Silver Screen (May-Oct 1937)

LET THEM LIVE — Interesting. John How' ard is the crusading young interne who fights ; against the corrupt political situation in his town because he thinks it is the cause of so many tinsanitary living conditions. The cast includes Nan Grey (of "Three Smart Girls"), Edward Ellis and Robert Wilcox. PICK A STAR — Fine. A lively burlesque of Hollywood is attempted here with laugh-provoking results. It takes the combined comedy personalities of Mischa Auer, Patsy Kelly, Laurel J and Hardy and Jack Haley to launch Rosina j Lawrence, a beauty contest winner, into pictures, 1 but you'll have a grand time following her progj ress. PRINCE AND THE PAUPER — Excellent. I One of the most charming of Mark Twain's fables [ (concerning the son of Henry the 8th and a little beggar lad) affords material for an equally charming film featuring the clever Mauch twins, Billy I and Bobby. Particularly timely is the coronation : of little King Edward the 6th, coming as it does just now. (Montagu Love-Errol Flynn). RIDING ON AIR— Amusing. The latest Joe E. Brown film has this wide-mouthed comedian jack-of-all-trades and master of none. He's bound to get plenty of laughs when he exhibits his aptitude for aviation, even going so far as to invent a new gadget. Supporting cast includes Guy Kibbee and Florence Rice. SHALL WE DANCE — Grand entertainment. Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire go through their i; regular bag of tricks in this latest opus, and all ! we can say is "what fun !" They dance, they skate, they sing, they quarrel — a'l in the gayest possible mood. And Eric Blore and Ed. Everett Horton are incomparable in suave comedy roles. SLAVE SHIP — Interesting. In the middle nineteenth century the trade of shipping slaves from the West coast of Africa to the United ' States flourished. Just how sordid this practice I became is depicted graphically in this strong dramatic film starring Warner Baxter, Wallace J Beery, Mickey Rooney and Elizabeth Allen. SLIM — Excellent. A comedy-melodrama centering around two construction job linemen — Pat O'Brien and Henry Fonda — who are both in love with a nurse who tries to induce them to give 'j up their dangerous employment. There is plenty j of tragedy before these three work out their desi tinies. SMOKE TREE RANGE— Good. One of Buck Jones' best films. A western, of course, with plenty of fast riding and melodramatic _ plot. Muriel Evans is the girl who gets Buck in the happy fadeout. SPEED TO SPARE) — Good. Auto racing is the nucleus of the fast-moving action plot of this i film featuring two brothers, separated when children, who both have a yen for this sport. Charles Quigley and Eddie Nugent have the principle roles, with Dorothy Wilson supplying the romantic interludes. TALENT SCOUT— Fine. A really entertaining story kidding the Hollywood studios. Donald Woods is the ex-talent scout who makes a real discovery, while hitch-hiking, in the acquisition of Jeanne Maddon. Jeanne, singer, flops in J her first test but is hailed as a great star when Donald puts her over as a "foreign find." TALK OF THE DEVIL— Good. A British j murder mystery with some excellent work done : by the three principals in the cast — Sally Eilers, Ricardo Cortez, and an English actor, Basil Sydney, whose performance is outstanding. THEY GAVE HIM A GUN— Fine. After seeing what happens to Franchot Tone, a young pacifist who was drafted into the late war and j who returned to private life a full-fledged gang| ster, no wonder we all shout "no more wars." j (Spencer TracyGladys George). UNDER THE RED ROBE— Fine. We go back to the days of the famous French cardinal, Richelieu, for this swashbuckling tale of a gentleman soldier of fortune who falls in love with j the cardinal's niece. The excellent cast includes Annabella, Raymond Massey, Conrad Veidt and Romney Brent. WHAT PRICE VENGEANCE— Poor. This is such an old-fashioned melodrama that it beggars analysis. However, it is good for a laugh — if you are in the mood. The actors who are more to be pitied than scorned are Wendy Barrie and Lyle Talbot, etc. WINGS OVER HONOLULU— Good. When Wendy Barrie eloped with Ray Milland. a lieutenant at the navy air base in Hawaii, she didn't reckon on the fact that the U. S. Navy is a strict taskmaster and that it would demand more of her husband's time than she might. How the problem of this romantic couple is worked out affords material for a pleasantly entertaining drama. WOMAN CHASES MAN— Swell fun. One of those daffy, dizzy films that the doctor orders to drive those blues away. The plot (what there is of it) concerns Miriam Hopkins, a young architect, who plans to get a hundred thousand dolB lars out of tight-fisted Joel McCrea in order to promote a housing scheme of his goofy dad, Charles Winninger. ■Hp^DY, be beautiful! 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