Silver Screen (Feb-Oct 1935)

Silver Screen for February 1935 49 THE PAINTED VEIL Rating: 870— A Radiant Garbo— Metro Goldwyn-Mayer ANOTHER Garbo triumph. A truly interesting picture from every anglestory, cast and direction. And just when I was about to decide that Garbo was a little too cold and passe for my type, here she appears on the screen more alluring and fascinating than ever. And I have to become a Garbo fan all over again. And so will you, if you were slipping, too, after the frigidity of "Queen Christina." This time Garbo plays a warm, human, lovable (and what a cute giggle she's got) Austrian girl who marries Herbert Marshall, a struggling young scientist on his Does Bob Montgomery order raspberry? A scene from Joan Crawford's new picture, "Forsaking All Others." way to China, not because she loves him, but because she knows marriage is expected of her by her family. In China she becomes a part of the English colony and falls passionately in love uith George Brent, a ne'er-do-well poloplaying young Englishman who lives on his wife's money. Marshall discovers her infidelity, Brent turns cad, and Garbo is forced to go with her husband into the interior of China where disease is raging. Here she finds the meaning of real love. Herbert Marshall is magnificent, and his scenes with Garbo are well-nigh perfection. Garbo is excellent, both as the silly young girl in love, and as the heart-broken woman lacing tragedy. And she is still the only actress on the screen who can wear a tightfitting turban, and look too breathlessly beautiful. THE PRESIDENT VANISHES Rating: 82°— Exciting— Walter W anger Production HERE'S the most unusual, interesting and exciting political picture you've ever seen. It's as thrilling as a Dashiell Hammett mystery story, and as arousing as a governmental expose. Every man, woman and child ought to see it, and learn once and for all times, why countries really go to war. And it isn't to make the "world safe for democracy" either. No, it's to make millions and millions of extra dollars for ihose vultures who grow fat on the dead bodies of American citizens. Goodness gracious, get me a soap-box quick. The picture opens with the vultures, who I own munition plants, shipyards and steel 1 factories and newspapers, deciding that it is time for another War, and they're all ready to use a little political pressure on the President of the United States so he will have to declare war. But the President, superbly played by Arthur Byron, is an honest, peace-loving man, and doesn't want to plunge his nation into wholesale bloodshed just to please a few greedy politicians. And so, the day the President is supposed to go before the Senate and declare War, he vanishes. Then, there's a swell mystery with every body suspected— even Andy Devine, the White House grocery boy— of kidnaping the President. It's exciting all right, whether you like politics or not. Giving splended performances in the picture are Edward Arnold, Paul Kelly, Sidney Blackmer, Osgood Perkins, Janet Beecher and Peggy Conklin. This will be one of the most discussed pictures of the year. ROMANCE IN MANHATTAN Rating: 74°— A Boy and a Girl— R-K-O WELL, here's that idol of sixty million American women again, Mr. Francis Lederer, the giggling Czech. In this picture Lederer plays a young Czecho-Slovakian who is turned down by the immigration officials on Ellis Island because he has no money and no job. But Lederer escapes from the boat which is returning him to Europe, swims ashore, goes ecstatic over New York, and meets Ginger Rogers who feeds him coffee and doughnuts, just about the time he is discovering that America is not the land of milk and honey it's cracked up to be. Ginger falls for him, and takes him home to her tenement flat, where he sleeps on the roof, while she and her young brother, Jimmy Butler, figure out jobs for him. The climax of the picture is simply elegant, and don't you dare miss it, for it contains some of the best laughs of the season. Lederer is all for marrying Ginger but can't because he has entered the country illegally, and so he gets a shyster lawyer, who promises to make him a citizen but is really double-crossing him. And then his pals, the policemen, take charge and in a few hours Mr. Lederer becomes both a citizen and a husband. BRIGHT EYES Rating: 70°— Our Shirley— Fox THE newest Shirley Temple picture has quite an air of Christmas about it. After seeing it you'll probably dash out and buy a lot of Christmas presents for the kiddies. Shirley has gone back to acting In "The Mighty Barnum," the little midget supports Wallace Beery, the star. naturally and is just as sweel as she can be in this picture. She plays the daughter of 1 ois Wilson, a servant in the house of Doroiln Christy [Continued on page 58] SILVER SCREEN'S PICTURE THERMOMETER Degrees of Quality "Imitation of Life" — ► "The Mighty Barnum" — ► "Forsaking All Others" — >• "The Painted Veil" — ► "The President Vanishes" — ► "Romance in Manhattan" — > "Bright Eyes" — >■ ''One Hour Late" — >■ "Behold My Wife" -> "Sweet Adeline" — ► "Here Is My Heart" — > aThe Man Who Reclaimed His Head"— >■ "Broadwav Sill" "Kid Millions" The While Parade" "The Captain Hales lie Sea" "The St. louis Kid" "Flirtation Wal" "College Rhjlhm" "limehoose Blues" "Anne of Green Gakles" "Tbe Gar Brido" "Gentlemen Are Bora"' "365 Mints In HoOimood" "Outcast lady" LAST MONTH'S THERMOMETER -Perfect —100 — Remark— able —80 Don't — Miss —70 — Worth — Seeing —60 — Good Entertain — ment —30 — Meri — torious —10 — Disap— pointing 0 Zero Floppo