Silver Screen (May-Oct 1939)

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An English mystery yarn, with Hornleigh solving the murder in a manner which we have grown accustomed to associate with the masterly Sherlock Holmes' type of detective. The plot concerns the theft of financial papers important to the balancing of the English Budget. It is capably directed and acted, and possesses a certain measure of suspense. (Hugh Williams, Gordon Harker, Miki Hood.) INVITATION TO HAPPINESS— Interesting. Starring Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray, this film about a prizefighter who marries into the Blue Blood of New York gets off to a fine start, but sags down disappointingly in the middle. It achieves a stirring climax, however, when Fred loses the championship and finds that failure also has its compensations. (Billy Cook, Charles Rogers.) IT'S A WONDERFUL WORLD— Fine. One of those hilarious comedies that you've come to expect when Claudette Colbert is cast in the leading role. With her this time is Jimmy Stewart, who also gives the proper zest to humorous roles. Jimmy plays detective to a millionaire, and when he gets into a hot spot Claudette comes along blithely to gum up his clues. Cast includes Nat Pendleton, Frances Drake, Guy Kibbee and Edgar Kennedy. KID FROM TEXAS, THE— Amusing. Dennis O'Keefe plays a cowboy from Texas who has a yen for polo. When he meets Florence Rice, a Long Island heiress, he is vastly humiliated when her "set" laughs him off their swank polo field. But he comes back to redeem himself as a player as well as prospective suitor for Florence's hand. LET US LIVE— Fine. All about the under-privileged in a big city, this is melodrama at its most straight-forward and best. It will get you all excited about the miscarriage of justice, etc. Henry Fonda plays a young taxi driver falsely accused of murder, and Maureen O'Sullivan, as a waitress, makes a persistent effort to track down the real murderer. MYSTERY OF MR. WONG— Fair. Boris Karloff in another of his "oriental detective" roles. It contains the usual murder mystery, and there ensues the usual cross-examination of various witnesses, with everyone looking oddly guilty at times. The cast includes Grant Withers, Ivan Lebedeff and Dorothy Tree. STAR REPORTER— Fair. In which the newspaper business endorses a crusade against public officials mixed up in various nefarious schemes. Warren Hull plays the son of a publisher who gets killed by a criminal, and it is this that starts Hull off on his crusade. Good for dual programs. (Marsha Hunt, Clay Clement, Morgan Wallace.) I STORY OF IRENE AND VERNON! CASTLE, THE— Excellent. As almost: everybody knows, the Castles were a sens sation as ballroom dancers just before: the World War. This charming biographical study of their meeting and subsequent marriage and rise to fame is: something no one should miss. As characterized by Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire, perfect dancers in their own right, it reaches a new high. STREET OF MISSING MEN— Fair,; Considering that a newspaper publisher (Harry Carey) was responsible for his prison term, Charles Bickford is obsessed with the idea that he will never be happy unless he destroys Carey's career and puts the newspaper out of business. Cast includes Guinn Williams, Nana Bryant and Regis Toomey. STREETS OF NEW YORK— Good. Jackie Cooper and a youngster named Martin Spellman go to town in this tale: of "right conquering over might." As a youth with a crippled brother to take care of, Jackie works' by day and studies law by night, his law work serving him well when he wishes to defend a gang of unfortunate urchins. THEY MADE HER A SPY— Good, moderately exciting story about spies who make Washington their headquarters. In order to avenge the death of her brother, an army engineer, Sally Eilers does a bit of sleuthing for the government and meets up with Allan Lane, a spy posing as a newspaper reporter. THREE WALTZES— Fair. A Frencj operetta, with English titles, starring twl of the most prominent players on tbj Paris stage, Yvonne Printemps and Pierre Fresnay. Covering three distinct periods, 1867-1900-1937, and three generations ofj lovers, the plot travels along swiftly. But,, although the Strauss music is delightfi| and the actors all they should be, t' film, unfortunately, is on the dullish sid WITH A SMILE— Charming. A sophi ticated French-made film starring debo nair Maurice Chevalier, a screen matinee idol here in America not so many years ago. Maurice plays the role of a gay, insouciant young theatre porter who, with his smile and utterly captivating but ruthless ways, manages to reach the top in the theatrical world — becoming general impresario of the Opera. WUTHERING HEIGHTS— Splendid. The grim Yorkshire moors, described so poignantly by Emily Bronte in her famous novel of this name, are a fitting background for the high-tension drama goingon between Cathy, played superbly Merle Oberon, and the dour Heathclifl played with equal excellence by the English actor, Laurence Olivier. This is a fila you won't soon forget. (David Nivenj Geraldine Fitzgerald, Donald Crisp.) ZENOBIA — Amusing. Slapstick com| edy at its best. Zenobia, by the way, is 1 she-elephant that practically steals thl picture from its stars, Laurel and Hardjf (June Lang, Jean Parker, James Ellison.; 12 Silver S c r r i; r