Silver Screen (Nov 1930-Oct 1931)

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TRADER HORN Rating: GREAT M-G-M Here is Africa as you have dreamed of ir, with its jungles, its wild animals, its wilder people, and its unbelievable beauty. Here, too, is action — human beings in thrilling adventures; animals in death combat. There is a story, of a white girl rescued by a trader and a young hero, from the savages. Harry Carey, Duncan Renaldo, Edwina Booth and the native, Mutia, are all splendid. It's "different." It's thrilling. Don't miss it. DANCE, FOOLS, DANCE Rating: GOOD M-G-M Dancing Daughter Joan Crawford goes melodramatic in a big way and becomes a real suspense sister — yeh, it's an underworld plot but done smartly. The dad of two rich youngsters, Joan and William Bakewell, dies, leaving them penniless. Joan goes to work on a newspaper but kid brother becomes a bootlegger — and then the drama begins. It's all thrilling and very exciting. Clark Gable makes a marvelous villain and Joan and Billy are grand. THE GANG Paramount has at last done right by BUSTER Jack Oakie and given him a real story. Rating: GOOD He's another sap — this time an accident Paramount insurance salesman who wanders into gangland. In the underworld. Jack blunders into saving the girl, her father and several others from bullets. He also breaks up desperate gangs — all in the dumb Oakie manner. It's a sweet burlesque on the usual gangster stuff and it's fairly good entertainment. 38 Sil s ver creen s CIMARRON Rating: GREAT RKO Cimarron is one of the finest talkies ever produced. It is a magnificient portrayal of early America, magnificently produced, finely photographed and gorgeously acted. It's a gigantic story of the empire builders and a hero, Yancey Cravat, who was a real pioneer, a passionate lover, a brave fighter and a born adventurer. Richard Dix comes back with a bang. He's superb. So is the rest of the cast. You must see this. INSPIRATION Rating: GOOD M-G-M A girl who has been the inspiration of Paris falls in love. She loves utterly. Sacrificing her career, her home, her friends, is nothing to her. Finally she loves sufficiently to give up even the man himself. Garbo is great in this. It is all her picture and she has never been more beautiful or tragic. But it fails a bit for this very reason. You don't believe even Bob Montgomery could have resisted her. It's depressing Silver Screen