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THE EASIEST Hurrah for Constance Bennett! Given a very old story, of the poor girl who Rating: GOOD wanted pretty things and got them plus M-G-M a very rich man but minus a wedding
ring, Connie brings a fine sincerirv to the whole picture and makes a touching love story of what might have been just another movie. Adolphe Menjou is his suave self as the man about town — and Robert Montgomery is the man Connie loves. Can you blame herV
THE COiMMAND Mythical kingdoms provide an excellent PERFORMANCE background when one wants to poke Rating: FAIR fun at European royalty — titled folk
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their marriages and manners. An actor is hired to impersonate a Prince and make love to a Princess — a gal who makes things rather exciting for her suitors. It's charmingly risque at moments but nevertheless, fair cinematic entertainment. Neil Hamilton and Una Merkel are the lovers.
REWIND OFFICE Here's another yarn of just how imporDOORS janj young secretaries are to the
Rating: GOOD boss — in one way or another. This one Radio Pictures concerns the lovable, capable stenog
rapher who is running the business, but the boss doesn't realize it — or, just how pretty she is, either. He's engaged to the banker's daughter until a financial crash comes, and then he wakes up to several things. Marv Astor is lovely and Robert Ames is good as the boss.
EAST LYNNE Rating: GREAT Fox
Good old "East Lynne," one of the most famous of the ancient melodramas, comes to the talkie screen and proves to be one of the finest of the season. Ann Harding is lovely as the heroine, who is constantly nagged and finally driven from home by her husband's sister. She learns the tragedy of illicit love. Besides Ann's beautiful portrayal, there is Conrad Nagel acting his best, and Clive Brook who is grand as the lover.
ALOHA Rating: FAIR Tiffany
Although Raquel Torres gives the best dramatic performance of her career, "Aloha" has been so cheaply made that the merit of her work is stolen by trite direction. The theme is "The Bird ol Paradise" modernized. A native girl marries the only son of a shipping magnate. Naturally, her entrance into society is quite a shock. A hateful sister-in-law causes trouble which eventually leads to tragedy. Ben Lyon is nice as the boy.
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So'^.I^^.J^^.V^.f^^ Tli'if i^oofy team of Olscn and Joiinson, FRENCHMEN ^ couple of loose nuts, run not in Pans
Rating: GOOD a Paris that no one ever saw; but that Warner Brothers doesn't make any difference. This pair are hired as detectives to watch a young man earn his living as a tourist guide (it's all on a bet) and win a certain young lady's heart. Goofy but funny. It's filmed in Technicolor, and has a few musical numbers. The story'il remind you of Wheeler and Woolsey's antics.
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