this issue.
These pictures have been selected by Delight Evans as worthy of Screenland's seal of approval.
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